Summer Tea Tour:
General:
The importance of firsthand knowledge–One of the greatest advantages of traveling with Trois G Tea is the person who explains what you are seeing. We make sure your Tour Directors, Local Hosts, and Local Guides are the best.
It is real fun if you have a chance to travel with us to China Tea Gardens, historical sites and scenic spots, to explore China and its magnificent teas by yourself.
-Immerse yourself in Chinese Tea Culture with beautiful Chinese countryside as a backdrop.
-Attend the Tea Shows Festival in Shanghai Prefectures.
Trip Highlights:
-Tours of tea factories, a tea museum, tea gardens and tea ware markets
-Admission to the World Expo China Pavilion in Shanghai
-Participating and observing in a special tea auction as you would
-Authentic Tea Dinners sponsored by our local tea companies
-Sightseeing in Shanghai, HangZhou, the Great Walls and Beijing
-Unique cultural performance: Tea Show, Acrobatic Show and Chinese Kungfu Show
-Riding on a bullet train from PuDong Airport to Shanghai Central City
Plucking With Your Hands As Dressed
Trip Features:
-Expand your knowledge of the culture, history and production and Chinese tea
-Learn about trends in tea production and marketing
-Experience the tranquility of a Chinese tea garden
-Hand by hand to pluck tea leaves for your own
-Step by step to be learned to make Dragonwell tea
-Sip by sip to be taught how to judge tea qualities
-Feel the unique culture of China
-Find tea and teaware venders in China
-Fully escorted by our English speaking tea professionals during the tour
-No fixed departure dates. You may go whenever you wish
Tour cost per person:
A: $4,650 (Los Angeles departure/double occupancy)
– Group maximum size: 12 persons
– Tour costs for other departure cities, please email us at Contact@TroisGTea.com
B: $3,530 (China Land Only/double occupancy)
– Tour cost for China Land Only does not include round trip economy class airfare, tax & fuel surcharge from U.S.A. to China
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Tour cost includes:
1. Round trip economy class airfare from Los Angeles, USA to Shanghai, China (Included with Tour cost A only)
2. Round trip airport limousine bus or bullet train to/from hotel
3. Six (6) nights first class (Four Stars Hotels, its equivalence or above) hotel accommodations
4. Seven (7) breakfasts, Six (6) lunches & Six (6) dinners (tea dinner cuisines & Peking Duck Dinner)
5. All transportation (except for free time)
6. Admission to events and entrance fees to all scenic spots per the itinerary
7. English speaking tour guide
Hotel accommodations in China: For single occupancy surcharge: $900.
**above schedule is subject to change depending on traffic, weather, or other factors
Daily Itinerary:
Day One – (D) Arrive at Shanghai Pudong Airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel by a bullet train from the Airport to Shanghai Central City. Enjoy the rest of the day or recover from jetlag at your leisure. Welcome dinner is served in the evening.
Day Two – (B/L/D) Buffet breakfast at hotel. Full day city excursion to Shanghai Old City – the unique architectures of Yu Yuan Garden, visit tea pot markets and lunch at a typical local restaurant, taste traditional Shanghai foods, Diem Sum Samplers (Dumping) of your choice. Visit the Bund area lined with gracious European buildings and overlook the HuangPu River. Walk along the pedestrian Nanjing Road to mix with the Chinese shoppers. Attend an day and evening shows at Shanghai World Expo 2024 or 2025.
Day Three – (B/L/D) Buffet breakfast at hotel. Take an early express train to HangZhou, ZheJiang province, will be welcomed by our local tea company and take a tour to our tea plant. Lunch at a local HangZhou style restaurant. Visit the scenic spots along the beautiful West Lake and ride a boat on the lake. Visit Six Harmonies Pagoda. Dinner at a high rank restaurant, hosted by our local tea affiliate.
Day Four – (B/L), Buffet breakfast at hotel. Visit Dragonwell (Lung Ching) tea garden and pavilions, the tea plantation, pluck tea leaves from bushes and pan-fire Dragonwell tea on your own experience. Visit HuBao tea house and beautiful Buddhist Linyin Temple. Take an evening flight to Beijing.
Day Five – (B/L/D), Buffet breakfast at hotel in Beijing – the capital of China. Embark for a full day tour, visit Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square – the largest public square in the world, monuments and buildings situated around the square’s perimeter. Then visit Summer Palace, enjoy a walk along Lake Kunming. Dinner is served at a fabulous Peking Duck Banquet.
Day Six – (B/L/D), Buffet breakfast at hotel. Visit the Great Wall – one of the seven great man-made wonders of the world, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant followed by taking a rickshaw ride to the historic HuTong and Alley of Beijing old Town. Dining at a typical Beijing style foods following by the Traditional Chinese Kungfu Show.
Day Seven – (B/L/D), Buffet breakfast at hotel. Visit the Temple of Heaven – the Emperor prayed for harvest in Ming and Qing Dynasty and free time to walk on Wang Fu Jing Street — the busiest shopping area in China. Have a tea dinner party for farewell.
Day Eight – (B/L), Buffet breakfast at hotel. Coach Bus to Beijing Airport for departure. End of this trip.
***Note: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
***Please feel free to email us at Contact@TroisGTea.com for more details and reservations. Thanks!