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Trip Code: NM- SRT-003
Startng City: Beijing
Ending City: Shanghai
Duration: 17N18D
Tour Catalog: Every day depature
Best Time to Go: April- Oct. 
Highlights:

Price(EUR/p.p):
Tour Stander 1person  2person 3-4person 5-6person 7-9person
Luxurious tour

Itinerary Briefing:
Day01: Arrival in Beijing
Day02: Beijing
Day03: Beijing
Day04: Beijing- Urumqi
Day05: Urumqi- Turpan
Day06: Turpan- Dunhuang
Day07: Dunhuang
Day08: Dunhuang
Day09: Dunhuang- Xian
Day10: Xian
Day11: Xian- Lhasa
Day12: Lhasa
Day13: Lhasa
Day14: Lhasa- Namtso
Day15: Namtso- Yamdrotso- Gyantse
Day16: Gyantse-Shigatse- Lhasa
Day17: Lhasa- Shanghai
Day18: Shanghai dropping off.

Day by Day Itinerary:
B- Breakfast        L- Lunch        D-Dinner
Day01: Flight to Beijing(D)   Overnight at Beijing.
Your guide will pick you from Beijing airport check in hotel. Supper time enjoy the delicious Beijing Duck Dinner at the original, century-old Quan Ju De Restaurant.

Day02: Beijing(B+L+D)   Overnight at Beijing.
Morning time visit Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City. After lunch visit Temple of Heaven. After supper enjoy Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. Driving back to hotel.

Day03: Beijing(B+L+D)   Overnight at Beijing.
Morning time you guide pick you from hotel to Badaling Great Wall. Walk along the Great Wall about 2 hours. After lunch goes t to Ming Tomb then back to hotel.

Day04: Beijing/ Urumqi(B+L+D)  Overnight at Urumqi
After breakfast visit Summer Palace- the famous imperial garden in China. Then on time dropping of you to Beijing airport fly to Urumqi around 2.5 hours, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Guide pick you from airport then have dinner. Rest in hotel.

Day05: Urumqi/ Turpan(B+L+D)    Overnight at Turpan
Driving from hotel to Heavenly Lake. Then visiting Xinjing Regional Museum and Internation Grand Bazaar at Urumqi. Drving around 2.5 hours arrrive at Turpan. Enjoy the Whole Roaster Lamb for dinner, and enjoy the Uygur dance performance after dinner.

Day06: Turpan/ Dunhuang(B+L+D) Overnight on Train soft sleeper
Morning time driving pass the Flaming Mountain, sightseeing Tuyu Valley, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves. After Hui style spicy chicken lunch visit Emin Minaret, the Karez Well, also have a chance visit a local Uygur family. Then sightseeing the Jiaohe Ancient City. Take night train soft sleeper from Turpan to Dunhuang( T218 22:28-10:48 12 hours).

Day07: Dunhuang(B+L+D)  Overnihgt at Dunhuang
Morning time sightseeing at Duhung Market. The Camel riding around Mingsha Sand Dunes, visit the Crescent Moon Spring.

Day08: Dunhuang(B+L+D)  Overnihgt at Dunhuang
Morning time visit the most famous Mogao Caves. The drving to Brick Murals of Wester jin Tomb. After lunch sightseeing at Yangguan Pass. Then back to hotel.

Day09: Dunhuang/ Xian(B+L+D)  Overnight at Xian.
Take flight from Dunhuang to Xian( 2 hours flight). After arrive at Xian, guide will pick you from airport visit the oldest, largest and best preserved ancient city defense sytem in China- City Wall. Then checking in hotel.

Day10: Xian(B+L+D)   Overnight at Xian.
Morning time visit majestic Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Afternoon you will visit the Huaqing Hot Spring, once the favourite bathroom for the Tang Dynasty Concubine Yang Kui Fe. Visit National Museum of Shaanxi History. Supper taste declious Dumpling Banquet. Then enjoy the marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show.

Day11: Xian/ Lhasa(B+D) Overnight at Lhasa.
Morning time take flight from Xian to Lhasa(3650M). Local Tibetan guide will pick you from Lhasa Gongga Airport then dropping off to Hotel. On the way you will see the fabulous Yalutsangpu River. 

Day12: Lhasa city tour(B+L+D)      Overnight in Lhasa
Morning time visit Potala Palace. Then visit Jokhang Temple, walk around Barkhor Market.
                                                                                           
Day13: Lhasa city tour(B+L+D)      Overnight at Lhasa
Morning time visit Drepung Monastery. , then afternoon to Sera Monastery.

Day14: Lhasa- Namtso Lake( 250km, 4house driving)(B+L+D)   Overnight at Namtso Tent guest house.
In the morning around 08:00am, our guide and drive pick you from hotel's lobby, then we leave from Lhasa to Namtso Lake.
On the way you will see the huge Changtang grassland  and have a chance see the sky road- Qinghai Tibet Railway passing through it look likes a dragon. Pass by Nagchu Town. Then the Nyenchen Thanglha snow mountain ranges in front of you, and also you will pass the Nagela Pass.

Namtso Lake is the Heavenly lake which is one of the three holy lakes of Tibet (other two is Yamdrotso lake, at Shigatse area, Lake Manasarova at Nagri) and also the highest salt lake. You can do a very relax  trekking around the lake side and Zhaxi Island. You can enjoy the sunset by the lake.
Notes:
Please take one warm overcoat cloth when you travel to Namtso lake that it??s a little bit cold than in Lhasa city.

Day15: Namtso lake- Yangpachen hotspring- Yamdrotso Lake- Gyantse(590km, 6hours driving) (B+L+D)  Overnight at Gyantse.
Morning time see the sunrise beside the holy lake , on the way to Gyantse , you will have a chance enjoy the hot-spring at Yangbachen. Then pass Gangbala Mt. which is over than 5000m, then to Yamdrotso lake which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. Arrive at Gyantse.
Notes:
Depends on how long times you arrive in Lhasa and your body health, suggestion the traveler whol just arrive in Lhasa for few day don't take the hot spring that maybe you will cathch the high altitude sickness. 

Day16: Gyantse- Shigatse- Lhasa( 440km, 5 hours driving) (B+L+D)  Overnight at Lhasa
Morning time visit Gyantse Kumbum, far view of Gyantse Dzong. Then driving to Shigatse. After lunch visit TashiLumpo Monastery which was Built in1447 , spectacular tombs of Panchen Lamas, have a good rest in Shigatse, then drive back to Lhasa.

Day17: Lhasa- Shanghai(B+L+D)  Overnight at Shanghai
Mornight time take flight from Lhasa to Shanghai. Then visit the Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden. Night time  cruise on Huangpu River, you will experience the prosperity of modern Shanghai.

Day18: Shanghai airport dropping off, end the trip.(B)

Service Include:
1. Entrance fee above mentioned
2. 16N 4-5* hotel standeroom; 1N train soft sleeper
3. Private car or van with expert driver
4. English speaking guide
5. Local feature meals
6. One bottom of mineral water provide everyday
7. Everyone one bottom of oxygen during Tibet trip
8. Tibet Entry Permit
9. Tibet Travel Permit
10. Domestic economy class airfares with tax
11. Travel insurance5.
Service Exclude:
1. Your own expense like Yanpachen hotspring.
2. Tips for driver and guide
3. Single supplement