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UPSC in cooperation with Dalian City have arranged the services of a Dalian Travel Agent for the following tours. All handling and bookings will directly be handled by this agent. Contact: Ms Rose Wang at dlupdi@gmail.com
Delegates’ Partners Excursion,
Sunday 21 September 2008, all day
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The tour will take the partners of the delegates to Dalian Economic & Technological Development Zone. It includes the Golden Pebble National Resort, House of Wax, Stone Gallery, Mao Zedong Badge Exhibition Hall, Golden Rock Park, Gold Cost Beach, Golden Pebble Golf Club, and China Martial Arts Hall, etc. They can still choose to do some shopping when being back downtown.
Price per person: about 400 RMB (Euro 40);
The price is based on 20 persons minimum and includes transportation, lunch and possible entrance tickets.
POST CONGRESS TOURS
REVISED IMPORTANT NOTE (Tuesday, 10 June 2008)
Due to the recent earthquake and desterilisation of the Sichuan county and its neighbouring provinces, the Tour - Chengdu and the UNESCO heritage, Jiuzhaigou line (initially Tour number 2- is cancelled. ISOCARP expresses its deepest sympathy to the Chinese Population after the terrible earthquake that hit Wenchuan County in the Sichuan Province of West China.
As this tour was one of the most popular tours, at this moment all other destinations in China are encountering an increase of interest of tourists in general. Consequently, the Dalian travel agent is obliged to change the deadline into 30th of June 2008 at the latest. All Tour Prices are approximative.
The minimum participation is now set at: 5 persons instead of 20 persons as to better assure that participants are not confronted with a sudden cancellation of the tour. In case of less than 5 persons for a specific tour, participants may be asked whether they are interested in switching to one of the other tours.
Payment
The reservation form requests the completion of your Credit Card details.
Kindly be informed that this for being sure of your participation.
Payments should be made upon arrival.
Also please note that the Dalian Travel Agent may still need to make last minute prices changes.
The shift of interest has also lead to an increase of transport and hotel prices in all these other parts of China. Consequently, it is also influencing the tour prices of the Dalian travel Agent.
Tour Prices: download here > all prices are per person based on double room/double occupation
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UPDATE Dalian Travel Agent Tours - 10 July 2008
BEIJING 4-day City Tour (initially tour no.1) - Description and History
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This tour takes delegates to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Hall of the People, the Prince Gong's Palace Garden, the Great Wall, Summer Palace and the temple of Heaven., etc.The Forbidden City's red walls and golden roof tiles, labyrinthine lanes running through low-slung grey brick hutong neighborhoods, futuristic skyscrapers punctuating the horizon in all directions, broad avenues and the expanse of Tian'anmen Square, traffic jams and dust storms, ancient imperial gardens, bustling markets.... Beijing holds astonishing sights and countless adventures for the curious. Steeped in the past even as it focuses with all its might on the future, today's Beijing steps confidently onto the global stage, marking China's emergence as a world power as host of the 2008 Olympic Games. It's a fascinating time to visit. Vast areas of the city are being transformed overnight as new high-rise complexes displace old hutong warrens, yet Old Beijing holds fast in surprising ways and places.(More details please see reservation form).
Starting City: Dalian, Wednesday 24 Sept. 2008
Ending City: Beijing, Saturday, 27 Sept. 2008 at 18.00 hours
Delegates need to schedule their homeward departure for: Sunday, 28 Sept 2008
Price: download price sheet, see first paragraph above: revised important note
Surcharge single occupation: Euro 15-20
Price includes: air ticket Dalian-Beijing, hotel in Beijing, breakfast, lunches and dinners and entrance tickets.
Tour 2 and 3 are cancelled
DALIAN - HANGHZOU – SUZHOU - SHANGHAI, 4-day Tour (initially tour no.4)- Description and History
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Suzhou
Suzhou has long benefited from its location between two of China's greatest waterways. One, the Yangzi River, divides north and south China; the other, the Grand Canal, connects them. Suzhou itself is nestled in the midst of a network of smaller canals and natural waterways that historically linked the city to various dynastic capitals in Beijing, Hangzhou and Nanjing, making it a vital center of trade, industry and culture while bringing it riches, fame and patronage of the arts.
From the Song Dynasty onward, its wealthy inhabitants set about turning Suzhou into a green city, building sprawling garden homes alongside willow-lined canals and employing skilled artisans to blend the manmade and natural in classic Chinese style. Today, though the old city still has its moat and many of its finest gardens, greater Suzhou is far from being stuck in the past—it's a booming metropolis of 5 million, profiting from its proximity to the Yangzi delta and the economic powerhouse of Shanghai. Despite the building boom, many gardens, temples and classic Chinese canal scenes remain, and Suzhou is still the source of some of China's finest silk.
Cycle around the city visiting gardens, shop for silk and local handicrafts, visit the Suzhou Museum addition designed by native son I.M. Pei, head out to one of the Ming or Qing-era canal towns on the city's outskirts or the pleasant island-speckled Tai Hu, China's third largest lake—the list of things to do and see in Suzhou is long.
Hangzhou
Hangzhou casts an enchanting spell. Marco Polo marveled that it was "the most beautiful and elegant place in the world" and a popular Chinese saying boasts "above there is heaven, below there is Hangzhou." The serene loveliness of Hangzhou's West Lake (Xi Hu) and the surrounding hills remain spellbinding, even if realities of modern life—such as massive crowds of camera-happy tourists—occasionally intrude. Millions of tourists visit every year to admire Hangzhou's graceful willows, tranquil waters and expansive gardens. If you can, shoot for a weekday visit to avoid the inevitable weekend crowds
Shanghai
China's economic showpiece never fails to surprise and rarely fails to delight. Walking Shanghai's streets can give you glimpses into a unique and layered past that includes foreign settlements, jazz-age decadence, political intrigue and, more recently, an entrepreneurial spirit that's returning this legendary port to the ranks of the world's great metropolises.
Discover the Art Deco architecture of the Bund and former French Concession, take in Pudong's futuristic skyline from a sophisticated Bund restaurant with a cool drink in hand, sample tasty local specialties, dance till dawn, shop till you drop and mingle with the intrepid and forward-thinking Shanghainese. The city's energy is contagious and there's something in Shanghai for everyone. (More details please see reservation form).
Starting City: Dalian, Wednesday 24 Sept. 2008
Ending City: Shanghai, Saturday, 27 Sept. 2008
Delegates need to schedule their homeward departure as of Sunday, 28 Sept 2008
Price: download price sheet, see first paragraph above: revised important note
Surcharge single occupation: Euro 15-20
Price includes: air tickets to Shanghai, hotels, breakfast, lunches and dinners and possible entrance tickets.
NOTE, not included:
>> The night from 27-28 Sept in Shanghai; upon request, the Dalian Travel Agent can help in the booking of a hotel.
>> The flight Shanghai-Beijing.
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UPDATE: 12 JUNE 2008
PROFESSIONAL PLANNING TOUR: HISTORIC WATER TOWNS along the Grand Canal (initially tour no.5)
Booking Tour: together with the online congress registration.
Have you already registered on line? kindly contact: hemert@isocarp.org
This 5th tour includes a visit to cities and towns along the historic Grand Canal (candidate to World Heritage list). This tour is an initiative of International Professional Planners, with the organisational help of Prof. Ruan Yisan, director of the Tongji National Research Center of Historic Cities, in collaboration with the Yangzhou Government.
This 5th tour includes a visit to cities and towns along the historic Grand Canal (candidate to World Heritage list).
The tour is an initiative of International Professional Planners, with the organizational help of Prof. Ruan Yisan, director of the Tongji National Research Center of Historic Cities, in collaboration with the Yangzhou Government.
Starting City: Dalian, Wednesday, 24 Sept. 2008
Ending City: Shanghai, Monday, 29 Sept. 2008 (check out day)
Programme:
Wednesday, September 24, Dalian-Shanghai, flight 10:00AM -11:40 CZ, Shanghai-Yangzhou, Coach, Yangzhou welcome dinner around 5:30 PM
Thursday, September 25, Yangzhou, Grand Canal Study Tour (hotel in Yangzhou)
Friday, September 26, Yangzhou,Suzhou, Grand Canal Study Tour (hotel in Suzhou)
Saturday, September 27, Zhouzhuang, Suzhou (hotel in Shanghai)
Sunday, September 28(optional), Shanghai study tour, expert forum (hotel in Shanghai)
or
Saturday, September 27, Zhouzhuang, Suzhou (hotel in Zhouzhuang)
Sunday, September 28, Zhouzhuang study tour, go back Shanghai (hotel in Shanghai)
Monday, September 29, depart)
Price: 450 Euro to be paid to ISOCARP The Hague
Price includes: Travel Dalian-Shanghai, hotel (single or double occupation), all meals, documentation and possible entrance tickets.
Price does NOT include the travel from Shanghai back to Beijing in order to enable participants to arrange their flight back home from Shanghai. In case of return to Beijing, participants need to arrange this by themselves: the latest daily flight from Shanghai to Beijing is 23:35.
Unlike tours nr 1, 2, 3 and 4 which have to be booked through the Dalian Travel Agent (see download reservation form on our website), this tour has to be booked through ISOCARP with the normal online congress registration