China For Foodies: Beijing, Xian, Guilin, Yangshuo, Shanghai

Dec. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- A 13-Day Culinary Tour launched by ChinaTours.com, is designed in particular for Chinese food lovers, enabling guests to travel the hottest Chinese destinations, taste a wide variety of dishes and learn how to cook the local flavor cuisines. Even the vegetarian will also get satisfied.

From the imperial capitals of Beijing and Xian – home to the Great Wall and Terracotta Warriors – to the southwestern city of Guilin where you can see marvelous landscape, to Shanghai and its colonial charms and towering skyscrapers, distinctive cooking techniques and flavors have develop in the streets, restaurants and homes throughout China. Apart from enjoying the mouth-watering food, participants can also drop in at the great sightseeing places.

China Tours have specially prepared this itinerary for travelers who would to witness the classic sites of China while savoring the culinary specialties the country has to offer.

Explore China with local guides or a Culinary Host. Visit: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Hutong, Terracotta Warriors, Xian City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Shaanxi History Museum, Great mosque and the surrounding bazaar which called Muslim street, Li River, Yangshuo county, Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market, the Bund, Nanjing Road, and Shanghai Museum.

Experience: learn to make Chinese Cuisine in Beijing’s local tourism school; enjoy the palatable Peking Duck – the most representative food of Beijing, learn to make all-time favorite, dumplings, in the local people's home of hutong area; take in the sights and sounds of Xian’s bustling food market, where savory lamb skewers roast over coals and sweet glutinous rice steam in bamboo; have a dumpling dinner in Xian, with the Music & Dance Show of Tang Dynasty, have a very special cooking class in a private kitchen, Yangshuo; learn to prepare some of Shanghai's famous dim sum dishes in the Han Dragon Center.

China Tours continues to develop new programs that will allow guests to enjoy authentic local experiences. For additional information, go to http://www.chinatours.com/ and check the “Themed China Tours”: http://www.chinatours.com/china-tour-planner/themed-china....

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ChinaTours.com provide high quality tours to China at affordable price and intend to please all tastes by offering travelers hassle-free holidays paired with top-notch services as more of the world wants to see China.