Follow the First Lady’s Footsteps Through China—from $3,099

03-31-2014

 

Includes $400 Discount if Booked by April 30

         

Bellevue, WA, March 31, 2014—You’ve seen the pictures of Michelle. Obama and her daughters climbing the Great Wall, checking out the terracotta warriors and playing with the pandas, and may have thought, “I’d like to do that…but how?”

 

China Spree, the popular tour operator that’s known for good value, has a package tour that answers the question. Their 12-Day Classic China & Tibet Highland tour follows the First Lady’s itinerary: Beijing, Xian and Chengdu but then, instead of lunch in a Tibetan restaurant, the tour actually includes a visit to Tibet—all for as little as $3,099 if booked by April 30.  That price includes non-stop flights from San Francisco (New York is $300 more), all intra-China transportation, 4- and 5-star hotel accommodations, daily American buffet breakfast, 14 other meals, extensive sightseeing, entrance fees, evening shows, a Culture InSites Program, expert English-speaking guides, and baggage handling.

 

Sightseeing in the capital, Beijing, includes not only the legendary Great Wall of China, but also Tiananmen Square,  the Forbidden City (the huge palace from which 24 emperors ruled for almost 500 years), the idyllic Summer Palace garden and marble boat, and a rickshaw ride through Old Beijing’s ancient alleys called hutongs.  Lunch in a family’s traditional courtyard home and a delicious Peking duck dinner are among the special treats here.

 

In the dynastic capital, Xian, the tour visits the army of terracotta warriors and horses that was buried for 2,200 years and enjoys a dumpling banquet and Tang Dynasty Show.  In Chengdu, home to teahouses, markets and spicy Sichuan cuisine, the 3-star attraction is the Giant Panda Breeding Center where visitors have a chance to play with the baby pandas.

 

A flight over the snowy peaks of the Himalayas takes the tour to Tibet, “the rooftop of the world,” and its capital, Lhasa.  Sightseeing  covers the impressive Potala Palace, the historic Sera Monastery, Jokhang Temple with its 7^th-century Buddha statue, Bakhor Street, which is Lhasa’s oldest market as well as the Pilgrim’s Circuit, and the former summer palace of the Dalai Lama.

 

Prices—which rise in the late spring—are cash-only, are per person double occupancy, and are subject to availability.  Add-on air fares are available from many U.S. cities via San Francisco.

 

For more information, log onto www.chinaspree.com and click “China Tours.”  China Spree’s toll-free telephone number is 1-866-652-5656.

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