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GLOBUS TOURS CULTURAL
CHINA and TIBET WITH YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE
15 Day Tour
Experience
the rich history of China and Tibet on this 15-day river cruise vacation.
Arrive in Beijing to visit the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and other
cultural treasures. Next, travel to Xi’an to see the terra-cotta warriors
and the Dayan Pagoda. Your journey then takes you high in the Himalayas
to the capital city of Lhasa, Tibet. During your stay in this Buddhist
land, learn about typical Tibetan life and visit holy sites. Then travel
to Chongqing to embark on your three-night river cruise aboard the Victoria
Anna. This magical cruise offers breathtaking views of natural landscapes—as
well as a visit to the modern engineering marvel at the Three Gorges Dam
Site—as you sail through this spectacular region. Disembark in Yichang,
and travel on to Shanghai. Visits to the museum and Yu Yuan Gardens round
out your unforgettable vacation in China and Tibet.
INCLUDED
FEATURES
BEIJING Sightseeing
with Local Guide;
Visit the
Forbidden City, Imperial Palace, Tian’anmen Square, Beijing Zoo,
Summer Palace,
Great Wall, Cloisonne workshop, Ming Tombs;
Hutongs by
rickshaw; Peking Duck welcome dinner; Peking Opera
XI'AN Sightseeing
with Local Guide; visit the Dayan Pagoda and Terracotta
Warriors,
noodle demonstration, enjoy “The Tang Dynasty” dinner show
LHASA Sightseeing
with Local Guide; visit the Potala and Summer
Palaces, a
local bazaar, a Tibetan's home, Drepung Temple, and
the Tibetan
Hospital
CHONGQING Begin your
Yangtze cruise aboard the Victoria Anna
WANXIAN/SHIBAOZHAI/FENGDU View a wooden
pagoda, an acrobatic show or statues at
numerous temples
on Mingshan Hill
SHENNONG
STREAM OR DANING RIVER Enjoy a boat
excursion down one of the lesser gorges of the
Yangtze
THREE GORGES
DAM SITE Sightseeing
of the impressive dam site with a Local Guide
SHANGHAI Sightseeing
with Local Guide;
Visit the
Shanghai Museum, Yu Yuan Gardens, the Children’s Palace;
Stroll along
the Bund; attend an acrobatic show
MEALS 13 American
breakfasts (B), 10 lunches (L), 11 dinners (D), including a welcome dinner
in Beijing; on tour WXYE: breakfast daily (B)
QUALITY
HOTELS BEIJING Shangrila
China World Hotel (D),
XI’AN Sofitel
on Renmin Square (SF),
LHASA Lhasa
Hotel (MF),
VICTORIA CRUISES
Anna,
SHANGHAI St.
Regis Hotel (D),
HONG KONG
EXTENSION Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel (SF)
AIRPORT TRANSFERS
Airport transfers
may be included when you make your flight arrangements.
ITINERARY
Day
1 (Sun.) Board your transpacific
flight.
Day 2
Arrive in Beijing, China.
(Mon.) Welcome to China’s capital city. Hotel rooms are available for immediate
check-in.
Day 3 Beijing.
(Tue.) Your full-day sightseeing starts with a visit to the FORBIDDEN CITY
and its IMPERIAL PALACE, once the home of China’s Great Emperors. Nearby
is TIAN’ANMEN SQUARE, the largest public square in the world spanning 100
acres. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant and continue to the ZOO to see
pandas. Next, see the former SUMMER PALACE, a complex of pavilions, temples,
and galleries set among beautifully landscaped grounds and situated on
Kunming Lake. This evening meet your traveling companions at a special
Chinese WELCOME DINNER hosted by your Tour Director, featuring delectable
Peking Duck. (B,L,D)
Day 4 Beijing.
(Wed.) The GREAT WALL OF CHINA once stretched 4,000 miles across China’s
barren northern terrain from the Bohai Sea to the Gobi Desert. Head north
to a village where the Great Wall is well preserved and walk along the
wall to enjoy sweeping vistas of this mammoth fortress. Then visit a CLOISONNE
WORKSHOP where you will see local artisans use the techniques of this ancient
art form to turn pieces of copper into colorful decorative items. After
lunch in a local restaurant, you’ll visit the MING TOMBS, burial site for
13 of the 16 Ming emperors. Tonight experience local culture at the PEKING
OPERA, including a behindthe-scenes look at the colorful makeup being applied
to the performers. (B,L,D)
Day 5 Beijing-Xi’an.
(Thu.) This morning enjoy a rickshaw ride through one of Beijing’s HUTONGS,
the city’s ancient alleys. During this visit, you’re welcomed into the
courtyard of a family’s home, a daycare center, and a retirement community
to experience life in this historic neighborhood. A short flight brings
you to the city of Xi’an in central China where you spend the next two
nights. This evening enjoy “The Tang Dynasty” DINNER SHOW, featuring a
colorful assemblage of classical performances. (B,D)
Day 6 Xi’an.
(Fri.) One of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world when China
dominated the silk trade, Xi’an today is an archaeological treasure-trove.
Sightseeing begins with a visit to the nearby DAYAN PAGODA, built in 652
A.D. During lunch, enjoy a NOODLE MAKING DEMONSTRATION by a master chef
and learn how Chinese noodles are made by hand. In 1974 the enormous TOMB
of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, was accidentally discovered
by local farmers. Marvel at the legion of terra-cotta warriors that has
been guarding the burial site for 2,000 years. (B,L,D)
Day 7 Xi’an-Lhasa,
Tibet. (Sat.) This morning visit the Xi’an
City South Gate; you may even see some locals practicing their morning
Tai Chi. Early this afternoon fly to the holy city of Lhasa, the capital
of the mystical Buddhist kingdom of Tibet, locked away in the mountains
of the Himalayas. The balance of the day is free for you to rest and adjust
to the 14,000-foot altitude. (B,L,D)
Day 8 Lhasa.
(Sun.) This morning after a city tour, visit the imposing POTALA PALACE,
once the center of the Tibetan government and the former winter residence
of the Dalai Lama. Also visit one of Tibet’s oldest shrines, JOKHANG TEMPLE,
and then spend time in the local BAZAAR. This afternoon visit the SUMMER
PALACE and a typical Tibetan monastery. (B,L,D)
Day 9 Lhasa.
(Mon.) Today take a special trip to a TIBETAN’S HOME, including lunch,
a visit to the DREPUNG TEMPLE (the largest in Tibet), and the TIBETAN HOSPITAL
to learn of traditional medicine and therapy. Dinner tonight is at your
hotel. (B,L,D)
Day 10 Lhasa-Chongqing,
China (Embarkation)-Yangtze River Cruise.
(Tue.) Fly to Chongqing, China’s capital during World War II. The city
is high on a hill overlooking the Jialing and Yangtze Rivers. Board the
Victoria Anna for a three-night CRUISE through the Three Gorges of the
Yangtze. (B,D)
Day 11 Wanxian
or Shibaozhai or Fengdu. (Wed.) Depending
on river conditions, one of the following shore excursions will be offered:
Wanxian, “Gateway to Eastern Szechuan Province”, where you will see an
acrobatic show, market, and possibly a school; Shibaozhai with its 400-year-old,
twelve-story red wooden pagoda perched high on a cliff side; or Fengdu,
where you’ll visit the Snow Jade Caves. (B,L,D)
Day 12 Shennong
Stream or Daning River. (Thu.) Head downstream
through the first and second of the three gorges—Qutang Gorge, the shortest
but most dramatic gorge, and Wu, known for its quiet beauty and forest-covered
mountains. You can almost touch the perpendicular walls rising from the
riverbanks as your captain negotiates this narrow gap. After lunch disembark
for a BOAT EXCURSION down either the Daning River or Shennong Stream, depending
on conditions. Continue sailing through Xiling Gorge and the Three Gorges
ship locks. (B,L,D)
Day 13 The
Three Gorges Dam Site-Yichang (Disembarkation)-Shanghai.
(Fri.) View tiny villages clinging to hillsides as you proceed toward Yang
Jia Wang. This morning visit the Three Gorges Dam site where the Chinese
progress toward building the largest dam of its kind in the world. After
lunch say farewell to your ship’s crew in Yichang and transfer to the airport
for your flight to Shanghai, China’s most populous city and center of trade
and industry. Tonight there will be plenty of time to enjoy the city and
shop some of the 400 stores on Nanjing Road and the famous Friendship Store
on the Bund. (B,L)
Day 14 Shanghai.
(Sat.) Full day of sightseeing. Stroll along the Bund, the city’s riverfront
boulevard lined with historic buildings, housing, banks, and trade houses.
You’ll visit the SHANGHAI MUSEUM and experience the YU YUAN GARDENS. Enjoy
lunch in a local restaurant and visit the CHILDREN’S PALACE, one of China’s
famous kindergartens. This evening, your Tour Director hosts a special
FAREWELL DINNER followed by a spectacular ACROBATIC SHOW. (B,L,D)
Day 15
(Sun.) Your homebound flight arrives the same day. (B)
GLOBUS
TOURS CULTURAL
CHINA & TIBET WITH YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE
15 Day Tour
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About Globus More than
75 years ago, Antonio Mantegazza bought a rowboat to transport commercial
goods across Lake Lugano in Switzerland. Who could know that rowboat would
launch the world's leading escorted travel company? Today Globus is a global,
family-owned company reaching every corner of the world. Globus is now
the first choice among individuals looking for vacations with both domestic
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Antonio's frequent
trips across the scenic lake led him to consider opportunities in a different
market - tourism. His entrepreneurial instinct pushed him to gradually
acquire some motorcoaches to transport tourists around the Lake Lugano
area. In 1928, Antonio opened a company specializing in motorcoach touring
called Globus Viaggi. The company began with a fleet of 12 coaches which
operated local excursions for European tourists in Switzerland.
By 1950, Globus
Viaggi had grown to a fleet of 33 coaches and featured overnight excursions
to Rome, Venice, the Dolomites and the French Riviera. Gradually, these
became regularly scheduled tours and grew longer to cover more ground.
Later that decade, under the leadership of Werner Albek, Antonio's business
partner, Globus pioneered the concept of Grand European Touring by offering
first-class European tours to North Americans. By 1961, the company launched
its Cosmos arm, which featured affordable, value-priced European touring
for the cost-conscious British traveler.
The coach tours
were so successful that Cosmos soon introduced another form of travel for
the British market: air holiday packages to the sunny destinations of southern
Europe. By 1968, Cosmos air holidays became so popular the company formed
its own airline, Monarch Airlines. Monarch Airlines started out modestly
with two used Britannia aircraft and eventually blossomed into one of the
most successful European charter companies with a large fleet of modern
jets and its own engineering division.
Under the flagship
of Sergio Mantegazza, current president and son of Antonio, Globus began
expanding its markets beyond Great Britain and North America. Since 1974,
travel packages have been sold in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and most
recently in Southeast Asia. Starting in the 70s, the company also aggressively
expanded its offerings, introducing travelers to more countries than any
other tour operator with packages to Africa, South and North America, Europe,
the South Pacific and Asia.
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32 independent tourism and aviation businesses, serviced by a group of
more than 5,000 professionals worldwide. Combined, Globus, Cosmos, and
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the leading operator of guided vacations worldwide. Globus attributes its
success to the ideals of founder Antonio Mantegazza. For three generations,
his vision, hard work, love for travel, and commitment have guided the
company. These values are the cornerstone on which Globus was built and
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or even adding days to your vacation.
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located all around the globe so you can rest assured during your vacation
that you will never be stranded without access to our legendary customer
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and often other languages. They are also some of the most experienced in
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Globus has
provided a $10 million letter of credit* issued by a leading bank to protect
payments made by its customers for all 2005 vacation departures sold in
the United States. "In these uncertain times, we feel it is important to
assure our customers and our travel partners that we are financially secure
and that we back our products 100 percent," said Phillip Gordon, chief
executive officer and president. This is in addition to the $1 million
traveler's assistance program maintained by the United States Tour Operators
Association (USTOA) in favor of Globus travelers.
*The $10 million
letter of credit has been issued by Credit Suisse S.A. in favor of PRO-CLAIM,
INC. of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, acting as trustee of a trust for the
benefit of Globus and Cosmos customers who advance deposits or payments
for any Globus or Cosmos tour departure sold in the United States. PRO-CLAIM
INC., as trustee of the trust, is responsible for refunding deposits or
payments (excluding deposits or payments made by credit cards, since chargebacks
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the event Group Voyagers Inc., d/b/a Globus and Cosmos, becomes insolvent,
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Booking Globus vacations is always simple due to a network of over 13,000
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want to think about canceling or interrupting your trip. Or getting sick.
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travelers peace of mind with a Travel Protection Plan. The plan costs from
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Please note
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insurance coverage. Our basic Travel Protection policy has a $25,000 limit,
however will be increased to $35,000 while in the Czech Republic in order
to meet Czech Republic requirements. There is no additional cost for this
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If you purchase
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the optional Globus family of brands Travel Protection Plus Plan at an
additional cost of only $30.00 per person. This additional Benefit* (if
purchased) allows you to cancel your vacation up to 24 hours (or the prior
business day, whichever is farther out) before your scheduled departure
for any reason not covered by the basic Travel Protection Plan provisions.
Under this Travel Protection Plus Plan Benefit, Globus family of brands
will reimburse the cancellation penalty amount, as retained by the Globus
family of brands, in travel certificates, minus the insurance premium.
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benefits to include coverage of air penalties or change fees on air purchased
outside of the Globus family of brands, when canceling for a reason covered
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an insurance benefit and must be purchased with the initial payment for
your Trip.
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Globus recognizes
the importance of preserving the North American attractions that our travelers
go to great lengths to experience, which is why Globus is donating generously
to the Tourism Cares for Tomorrow for restoration and preservation of five
"American Icons." The donations are going toward specific projects, rather
than operational costs. Learn more.
Awards
For six years
in a row, Globus has been selected by Recommend Magazine as the best Tour
Operator to Europe, and a top finalist for North America, Asia, Latin America
and Africa. The brand was also named in Travel Weekly's 2004 Reader's Choice
Awards as Best Tour Operator - Europe and 2005 Reader's Choice Awards as
Best Tour Operator - Europe, Best Tour Operator - International and Best
Tour Operator - Asia and South Pacific.
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