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DAY 15 XI’AN/GUILIN Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch At approximately 8:30 AM be ready in the lobby of the Shangri-La Hotel in preparation for a morning of exploring and your transfer to the Xi’an airport. Explore the off-the beaten path Yang Ling Han Dynasty Museum and a special visit to the Restoration Room. It features amazing pottery miniatures excavated from the Yang Ling Mausoleum. Like their much larger counterparts, the terracotta warriors, these statuettes are replicas of domestic animals corralled in wooden pens. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant before transferring to the airport. 12:25 PM Depart Xi’an via China Southern flight #6376 direct First Class service to Guilin. Total flying time: 1 hour, 40 minutes. 2:05 PM Arrive Guilin. After collecting your luggage you will be met outside the baggage claim area by your guide who will escort you to a waiting vehicle for your transfer to the Shangri-La Hotel Guilin. At the Shangri-La Hotel Guilin reservations for an Executive Riverview Room have been confirmed for the following 3 nights. The Shangri-La Hotel Guilin is the newest 5 star hotel in Guilin. Executive Riverview Rooms feature captivating views of the famous Li River and Guilin’s unique karts mountains. The spacious rooms are designed in a classic Oriental Style and include the most modern facilities including complimentary broadband Internet access and LCD TV’s. Guilin is famous for its dramatic karst landscape. The hills taper upwards like cones and form an incredible panorama when viewed from a distance. From certain vantage points the hills appear to resemble all sorts of objects and creatures: animals, pagodas, needles, plants and it is not surprising, therefore, that the native population has bestowed the most imaginative names on them. Over 300 million years ago this region was submerged under an extensive sea. Certain geological phenomena contributed to the formation of the landscape during the course of millions of years: folds occurred in the earth's crust, the water level subsided and erosion took its toll. Guilin has been an inspiration to Chinese poets and artists throughout the centuries. Overnight: Guilin Shangri-La Hotel – Executive Riverview Room IS NOW COMPLETE