点评:My wife and I just returned from a 15-day tour of China (Small Group Tour: 15 Days Beijing - Xi'an - Guilin - Chengdu - Chongqing - Yangtze River Cruise - Yichang - Shanghai), booked with the Travel China Guide tour company. It was an amazing trip, visiting many historic sites, including: the Forbidden City, Great Wall, and Temple of Heaven in / near Beijing; Terra Cotta Warriors excavation site and city wall in Xi'An; Li River cruise and Reed Flute Cave (very large cave filled with stalactites and stalagmites, lit-up with multi colour lights) in Guilin; Panda centre in Chengdu; a 3 day Yangtze river cruise, including sailing through the 3 Gorges, visiting the 3 Gorges Dam site and seeing the fabulous War Fires of the 3 Kingdoms show; and visiting the museum and historic shopping & Bund areas of Shanghai. I would also recommend adding the optional Impression Sanjie Liu evening show in Yangshuo (where the Li River cruise from Guilin ends), which was fantastic. The 15-day tour covers a lot of ground in western China (in north, central and southern China), and includes 4 high speed train trips (some trips with a duration of 6+ hours) and a domestic flight from Xi'an to Guilin. Travel China Guide did an amazing job arranging all of the hotels (4+ star western hotels), transportation within China, most meals, and had English speaking guides & drivers at all cities, meeting us at the airports and train stations, taking us to the hotels, taking care of the hotel check-in process, touring around the cities, and returning us to the train stations / airports. It should be noted that the tour does involve a fair amount of walking, and early morning starts most days, in order to beat the crowds at a number of sites, and the pace of travel is fairly fast, in order to cover all of the sites / cities. However it was an amazing experience and well worth it! To find-out information about the tour / tour options and to book the tour, I worked with the Travel Consultant (Emily) from Travel China Guide, who was extremely helpful and responsive. I could not imagine doing this trip without a travel agency arranging it, given the challenges arranging all of the site visits / tours / entrance tickets, as well as the accommodation / transportation / meals in each city, and given that English is not widely spoken in China. I highly recommend this tour and the Travel China Guide travel service, who made this an amazing, memorable vacation for us.
翻译:我和妻子刚结束为期15天的中国之旅(小团游:15天,路线为北京-西安-桂林-成都-重庆-长江游轮-宜昌-上海),这次旅行是通过Travel China Guide旅行社安排的。这是一次难忘的旅程,我们参观了许多历史遗迹,包括:故宫、长城。北京的天坛;西安的兵马俑出土遗址及古城墙;桂林的漓江游船以及芦笛岩(一个布满钟乳石和石笋的巨大洞穴,内部有多彩灯光装饰);成都的大熊猫饲养中心;为期3天的长江游轮之旅,沿途可游览三峡、参观三峡大坝,还能欣赏精彩的《三国演义》实景演出;此外还有上海的博物馆以及历史悠久的购物区和外滩。我还要推荐在阳朔增添可选的“印象·刘三姐”晚间演出项目(从桂林出发的漓江游船正是在此处结束),这场演出精彩绝伦。这条15天的行程覆盖了中国西部的广大地区(包括中国北部、中部和南部),期间安排了4次高铁旅行(有些行程时长超过6小时),还有一次从西安飞往桂林的国内航班。Travel China Guide在安排所有四星级以上的西式酒店以及中国境内的交通方面做得非常出色。大部分餐食都已安排妥当,且在所有城市都有会说英语的导游和司机。他们会在机场和火车站接我们,送我们去酒店,协助办理入住手续,带领我们游览各城市,最后再送我们返回火车站或机场。需要注意的是,这次旅行需要走不少路,而且大多数日子都要清晨出发,以避开多个景点的人流高峰;整体的行程节奏也相当紧凑。为了游览所有的景点/城市。不过,这是一次极其美妙的体验,绝对物有所值!为了了解有关旅游线路及相关选项的信息并预订行程,我联系了“Travel China Guide”的旅行顾问艾米丽。她非常热心且响应迅速。考虑到要安排所有景点的参观、旅游项目以及门票购置有多么困难,我实在无法想象如果没有旅行社的协助要如何完成这次旅行。除了各城市的住宿、交通和餐饮安排外,考虑到英语在中国并不被广泛使用,我强烈推荐这条旅游线路以及 Travel China Guide 旅行社的服务。他们为我们打造了一次无比精彩且令人难忘的假期。