THE EMPEROR’S TOUR OF

SHANGHAI AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND CITIES

SHANGHAI

You start in Shanghai where you will spend 3 nights.

http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node17256/index.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/china/shanghai/

Widely regarded as the citadel of China's modern economy, the city of

Shanghai serves as one of the nation's most important cultural, commercial,
financial, industrial, and communications centers..

Upon your arrival at Pudong International Airport, you will be met by your Tour
Director and one or more Mercedes S600 limousines. Your luggage will be
taken care of and transported to your hotel.

We offer a choice of three hotels in Shanghai:

1) the Shanghai Mansion http://www.chinamansionhotel.com

With its unique historical heritage, China Mansion Hotel captures the essence
of old Shanghai, a period when this great city was considered the ‘Paris of the
Orient’. The villas design reflects this wonderful era gone by with its graceful
fusion of Classic French and Asian architecture that made Shanghai one of the
world’s most beautiful and elegant cities.

With 32 exquisitely decorated guest rooms each with its own individual design
and layout, China Mansion Hotel offers its guests the ‘personal touch’ that
 cannot be offered or replicated. Standard offerings include deluxe king size
beds, armchairs with ottomans, business desks, and wireless high-speed
Internet access. The guest rooms are complete with mini bars and
refrigerators, tea/coffee kettles, complimentary champagne upon check-in,
complimentary one hour massage upon check-in, and free bottled water.
Bathrooms have marble floors and countertops with separate Jacuzzi baths
and high pressure full body showers.

The hotel features a traditional-style gourmet Chinese restaurant serving the

finest seafood the city can offer and a rooftop restaurant and lounge with
terrace overlooking the French Concession District and the city’s breathtaking
skyline serving the finest Western Bistro-style cuisine.

2) URBN Hotels Shanghai http://www.urbnhotels.com

A stylish and innovative hotel using recycled and locally sourced materials. At
URBN Hotels they believe that a city is more than a tourist destination, it’s a
place with an individual personality and character waiting to be discovered
and enjoyed by each and every visitor.
URBN Hotels Shanghai’s 26 distinctive rooms and suites were inspired by the
nature of Asian spaces. Contemporary design complimented by natural
materials – wood floors, linen curtains and rustic silks in shades of cream,
coffee and beige, create a relaxing ambiance to please the most discerning
tastes. Each room carefully includes all the modern essentials, and some
special creature comforts, for savvy international travelers.

Roomtwentyeight Restaurant & Lounge offers a private garden and courtyard

setting, with all-day dining from 6am. The restaurant features global cuisine.

Shanghai is more than a tourist destination – it’s a place with an individual

personality and character waiting to be discovered and enjoyed by each and
every visitor. Whether for business or leisure, URBN offers an unforgettable
experience in Shanghai.

3) 88 Xintiandi http://www.88xintiandi.com
 Located in the heart of Shanghai, just off bustling Huai Hai Zhong Lu, 88
Xintiandi is set in one of the city’s most exciting and storied districts, the
former French Concession. 88 Xintiandi with its magnificent location, a
stunning panoramic lake view and unparalleled luxury service, the hotel is the
ultimate choice.

Designed with luxurious comfort and style as its essence, 88 Xintiandi’s

interiors are modern in comfort and function while featuring Southeast Asian
style furniture and accessories. There are five unique layouts among 88
Xintiandi’s 53 rooms. While featuring a beautiful plaza or lake view, each room
is arranged to provide a place for uninterrupted rest and leisure or a highly
functional workspace setting.

88 Xintiandi offers impeccable facilities and services. A full host of amenities,

including extensive kitchen and bathroom accessories, daily housekeeping,
and high speed Internet, are all designed to meet your every need. In
addition, the third floor lounge provides a serene environment for breakfast,
afternoon tea and evening cocktail.

Seeing and Doing:

To get rid of your jet lag, we can take you to the Mandara Spa, where you will
be pampered beyond belief, and made ready for your tour and meeting China
and its people.

Mandara Spa at JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square is a city

spa, with a touch of contemporary old Shanghai and a menu that blends
traditional Asian treatments with a range of sophisticated beauty treatments. It
is distinguished by a wider choice of treatment and package options.

After having adapted, we will show you Shanghai in all its splendour: the
musea, the Huangpu river, some of its outstanding restaurants, its shopping,
both basic and luxury.

You will get to know the Shanghai Art Museum, and will meet it’s curator or
another specialist.. Its well-conceived displays elucidate all aspects of
Chinese art from ceramics to jades to furniture to seals to paintings. We will
travel to the French concession, whose poplar-lined boulevards add a French
panache to this "Paris of the Orient". We will take you to an Acrobatic Show
that is the mother of all acrobatics.

You will walk along Nanjing Lu and Huaihai Lu, the shopping avenues of
Shanghai.
And of course you will meet specialists in a range of disciplines to acquaint
you with the particularities of Shanghai and China. You will get to know people
and their lives.

Choices:

- Take a stroll down the historic Bund and the bustling Nanjing Street to
admire one of the world's finest architectural collections and visit one of
the best shopping streets in China.

- Visit the old part of Shanghai and visit the beautiful Yuyuan Garden and
surrounding Yuyuan Market where visitors can get a glimpse into the
local's daily life.

- Climb up Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower or Jinmao Tower and get a

bird's eye view of this historic city.
- Be overwhelmed by one of the best museums in China, the Shanghai
Museum.

- Admire the exquisite milk-white jade Buddha at the historic Jade

Buddha Temple, a spiritual oasis in the midst of a modern metropolis.

- Be awed at the artistry of the Shanghai Acrobatics Show, one of China's

best.

- Visit the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao, the Venice of the east filled
with Ming and Qing Dynasty architectural treasures.

- Visit the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall and see how
Shanghai evolved from a simple fishing village to the cosmopolitan
metropolis it is today

- Take a ride on the Maglev Train, the first commercial high

speed Maglev train in the world.

- Savor world-class cuisine and then hit the dance floor at some
of Asia' s most stylish and cutting-edge restaurants and nightclubs.

Hangzhou

Next we drive you to Hangzhou, where you will spend 1 night.

http://www.morehangzhou.com/

http://www.hangzhou.com.cn/english/
Here we have two hotels for you:

1) Hyatt Hangzhou http://hangzhou.regency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

This brand new five star hotel, set on the eastern shore of West Lake, offers
tremendous views over the lake. Every evening, there is a fountain display,
reminiscent of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, by the water's edge. The
quality of the decoration and food at the hotel's cafe and Chinese restaurant
are in keeping with this city's reputation for fine dining, while its bedrooms
and accompanying bathrooms have set a new standard in this city.
 Additionally, the hotel's location within a recently developed pedestrian area
has been deemed sufficiently smart to attract the interest of the world's
leading luxury brands.

Lake views welcome you to a spacious suite and modern interiors including
living and dining room, marble bath with separate tub and shower, work area
with high-speed Internet access and bedroom with king bed.

2) Shangri-La http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/hangzhou/shangrila

The legendary Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou stands on the beautiful north

shore of Hangzhou's famous West Lake, overlooking Solitary Hill Island and
the graceful Xiling Bridge, in a setting that offers guests scenic grandeur,
unsurpassed comfort and secluded tranquillty.

Shangri-La Hotel Hangzhou is known throughout the region for its elegance
and gracious service. The hotel's 382 architecturally distinctive and spacious
guestrooms and suites-all equipped with broadband Internet access-are
neatly spread across two hotel wings and three detached villas.
The newly renovated and expanded Horizon Club Lounge, and the hotel's
Business Centre, offer comprehensive business services that meet the needs
of demanding business travellers.
 The hotel's health club and recreational services are the region's finest. Rent a
bicycle and ride along the lake and the paths winding through the 40-acre
property. Or swim in the elegant indoor pool before indulging in a massage.
Whatever your pleasure, your stay at the Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou will
complement the tranquil beauty of historic West Lake.

Seeing and Doing:

Hangzhou is a city whose reputation for beauty is encapsulated by a famous

Chinese couplet: "In heaven there is paradise, On earth there is Hangzhou
and Suzhou". You may wish to take a stroll around the lake .

It was Hangzhou whose wealth and splendor flabbergasted Marco Polo. Your
visit begins exactly as he recommends, with a tour by gondola of the West
Lake's elegant causeways and landscaped islands. Back on land, we repair to
the verdant fields of nearby Longjing to learn about tea. The tea ceremony,
exported to Japan during the Tang dynasty (618-907), has links to Daosit and
Buddhist practice. Your senses will be enthralled by a variety of teas, each
with its unique teaware and ceremony.

Watch the early morning exercises taking place at this time by West
Lake.

Choices:

- Relax and unwind in this idyllic Oriental Capital of Leisure, do what the
locals do, do nothing

- Stroll on the lakeside of the legendary West Lake, or cruise around the
enchanting lake on a dragon boat
- Climb the Peak Flown From Afar, appreciate the lovely Buddha statues
carved into its grottos, and find your inner peace in the intriguing Lingyin
Temple

- Visit the Liuhe Pagoda and the Leifeng Pagoda and be obsessed with the
legendary tales behind them
- Climb the hills and merge yourself in a Dragon Well Tea Plantation, pick
tea leaves and sip a delicate cup of exquisite tea as well as the beautiful
rural scenery

- Shop for the finest exquisite silk products in China and watch all the
processes involved in silk production from silkworms to dyeing

- Visit along the Qinghefang Ancient Street, where huge range of Traditional
Chinese herbal medicine is on offer

- Bring yourself back to the Song Dynasty by watching the singing and
dancing performance with traditional gorgeous costumes in Song Dynasty
Town

- Walk into the tranquil water town Wuzhen, which can successfully sustain
and preserve its ancient traditiona and atmosphere

- Pay a visit to the former residence of Lu Xun in Shaoxing, who is

considered the father of modern Chinese literature

Qiandao

Next it is on to the 1000 islands lake or Qiandao lake and the destination

hotel for 2 nights:

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Fuchun Resort http://www.fuchunresort.com/en/index.asp

The Chinese character for "pavilion" implies “stopping for a rest”, which
beautifully coincides with the concept of Fuchun Resort. Immersed within a
traditional Chinese landscape of astonishing countryside, beautiful mountain
ranges, picturesque villages and a tea plantation, Fuchun Resort entices its
guests to explore the holistic lifestyle within, offering a tranquility that
cleanses the soul of mundane life. Guests have the opportunity to experience
the same breathtaking natural beauty discovered by Yuan-Dynasty painter
Huang Gongwang, alongside the comfort and pampering of this world-class
resort.
The resort has 70 rooms and suites with garden or lake views, as well as 12
villas adjacent to an 18-hole golf course. Five hilltop villas with their own
indoor pools overlook the stunning vista of Fuchun. The award-winning T8
Restaurant serves excellent East-meets-West cuisine, Asian Corner serves
local specialties and for the ultimate relaxation experience, the Fuchun Resort
Spa with its Asian soul-balancing treatments awaits you. An equally luxurious
range of meeting facilities and corporate function rooms meet the needs of
business guests while the Fuchun Pavilion serves as a secluded hilltop
getaway ideal for private events. All rooms and suites are equipped with
satellite tv, cd-player, broadband access, mini-bar, isdn phones and safe
deposit box. Separate shower and washroom for suites and villas, private
balcony with lake front view and pantry for hotel villas and an indoor heated
swimming pool complemented with sitting room and dining room in the
luxurious 4-bedroom Fuchun Villas.

Lake Lounge affords a sumptuous view of the Fuchun Resort Lake, offering
breakfast, lunch and an assortment of refreshing cocktails and healthy
beverages. Aqua Lounge offers a menu of thirst quenching cocktails and
snacks. Situated near the waveless swimming pool and the fitness nook, this
is an ideal spot to enjoy a bit of post-workout refreshment. Asian Corner
Restaurant features a mouth-watering array of various Asian and local
specialties. A pan-Asian interior of red lanterns and rosewood panels complete
the appealing ambience of Asian Corner. As the suburban counterpart to T8
Restaurant & Bar in Shanghai, Club8 offers not only superb food but also a
peaceful, hushed ambience.
 Fuchun Resort's sporting centrepiece is its undulating 18-hole golf course with
terraced tea plantation. The Fuchun Spa at the Hotel offers treatments with
your ultimate spa enjoyment in mind, with 100% natural, organic and
botanical custom-blended products, which are used in all treatments. In
addition, there are two lit outdoor tennis courts, a landscaped driving range,
waveless swimming pool, sauna & steam bath, fitness nook, foot massage,
outdoor Jacuzzi. Kids' library, kid's indoor swimming pool and kids' outdoor
playground, a jogging path, and taichi & yoga classes.

Seeing and Doing:

We get a power boat and explore Qiandao Lake, or Qiandaohu, is a giant lake
with literally 1000 small islands. Many of these islands are developed for
tourism. The water is so clean that a major mineral water processing plant is
located there.

Qiandao Lake is one of the first-class national scenic spots and is the largest
national forest park at present. The lake covers five hundred and seventy
square kilometers including over one thousand islands of different sizes.

Besides the surrounding green hills and large amount of animals and plants, it
is also famous for its water. The average depth of the water here is more than
one hundred feet and the visibility in the water is twenty two to twenty nine
feet. As national first-class water it is so pure that it can be drunk directly.

Set in the middle of the lake; this is the best part of Qiandao Lake, named
after five conjoined mountains. It resembles a plat blossom and has gained
fame for its beautiful natural scenery and perfect environment.
Huangshan

And now it is time to go to Huangshan and its mountains for 2 nights.

http://www.huangshan.gov.cn/index-e.asp

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/anhui/huangshan/

We have two hotels here, and in each you will spend one night. It should be
said that these accomodations are basic, but the surrounding area makes it all
worth it
:

1) Beihai Hotel
 Huangshan Beihai Hotel is located in the Beihai area at an altitude of 1630
meters. The hotel is surrounded by the high peaks of the many mountains
and a beautiful landscape.

There are the ShiXin Peak, A Fancy of Writing Brush Blossoming, the Monkey
Watching the Sea, Cool Terrace and other beautiful spots nearby.

2) Huangshan Golf Hotel http://www.chinahsgolf.com

The hotel has 117 rooms including 46 twin-bed rooms, 43 deluxe standard
rooms and 11 suites and 1 presidential suite. Because the elliptical shape of
the hotel, all the rooms enjoy a great view of the golf course and the scenery
in the distance.
 All rooms are equipped with air-conditioning, TV, internet access, telephone
and so on.

There is a Chinese Restaurant within the hotel, which mainly serves Sichuan,
Anhui and Huaiyang cuisine. There is also a western restaurant and a
Japanese Restaurant. For recreation, there is an indoor swimming pool, tennis
court and sauna.

The hotel is a must for golf lovers and those who want to enjoy a tranquil
atmosphere. It is a perfect place to enjoy a leisurely idyllic stay with excellent
service and facilities.

Seeing and Doing:

Take full advantage of your day on the Yellow Mountain, you will be
immediately driven from Huangshan City to the mountain itself. Having
ascended three-quarters of the rugged mountain by cable car, you will still
need to hike uphill for another 45 minutes before arriving at Huangshan's
circuitous peak. For the next two or three hours you'll want to stroll around the
peak appreciating its dramatic views. Depending on the weather, you may
enjoy views of granite tusks suddenly piercing through the swirling mist, or
else if it's colder, will be delighted by the famous seas of pink-tinged clouds
floating between Huangshan's jagged ridges.
It will be up to you to decide whether to descend by foot or by cable-car. The
walk down is demanding, but then again these views can be the most
sensational.

You can tour some ancient, picturesque villages, conveniently located near
Huangshan City. Commonly, it is the remote geography of such villages that
has harbored them from the destructive force of China's turbulent history..
This visit, then, will be a rare opportunity for you to experience at first hand
the design and architecture of well-preserved, affluent Ming Dynasty (1368-
1644) villages. Apart from enjoying curious architectural details, such as a
wind shield covering a six hundred year old "window", you will also be able to
appreciate the sheer ingenuity of traditional urban designs, maximizing the
use of running water for aesthetic, spiritual and practical benefits.

Return to Huangshan to walk through its ancient city quarter, which features a
centuries old, double-tiered shopping street, packed with intriguing wares.

Choices:

- Winter on Huangshan Mountain is particularly beautiful

- Tunxi Ancient Street an ancient commercial street which has survived

relatively untouched

- Lucky visitors can witness Huangshan's spectacular sunrises

- The Four treasure of the Study, the artist supplies famed throughout
China

- Sample Huangshan's famous Huangshan Mao Feng Tea

- Unbelievable photographic opportunities on Huangshan Mountain

- The ancient villages of Hongcun and Xidi

- Huangshan's delicious and varied Hui Cuisine

- The seven ancient stone Tangyue Memorial Archways

- Huangshan Mountain Scenic Spot a place of paralleled natural beauty

Shanghai

Now it is back again to Shanghai, and a two night stay, after which it is on to
Suzhou for also 2 nights.

Suzhou

http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/english/Travel/Travel.shtml
http://www.chinahighlights.com/suzhou/
Near Suzhou we have one hotel.

Taihu Golf Hotel http://www.taihugolfhotel.com/

Around 90 minutes from Shanghai and nestled between the hills and Taihu
Lake in the Suzhou Taihu Tourism Zone. The hotel is a 5 star property
complementing an existing development of deluxe villas and an 18-hole golf
course.

At Taihu Golf Hotel all hotel rooms enjoy the superb views of either Taihu
Lake or the surrounding hills. Chosen to meet the needs and tastes of
business travelers as well as guests on a more leisurely schedule, the decor is
modern and warm with some delicate touches that recall Suzhou’s influence
 on Chinese arts and culture. The Hotel features a total of 119 rooms.

The Hotel’s SOO restaurant, deluxe Cantonese cuisine, Dim Sum, barbecue,
live fish and seafood, Abalone, Bird’s Nest and more are served to please the
pickiest palate and impress the most discerning diner. The wine bar proudly
serves red, white and Chinese imports from abroad. And with incredible views
over the golf course and Taihu Lake, Lanterns serves an eclectic mixture of
Western and Asian cuisine.

On the 3rd floor of the Taihu Golf Hotel lies a sensational Day Spa. It is a
modern, warm, and thoroughly inviting place that provides an international
standard of treatments with scientifically proven materials. From the moment
you step into the area, the smart interiors invoke an expectation of luxury
and pampering.

Situated adjacent to the Hotel, the Club boasts an 18-hole course created by
 the world famous Australian designer, Graham Marsh. The Club House and
driving range facilities match the course with their superbly appointed,
luxurious facilities. The Hotel can arrange boat trips on lake Taihu for
anywhere from two to forty people, with the launch point being mercury
marina, located only a few hundred meters from the Hotel. Parties can be
arranged for family, corporate and social groups.

Seeing and Doing:

Suzhou is a port on China's Grand Canal. Silk manufacture in the fourteenth

century spawned many fortunes here, and with them the advent of a famously
libertine sub-culture. Its legacy is Suzhou's elegant private gardens whose tall
white perimeter walls might once have blushed at their owners' hedonism.
You'll stop at Suzhou's Embroidery Institute to look around its museum and to
watch the silk-embroidering process; a craft that is still very much alive in this
home town of silk.

Choices:

- Lovely Suzhou maintains a distinctive Chinese flavor with quaint canals,

stunning gardens, hearty food, and beautiful ladies in elegant silk.

- Disappear or lose yourself in the classical gardens of Suzhou - a fusion of

nature, poetry and painting designed to ease, move or assist the mind
- Experience the ambience of classical Chinese garden at night and enjoy the
Garden Show, a cultural performance of Chinese traditional musical
instruments

- Visit a silk factory in Suzhou - China's leading silk producer, and see how
the silk is processed from the silkworm to the final woven cloth

- Float down the Grand Canal, the world's oldest and longest waterway, to
see the local people's life in classical South-China style

- See the streets, the open markets and the local people's life by a rickshaw
ride along canals and over bridges through the old town of Suzhou

- Step back in time in the cobbled lanes of ancient water townships of the
Yangtze River, such as Zhouzhuang, Luzhi and Wuzhen

- Ring the bell in the Hanshan Temple, one of most famous temples in China
with a lot of cultural relics

- Walk along and admire the Panmen Gate, one of the oldest and best-
preserved land and water gate in China

- Climb the Tiger Hill, a place with many hidden secrets & legends ad a
number of historical sites and admire its leaning tower
Shanghai

And now it is back to Shanghai for one night and then back home.