Trip To China

China Tour is so appealing to those who are interested in eastern civilization. China has become an invariable choice for one's tour schedule, with the booming development of the country's economy and tourism. As a reliable online tour operator based in China, we specialize in organizing outstanding China tours. Combining years of experience and a deep understanding of Chinese culture, we create fantastic China tour packages for you to enjoy the rich history, exotic life style and breathtaking landscapes of China. Whether you are planning your first trip to China or returning to explore more insights, we are ready with hundreds of tour routes to make your dream China vacation come true. Here you can find budget group China tours or luxury private vacation plans. Except elaborately pre-designed China tour packages, we also work on customized tour that is organized based on your preferences and needs. Welcome to contact us: www.itourschina.com; www.itourbeijing.com

Tianjin Port to Beijing Coach transfer on 27th, Feb

Our first coach transfer from Tianjin Port to Beijing this year has finished successfully on Monday, 27th,Feb. Our passengers are all from Diamond Princess Cruise Ship(this public coach transfer only aims at passengers from Diamond Princess). February is still winter time in China (north part). It was cold and breezy on Monday morning at Tianjin Xingang port, but our guide and driver have arrived at Tianjin International cruise home port for a while before the pick up time set with passengers. Gate 3 of the Tianjin Xingang port terminal is the exit for passengers to meet their guides and drivers. Similar as the scene at airport terminal, many people waited for their coming clients in queue at Gate 3 holding different welcome/name signs. Well, the busy and noisy atmosphere there was a stark contrast to the cold temperature. The meeting time set with clients is 8:30am. But the first pair of couple has come out before 8:00am. After collecting all passengers, it had been around 8:30am. Our coach departed Tianjin Xingang port around 9:00am after checking passengers’ information again. The bus stopped first at Tianjin airport for few passengers, then headed for Beijing downtown. It took about 3 hours for the long journey. Along the road, the bus stopped by a service area on the expressway for all to take a break. It had been noon time after the coach arrived in Beijing. Upon arrival, all passengers were send to respective hotels safe and sound. A happy ending for this trip and Itourbeijing is preparing for the next coach transfer service from Tianjin Port to beijing on March 30,2012. Ensuring you a smooth and comfortable trip, Itourbeijing.com is looking forward for your participation. Welcome to contact www.itourbeijing.com if you have any question about Tianjin port Beijing transfer!

The Silk Road

Put Silk Road Tour on your travel list, you will find a totally different experience in China. The Silk Road is a collection of several ancient trade routes that linked Roman Empire in the west with the imperial court of China in the East. Before the discovery of the sea route to India, the Silk Road was the most important connection between the Orient and the West which still remains its charm to people. The routes played a vital role in the development of the great civilizations of China and other nearby countries, and helped shape the foundations for the modern world. When you are planning to travel there, a guide to the history of the Silk Road is needed, which will make your understanding of its culture and significants deeper. The ancient route started at Luoyang and Xi'an, the capitals of Tang Dynasty, reached the Yellow River at Lanzhou, then skirted westward through the Hexi Corridor along with deserts and mountains before reach the oasis of Dunhuang, finally headed to Xinjiang crossing Turpan, Hotan, Yarkand, and Kashgar. Walking through Xinjiang, brave ancient merchants and traveler could go eastward continuously until they arrive at Rome. For hundreds of years the dusty caravan roads were traveled by merchants: silk was carried westward, while wool, gold, silver exotic birds and animals were carried eastward. With the fall of Rome, the route became unsafe. The Silk Road experienced its last great era during the period of Mongols (Yuan dynasty of China), when the entire route from China to the Mediterranean was part of one empire. At that time, Nicolo and Marco Polo traveled from Kashgar to the Far East along the southern route. The overland link quickly lost its importance as trade across the seas developed. Today, Silk Road has lost its oringinal function, but become a popular destination for many adventurous travellers following in the footsteps of Marco Polo. What are you waiting for? Come and travel along the Silk Road to enjoy the the historical culture relics, beautiful scenery, and the wonderful treatment of visitors and the tradition of Muslim hospitality. It is such a tour with the history of the silk road and the history of China. Taking this tour is a China Tour cross different province of China. You can see lots of part of China and different view of it, such as grassland in Mogol, Lake in Xingjiang, Desert in Gansu province. You can see museums, buddha caves and ice mountains. Conbine with Beijing Tour will be more interested for you to see not only the olden part of China but also the modern one. Is this interested to visit the new capital of China?

Beijing Cooking Learning Tour

Chinese cuisine enjoys a high reputation worldwide and represents the magnificent culture of the China's 5000 years glorious history. Beijing Cooking Learning Tour provides you with an opportunity to cook the Chinese dishes by yourself! In the cooking school you are arranged to learn cooking different dishes from beginning to end, getting to know the basic secrets of excellent Chinese culinary skill. Besides Chinese cuisine, Beijing Learning Tours also have other subjects for tourists to study, like Tai Chi, paper cutting, Mandarin, Chinese Calligraphy, etc. Through the study tours, you will get more chance to explore Beijing and have more insights into Chinese society, tradition and lifestyle. The detail of the whole tour itinerary will be picked up from your hotel in the morning and brought to one of Beijing's best cooking schools. Teacher will show you the whole procedure on how to cook typical Chinese food. And you will learn how to make several Chinese dishes from start to finish, and then try making one dish by yourself. Afterwards, you will have lunch at the famous Jiaozi Restaurant to see how Chinese dumplings are made and then have a tour of the local vegetable market. Here you will be shown all the special meats, spices and vegetables that are needed in order to make most Chinese dishes. Finally, you will be driven back to your hotel. This tour can be a relax day during your Beijing Tour in China. Travelling in Beijing, it’s not only those historical places but also culture tour you can experienced. Cooking tour is one of those. Besides, we also have Beijing Hutong Tour that you can conbine with. After visiting the old city and ancient quartyard, you will be hungry enough to join a cooking tour. learning how to make dumplings and our local dishes. If you want to know more about China Tour and our Tibet Tour, we have seperated website for you to choose your tailor-made tour package.

Travelling in China

Travelling to China does not seem too crazy today. You can reach every places inside China even the smallest village. Thus, a travel agency makes is much more easier than thravelling all by yourself. The classic tour for travelling the whole China will be Beijing-Xian-Shanghai-Guilin and at last ended up in HongKong. It’s a really completely tour of China. In Beijing, for it’s capital, you can see both the traditional city and modernlized of China. In Xi’an, the Chinese wonder Terra-cotta worriers and the encient city wall. In Shanghai, a metropolitan city of China. All the high buildings and developed factories are settle down here. In Guilin, a cruise trip on Yangtze River must be a different taest than on the sea. In Hongkong, you can buy a lot of cheap stuff and you will be never tierd of shopping. But it could be the others as wherever you would like to travel. We are always be here to help. Beijing Tour Beijing, the gateway to China, has become one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. Having served as the capital of the country for more than 800 years, Beijing is the nation's political, cultural, scientific, international trade and communication center as well as a key transportation hub. The long history and profund culture have endowed Beijing with incomparable charm. Xi’an Tour Want to explore the civilization of ancient China, travel to Xian. Xian, named "Chang'an" during the Han Dynasty, is the capital of Shaanxi Province, which lasted an amazing 1,608 years. There are 13 dynasties placed their capital here in China's history, which makes Xian to be the most famous ancient city beyond comparison. Shanghai Tour Taking a travel to Shanghai, perhaps China would not be so mysterious as mentioned in the most guide books. Shanghai, as one of the modern cities located in the middle of China's east coastline, is called "Hu" or "Shen" for short in Chinese. The city is famous for its first ranking for the high density of population in this area, the most comprehensive commercial city and one of the import and export cities in China, which earns a good reputation for the "Oriental Paris" and "Pearl of China". Guilin Tour Guilin is famous for the green mountains and crystal clear water, which make the city to be a vivid Chinese painting. Yangshuo scenery, Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave and Longsheng Terraced Field are the sites that you can't miss in the city. Also, you can enjoy the abundant minorities in the city. Each minority has its own designed customs, festivals and culture and hospitality to the guests who travel here. Hong Kong Tour Hong Kong is a truly amazing travel destination! Hong Kong is situated in Southern China, just 32 km east of the Pearl River and 135 km southeast of Guangdong Province. The city is made up of four sections: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and 260 surrounding islands. Hong Kong enjoys a subtropical climate, with reasonable temperatures for half the year, cool, dry winters and humid summers. I’m sure you can find one you like in our colorful webside. Anywhere you like to travel, any place you would like to stay. Our stuff will always be here to help. Forthur more, if you would interested of travel tibet, let us be the first in line.

China Panda Tour

Panda, regarded as the national emblem of China, is going to make your China tour this time a special one. This specially designed theme tour of Pandas will provide you the most comprehensive and close-up encounters with panda by visiting Chengdu, the home of Giant Pandas as well as the world-famous historic and culture relics there for your entire tour impression. The giant Panda, an easily recognized animal with the distinctive black patches around the eyes and across its round body, is the universal symbol for the conservation of wildlife. In this Chengdu Tour, you will experienced not only the giant panda but also some tourists’ attractive place such as Jiuzhaigou, or other city surounded. Take a cruise on the Yangtze River will be another relax day to complete your China Tour. Panda live in the mountain ranges of the central provinces in China. Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan provice, is known as the natural home of the Panda and features the world famous Panda research center. The China panda tour provides a rare opportunity to visit the Giant Panda Research Base or the Breeding Center in Chendgdu. It also allows you to explore their natural habitat and discover the magnificent but often illusive animals in the wild. In addition, the tour package will also lead you to visit the major tourist sites within Chengdu as well as in Beijing, Xian, Guilin and Shanghai.

China Ice Festival & Ski Vacation

China Ice & Ski Tour is a fantastic winter getaway taking you to unique northern Chinese cities to experience a snowy China. No matter you are an experienced skier or just only a beginner seeking for fun, there's no problem to take advantage of the snow season and winter tours in China. With a whitened horizon, you will be amazed by the special charm and elegance of the historic sites in ancient China's two most famous cities, Beijing and Shanghai. Besides, the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival will turn the city into a land of fairy tales. In winter, the most welcoming activities in China are the skiing and ice skating and the most popular places must be the northeast cities of China, such as: Harbin, Changchun, Jilin and Shenyang. The northern part of China is really close to the Russia, it’s cold and have the best quality of the Ski Resorts and they have a impressive Ice festival in winter time. It is definitely a worthy place to travel in one of those China Tour. And this one, you can conbine with Beijing Tour and Shanghai Tour. In this way, you may experience both the north and the south of China. Harbin, the city famous for its piercing wind and cold temperature in winter, hold the annual Ice Exhibition for the exquisite and well designed ice sculpture and ice lantern, which is made of the ice from the famous Songhua River. The winter makes it holding couple of the best ski resorts in China. Tour China in winter, enjoy the advantages in the low season with few tourists, cheap tickets, and yet much to see and to do. We provide elaborate itineraries with our great China winter tour packages, there is nothing to worry about as we will be you hands during the whole winter vacation in China. So, what are you waiting for? Plan your China ski and ice tours right now for this winter!

Tibet Top Travel Attraction

Tibet is a vast and must see place in the world. Just as the travel guide books saying: It will take you one year even a lifetime to explore this great region. But for most of us, Our time in Tibet is very limited. How to make a Tibet tour without missing its most typical and beautiful attractions would be the focus that people concern. Here is a list of the top travel attractions in Tibet that you can not ignore during travelling Tibet.




Mountain Everest: Mt. Everest, with a altitude of 8,844.43 meters high, is the highest mountain in the world. It is the mountain peak in the Himalayas of southern Asia, and located at the border between China and Nepal.



The Potala Palace: The Potala Palace is the symbol of Lhasa and Tibet. It is not only a masterpiece of Tibetan architecture, but also a treasure-house of the best Tibetan artistic works and precious relics.



The Jokhang Temple: The Jokhang Temple, one unit of the important cultural relics to be specially protected is the spiritual center of Tibet, the Holy of Holies, the destination of millions of Tibetan pilgrims.



Tashilhunpo Monastery: Tashilhunpo Monastery, as the seat of the Panchen Lama, is one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa in Tibet and the biggest Tibetan Gelugpa Buddhism monastery in back Tibet area (Shigatse area). One can find the the world’s biggest statue of sitting Maitreya Buddha within.



Namtso Lake: Namtso Lake means ‘Heavenly Lake’ is famous for its high altitude and beautiful scenery. Namtso Lake is the biggest lake throughout Tibet, also one of the three sacred lakes in Tibet.



Source: www.itourstibet.com

China History

Before your travel China, you’d better to know something like China history and Chinese Culture, I am sure that will make your China travel more convenient and make you better learn Chinese people. Well, it’s known to all that China has a long history, as long as 5000 years. Now, I will give a bief introduction about China history. Hope that will be helpful.




Emperor Huang (Huangdi) is regarded as our Chinese people’s ancestor. He defeated the leader of the other tribe, Emperor Yan, and established the first country in China. So we Chinese often say ourselves: descendents of Yan and Huang.



After Emperor Huang, China went through 3 Dynasties, Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty. That was the initial stages of Chinese culture and civilization. And it is between 2070BC TO 770 BC.That was slavery society.



After Zhou Dynasty, China was broken up into many small countries. That was the famous Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. It is an important period in Chinese history because the great ancient Chinese philosopher, Confucius and the strategist Sunzi , were born in this time. Their thought and words affect Chinese people throughout 2000 years history and until now. In this period, there was another great person- Emperor Qinshihuang the first person who unified the whole country, to order to build Great Wall, established the first great empire in China with the capital in today’s Xi’an. If you have chance to make a Xian tour, you must visit the world famous terracotta warriors, which was the funerary art for him.



Qin Dynasty was established in 221BC. From then on, China entered into the feudal society. And the feudal system lasted more than 2000 years, until 1911, the father of the nation, Sunyason lead the revolution, overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China.



After Qin Dynasty, China enters to Han and Tang Dynasty. In this period, China reached the unprecedented flourish time. The prosperity of Tang Dynasty made Chinese culture and civilization broadcast to Japan, Korean, and Southeast Asia, finally formed the brilliant East Asia Civilization. In Tang Dynasty, many Japanese scholars come to learn Chinese character, culture and technique, and bring them back. That’s why many Japanese characters are same or similar to Chinese characters, and also you can find the culture similar in some way.



After Tang Dynasty, China was broken up again. In that period, there were several states existed in the territory in the same time. Later, one of the states-Mongolian tribe conquered the whole country, established Yuan Dynasty. The famous leader, Genghis Khan, is the founder of Yuan Dynasty. Many foreigners regarded him as the counterpart to Napoleon, the famous Emperor and General in Europe. Beijing became the national capital just from Yuan Dynasty. The famous local residential areas-Hutongs were build in Yuan Dynasty.



In the late of Yuan, Han people established Ming Dynasty, the famous forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, and the shape of the Beijing Old city were all formed in Ming Dynasty. The Great Wall in Beijing area is also built in Ming Dynasty.



In the late of Ming Dynasty, Manchuness established the latest dynasty in China, Qing Dynasty. In the end of Qing Dynasty, China went to the worst period when the feudal officials were corruptive, the life of people was suffering, and the country was weak and unstable. Besides, they also had to face the invading of alien armies. Until 1911, Dc. Sun Yat-son lead the revolution, overthrows the Qing Dynasty, ended the feudal society in China, and established the Republic of China and the party of Guomintang. Later China suffered 8 years war against Japanese Army, then 3 years inner war between Guomintang and Communist Party. In End, the Communist Party succeeded and established the People’s Republic of China. That is the present China, while Guomintang went to the Taiwan province.

Tibetan Taboo And Custom

Every ethnic minority has their special cultures and living-habits. Tibetans is an old and passionate ethnic minority. During the long history, Tibetans have formed their own customs and taboos. With unique culture and religion, Tibetans have different ways of behavior in many aspects. It will be good for you to know these taboos before your Tibet tour. The following advices might help you have a nice trip in Tibet:




Tibetan Customs and Taboos Related to Daily Life:



(A) Tibetan people do not eat horse, dog and donkey meat and also do not eat fish in some areas, so please respect their diet habits.

(B) Eagles are the sacred birds in Tibetan culture. You should not drive them away or injure them. Do not relieve yourself near any cattle pens, horse stables, or sheepfolds. On the outskirts, and do not drive or disturb the sheep or cows with red, green or yellow cloth strips on because these animals are the Tibetan sacrifice to worship gods.

(C) It is impolite to spit in front of or behind others or clapping hands behind others.

(D) Do not throw any bones into fire. Do not touch other’s head by hand. Do not use paper with Tibetan characters as tissue to wipe off mess with the paper.



(E) Remember not to step on the threshold when entering the tent or house.

(F) Please add “La” behind the name when you call someday to express respect.

(G) If you are asked to sit down, please cross your legs, do not stretch your legs forward and face your sole to others.

(H) In the tent, men sit on the left side, and women on the right side.

(I) You should accept the gift with both hands. While presenting the gift you should bend your body forward and hold the gift higher than your head with both hands.

(J) When the host presents you a cup of wine; you should dip your ring finger in the wine and flick the wine into the sky, in the air and to the ground respectively to express your respects to the heaven, the earth and the ancestors before sipping the wine. The host will fill the cup, and you take a sip of the wine again. After the host fills your cup for the forth time, you have to bottom it up.

(K) Please keep quiet on the top of mountains. It is believed that loud noise will result in heavy snow, storms or hail.



Customs and Taboos Related to Religion:



(A) A monastery cannot be entered without permission.

(B) Once inside a monastery, don’t smoke or take photos; do not touch, walk over or sit on any religious texts, objects or prayer flags in monasteries.

(C) Don’t wear shorts or short skirts in a monastery. Take your hat off when you go into a monastery.

(D) Walk clockwise around a monastery, mani stones, pagodas, or other religious structures. Prayer wheels should also be turned clockwise.

(E) Keep quiet during religious ceremonies in the monastery.

(F) When meeting a lama, it is not appropriate to hug him or shake hands with him. The proper way is to hold the two hands upright, palms together in front of the chest, and lower the head. Don’t talk with them on sensitive topics, such as marriage and the eating of meat.



With the fast developing tourism, the above rules are not obeyed as strictly as before. But it will be good for you to follow the advice during you travel in Tibet.

Acute Mountain Sickness In Tibet

Tibet Tour is full of mysterious and unique culture, attracting all the guests from the world coming to join. It is one of the most adventurous, scenically stunning and physically demanding tours in the world. Touring Tibet, meeting it’s people, learning about its culture, visiting the majestic Potala Palace and beautiful Norbulingka Park, or trekking up to the Mt. Everest Base camp…all of these items made Tibet travel as one of dreams in one’s life. However, not everyone has the chance to fulfill their dreams.




The first and the most important obstacle is the Mountain Sickness. Acute Mountain Sickness is an illness that can affect mountain climbers, hikers, skiers or travelers who climb too fast. It usually occurs when people rapidly reach a high altitude (typically above 8,000 feet or 2,400 meters). Due to the decreasing availability of oxygen, it is very common to occur at high altitudes. Since most places in Tibet are higher than 3000 meters, most people will experience one or more AMS symptoms upon their arrival in Tibet, including headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of appetite and disturbed sleep.



So, it is a pity for people who have problems like anemia or hypertension, heart problems, respiratory problems and other illness of lungs, liver or kidney. These kind of people should not travel Tibet.And for people who are suitable to make a tour in Tibet,also need do something to avoid the AMS. You’d better do don’t do strenuous exercises, avoid alcohol and drink extra fluids and eat more vegetable and fruit.

Highlights of China Tour

China is a destination that has simply so much to offer its visitors who often return home with unforgettable memories of this unique country. The different regions and cities of China have their own unique selection of sights and sounds that would fascinate you regardless of whether you are into nature, architecture, culture, shopping or food. To plan your China tour well and select the right tour for you, you have to figure out what you are most keen to see in your limited time there. While there can be infinite possibilities on where you can choose to tour, here are my recommendations for three must-see places.




A. Touring the majestic Great Wall of China



Great Wall is no doubt one of China’s most visited and much raved about destinations. The sheer grandeur of the longest defense wall in the world, and the fact that it was constructed over several dynasties is sure to impress you if you have not seen it up close. You can visit a number of sections of the Great Wall which have been opened to public access, each possessing its own unique scenery. The Badaling section is probably the most visited by tourists due to it being accessible via only an hour’s drive from the capital Beijing. The terrain is generally friendly for walking, while the views from the top are simply incomparable. If you are rugged and adventurous, you can take a hike between the Simitai and Jinshanling sections which also offer stunning views. However you have to overcome some rough and steep terrain.



B. Take an unforgettable Yangtze River Cruise Tour



You should take a cruise down the Yangtze River if you want to see some of the most majestic natural landscapes in China. You have a choice of cruising from Chongqing to Yichang. You will be treated to a plethora of wonderful scenery that you will not soon forget after your cruise. A Yangtze River cruise tour will not be complete without passing by the Three Gorges, which are appreciated not only for their aesthetic beauty, but also for their historical, cultural and religious background. The Three Gorges Dam is also a prominent sight that you cannot miss. To truly appreciate the Yangtze River, it is recommended that you also learn about its culture. One such opportunity would be the International Tourist Festival of Three Gorges in Chongqing in the month of June, which will be an educational and entertaining experience for visitors with its trade talks, folk art displays and performances.



C. Shanghai Tour – embrace history and modernity of China



If you want to experience urban life while having easy access to cultural and historical sites, Shanghai is the place for you. You will be impressed with the city’s eclectic blend of history and modernity, especially if you visit the following popular sights below. Showcasing the pinnacle of modern developments in the city, the Pudong area is home to two of the most impressive modern structures that you will ever see – the Oriental TV Tower and the Jinmao Tower. To revisit the city’s colourful past, what better place to tour than The Bund? Situated along the city’s waterfront, you will be fascinated by the famous row of colonial buildings which are ample reminders of a bygone era. To immerse yourself in a calm and relaxing atmosphere while admiring ancient architecture and relics, I recommend a visit to the Jade Buddha Temple. Here, you can marvel at the beauty of some notable relics including a collection of the finest jade Buddha statues