About the Golden Route
The Golden Route is the itinerary that first comes to mind when a
traveler expresses interest in going to China. This most popularity
of China's travel route includes the country's best-known cities and
most famous sights: the Great Wall, the forbidden City, Tian'anmen
Square, the terra-cotta army of ancient Xi'an, the Bund of Shanghai,
and those magical karst limestone hills that everyone recognizes in
an instant. These are the very things that the first-time traveler
comes to see. The Golden Route gives the traveler a good sampling
of what China travel is all about.
A Golden Route itinerary normally begins or ends in Beijing or
Shanghai, China's two international gateway cities. Whichever path
one follows, a Golden Route tour always includes a visit to Xi'an
to see the terra-cotta army of China's first emperor Qin Shihuang,
and an excursion up the Li River in Guilin, whose waters reflect
those misty limestone hills in all their splendor. A typical Beijing-Xi'an-Guilin-Shanghai
itinerary can run as few as 10 days. From that basis, travel agents
begin to add excursions to nearby cities like Suzhou and Wuxi, or
a few extra days for a trip to Chengde. The Golden Route is the
foundation on which most China tours are built.
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