The Best of China on a Budget

10-29-2013

 

China Spree’s 15-Day “The Mighty Yangtze” Tour—from $2,339

 

Bellevue, WA, October 29, 2013—China Spree’s budget-priced Special, The Mighty Yangtze, covers all the requisite sites in 15 days—including a Yangtze River cruise and more—and starts at just $2,339 per person. 

 

This very reasonable price includes round-trip air fare from San Francisco  or Los Angeles (New York is only $60 more), accommodations in conveniently-located 4- and 5-star hotels, a 3-night downstream Yangtze Cruise on the 5-star Victoria Katarina (with outside cabin and private balcony), shore excursions, sightseeing tours, 13 American buffet breakfasts, 11 lunches, 11 dinners, special evening shows, professional guides, and baggage handling.

 

Among the highlights are: Beijing’s imperial treasures (the legendary Great Wall of China, the 9,999-room Forbidden City, the Summer Palace with its Marble Boat); the ancient capital of Xian, home of the buried army of Terracotta Warriors; Chengdu, China’s most laid-back city, with its spicy Sichuan restaurants and Giant Panda Breeding Center; Chongqing, home of the Flying Tigers during WWII;  a cruise through the Yangtze River’s fabled three Gorges; classic Suzhou, a city of gardens and canals; the charming water town of Tongli; and finally, the sophisticated city of Shanghai, once called the “Pearl of the Orient,” which has wonderful museums, shops and restaurants.

 

There are also those China Spree specials that are truly amazing in a budget-priced tour: a Peking Duck dinner, a rickshaw ride through Old Beijing’s maze-like alleys (hutongs) with lunch in a family’s courtyard home, a 17-course dumpling dinner, a Tang Dynasty stage show, an exciting bullet train ride through the fertile Sichuan Basin, a hugging-a-baby-panda photo op, a Shanghai Acrobats performance, and a final zoom to the airport on the world’s fastest magnetic levitation train.

 

Victoria Cruises, the only American cruise company on the Yangtze, offers superlative service, dining, lectures and shore excursions.  The hotels chosen for the tour are all carefully inspected.  Typical is the Traders Hotel Beijing by Shangri La, which is a beautiful hotel with excellent facilities, built on top of an upscale shopping mall and transportation hub.

 

All prices are cash-only, are per person, double occupancy and are subject to availability.  For more detailed information about The Mighty Yangtze tour, log onto www.chinaspree.com and click “China Tours,” then “Specials.”  China Spree’s toll-free telephone number is 1-866-652-5656.

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