Air Chine, departure 8:15 pm

15 Sept. / 2nd day Beijing
11:35 arrival at Beijing, transfer to the hotel,
in the afternoon trip to the Summer palace

16 Sept. / 3rd day Beijing
in the morning trip to the Great Chinese Wall, access road at Badaling,
in the afternoon: visit to the Temple of Heaven

17 Sept. / 4th day Beijing - Luoyang (night train)
Tiananmen square - Square of Heavenly Peace, "Forbidden City" (imperial palace museum), coal hill (prospect hill), 
optional: ride by riksha to the old town - we visit a covered market and a family 
in the evening: stroll through the shopping mall Wangfujing
20:22 train journey in the sleeper 1st class to Luoang

18 Sept. / 5th day Luoyang - Shaolin
trip to the Shaolin monanstery, Kung-Fu performance, Pagoda Forest
Luoyang - housing caves,

19 Sept. / 6th day Luoyang - Xi'an
trip to Longmen: Thousand-Buddha-Grottoes
13:20 - 18:49 train journey 1st class to Xi'an, transfer to the hotel

20 Sept. / 7th day Xi'an
Terracotta-Army, Wild Goose Pagoda, jade-manufacture

21 Sept. 8th day Xi'an - Chongqing
square with bell and drum tower, old market street great mosque
13:10 - 14:20 flight to Chongqing, prospect terrace Yikeshu, embarking

22 Sept. - 23 Sept. / 9th - 10th  day Yangtze-cruise Chongqing - Yichang
r's-, Wu-gorge, ghost town Fendu,  boat ride ShenNong-river

25 Sept. 12th day Shanghai
Jinmao-Tower - indoor observation desk, jaded-Temple, Old Town with Zickzack-teeing, "Bund" Shanghai, leisure

26 Sept. 13th day Shanghai - Suzhou
leisure, in the afternoon bus ride to Suzhou, stroll through the old town, Water Gate Panmen

27 Sept. 14th day Suzhou - Tongli
Suzhou: "The Humble Administrator's Garden", silk manufacture,
excursion to Tongli: "The Retreat and Reflection Garden", stroll through the old town, boat ride on the canal, ride back

28 Sept. 15th day Suzhou - Shanghai - Frankfurt
Transfer to the airport Shanghai-Pudong, 11:10 return flight to Frankfurt