Itinerary: Day 01 Depart from West Coast to Shanghai Depart from West Coast, board a spacious jet for your transpacific journey and enjoy meals and entertainments in the airplane. Day 02 Shanghai Arrive in Shanghai, you are greeted by our tour guide at the airport and transferred to the school dormitory Accommodation: School Dormitory in Shanghai Day 03 Shanghai Welcome Party and School Orientation Program Day 04 Shanghai Visit to World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Day 05 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese History 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Tour to Shanghai Museum The Shanghai Museum is in the possession of a collection of 123,000 cultural artifacts in 21 categories, but bronze ware, ceramics, calligraphy and painting are its forte. Day 06 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Modern China 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Tour to Shanghai Xintiandi Shanghai Xintiandi is an urban tourist attraction imbued with the city's historical and cultural legacies where “yesterday meets tomorrow in Shanghai today.” Day 07 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Tour to the Bund. The picturesque Bund, extending for 1.5 km on the shore of the Huangpu River, is an emblem of Shanghai. A total of 52 high buildings of various heights tower over the river along the western side of the Bund, looking like a museum of modem world architecture. 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Tour to Yuyuan Garden & Bazar As a paragon of the south Chinese landscaping style of the Ming and Qing dynasties built in 1559, the Yuyuan Garden is a MUST for all visitors to Shanghai. Day 08 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Workshop on Chinese Traditional Painting 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Visit Arts & Crafts Research Institute Established in 1956, this is China's first comprehensive center for the research of Chinese arts and crafts. Its 19 departments are staffed with a galaxy of virtuoso craftsmen in such fields as woolen needlepoint tapestries, embroidery, ivory carving, jade carving, dough modeling, and porcelain carving. Visitors are in for quite a few rare artistic delights. Day 09 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Workshop on Chinese Calligraphy 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Library Day 10 Shanghai Free day in school (Weekend) Day 11 Shanghai Free day in school (Weekend) Day 12 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Religions (Buddhism, Taoism and Confucius) 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Tour to the Temple of Jade Buddha The Yufo (Jade Buddha) Temple was built in 1882 but after all those years it remains in perfect condition as a sanctuary of Zen Buddhism. The temple derived its name from a jade statue of Sakyamuni from Myanmar. Day 13 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Martial Arts like Shadow Boxing 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Stadium and Shanghai Tennis Center Day 14 Shanghai Full day tour to Shanghai Zoo Day 15 Shanghai Full day tour to Zhou Zhuang - No. 1 Water Country of China (www.zhouzhuang.net) Shanghai Day 16 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Music and Music Instrument 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Grand Shanghai Theatre Day 17 Shanghai Free day in school (Weekend) Day 18 Shanghai Free day in school (Weekend) Day 19 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Language 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Tour to Pudong New District: Jinmao Tower, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai Ocean Aquarium. Day 20 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Education 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Fu Dan University / Shanghai Jiao Tong University Day 21 Shanghai Full day tour to Pudong New District: Century Park and Shanghai Science & Technology Museum Day 22 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Cuisine 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Shopping time Day 23 Shanghai 09:00-12:00 Certificate Issuing Ceremony and Rehearsal 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-17:00 Farewell Party Day 24 Shanghai/ Xi’an Fly to Xi’an, Our tour guide will pick you up at Xi’an airport which is 33 miles away in the north of the city. Transfer to the hotel. Visit the Provincial Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Banpo Neolithic Village, Bell Tower, Drum Tower and the Great Mosque Holiday Inn or similar 3* Day 25 Xi’an Full day visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Shaanxi Provincial Museum and the City Wall Day 26 Xian/ Beijing Fly from Xi’an to Beijing, Our tour guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the hotel, Visit the Summer Palace. Holiday Inn or similar 3* Day 27 Beijing Full day visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, enjoy old-fashioned man-powered tricycle. Day 28 Beijing Visit the Great Wall, the Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs, Beijing Opera Day 29 Beijing/Los Angeles Home, Sweet Home! Stay on the board It includes: 1. Airport pick-up and drop off; 2. Accommodation of school dormitory, two persons share one room. Students will be placed in 3-star hotel outside Shanghai; 3. Three meals daily, served in School dining hall or Chinese restaurant while outside Shanghai; 4. Domestic transportation including flight from Shanghai to Xian, Xian to Beijing; 5. Admission to local attractions listed above, and travel insurance; 6. Lectures on Chinese cultural topics. 7. Travel Insurance (Basic) It excludes: 1. Any personal-based expenses, such as phone calls, laundry, postage, etc; 2. All costs of activities which are not mentioned in the itinerary, or stated "optional"; 3. Transportation to airport after the tour ends; 4. Tips for tour, in general, $4 each day including tour Guide and driver; 5. Airport taxes and other related charges; 6. Visa application fees ($130 per person) 7. International airfare ($1000 approximately) |
MESNEW, Inc.
Four Week Student Program to China
(Shanghai, Xi'an, Beijing)
(Shanghai, Xi'an, Beijing)
Summer/Winter Camp, Language Village
Special Features:
* to learn & practice Chinese language,
* to feel its rich history and culture by visiting the ancient culture relics,
* to experience its modern elegance by meeting its people.
Cities to visit:
*Shanghai -- the biggest cosmopolitan city with the largest population in China
*Xi’an -- an ancient capital of China for 13 dynasties in the Chinese history
*Beijing – the capital of China from Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties till now
Special Features:
* to learn & practice Chinese language,
* to feel its rich history and culture by visiting the ancient culture relics,
* to experience its modern elegance by meeting its people.
Cities to visit:
*Shanghai -- the biggest cosmopolitan city with the largest population in China
*Xi’an -- an ancient capital of China for 13 dynasties in the Chinese history
*Beijing – the capital of China from Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties till now
Quotation:
$1950.00 p. p.
S/S: $550.00
Please call
or email us
for details.
$1950.00 p. p.
S/S: $550.00
Please call
or email us
for details.
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