Walking the Great Wall (Walking Tour)

Highlights

• Trek alongside mountains on lesser-visited parts of the wall
• Experience rural life first hand in little villages
• Guided tour or Beijing's 'hutongs', Tiananmen Square & the Forbidden City
• Possibility to add Terracotta Warrior extension

Included in Price

• All breakfasts, 6 lunches and 6 dinners are included. Food is cheap in China and you can avoid the spicier regional food if you wish. The cuisine on this trip is fantastically varied with lots of new flavours and 'things' to try. Gastronomically the trip can be divided into two parts: 'tourist hotels' and 'local hotels'. In tourist hotels the breakfast is normally a buffet, with a huge spread of Chinese and western food, including coffee, juice, breads, cakes, fruit, eggs, bacon and a wide variety of noodle and stir fried dishes. Dinners are normally taken in the hotel or local restaurants, serving rice with assorted vegetables, pork, fish, chicken and duck dishes with flavours roughly approximating those you would find in a Chinese restaurant in the UK. In the local hotels, breakfast includes rice porridge, dumplings, eggs, noodles, etc, however, we tend to augment this with fruit and cakes where available. Dinners are taken in local restaurants where the food is heavily flavoured with ginger, garlic bamboo shoots and chilli. Lunches are taken in local village restaurants and will normally consist of noodle soup or stir fried vegetable noodles. Expect an audience most lunches as the locals crowd around to watch the 'big noses' trying to master the use of chopsticks!Vegetarians can be accommodated, though options are often quite limited. Vegans will find options are very limited. Not all food allergies and intolerances are well understood in China. Options that contain no gluten at all are very limited (soy sauce contains gluten and is very widely used). Peanut oil is also used widely.
• All breakfasts, 6 lunches and 6 dinners included
• All accommodation
• All transport and listed activities
• Tour leader throughout
• Arrival and departure transfers

NOT included in price

• Travel insurance
• Single accommodation (available on request)
• Chinese Visa - GBP201 with Travcour or GBP151 plus GBP18 special delivery direct with embassy
• Vaccinations

Travel Package

This is an Organised Group Tour: the itinerary has been predefined by the tour operator. The tour destinations, duration, accommodations, departure dates and the price are fix. You can join, enjoy and meet other people.

Tour Variations

Walking the Charms of China - Privately Guided (11 Days)

This truly is an experience of a lifetime as you journey across this fascinating country to witness the real Charms of China, with the added benefit of your own private guide.

Next Departure: 03-May-2025
Starting at: ± EUR 3,941.00

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