Foulées de la Soie - The Silk Route Race > Programme

Programme

Running in the footsteps of Confucious *

*For reasons of security or because of the state of one of the courses, SDPO reserves the right to change a section of the itinerary without altering the fee.
During the twelve days you will run through spectacular countryside. You will encounter cultural relics, and historic monuments. The caves of Yungang, the hanging temple of Datong, the ramparts of Pingyao, the sacred mountains of Wutaishan, the plains of loess, and the Great Wall await you.

Inscriptions

PARTICIPATION FEE*
*calculated on the basis of the trip without any extensions, subject to change with airline prices

€ 2990 Euros per individual (please note that if you pay by cheque or bank transfer from outside France then this will be increased by € 80 Euros)
€ 13 710 Euros per official team

Fee includes:

Return flight to China from Paris
Accommodation with full board
transfers within China
visits to the tourist sites shows
4 Foulées de la Soie running shirts

Not included in the fee :

€ 70 to open a file and reserve a place
€ 65 obligatory repatriation insurance cover
Cancellation insurance
€ 35 for the collective visa
€ 35 tips for local partners

Programme English – DOC-File, 56.5 KB

JOURNEY 2009 News stages province Shanxi

Programme

1st dayParis/Beijing
2nd day - Beijing/Taiyuan/Pingyao
Welcome in Pingyao city
Visit to the old town
3rd day- Pingyao
Stage: Prologue on the city walls
4th day- Pingyao
Stage: Valley of Gounan
Visit: to houses of the Chang clan
5th day- Pingyao/Wutaishan
Stage : Race of Sorgo
6th day-Wutaishan
Stage: Ascent of the Sacred Moutain
Visit to the temples of Xian Tong Si
and Pu Sa Ding
7th day-Wutaishan/Datong
Stage: Race of Wutaishan
Visit: to the Hanging Temple
8th day- Datong
Stage: Race of the village Shi Jia Hui
Visit to the caves of Yungang
9th day- Datong/Beijing
Stage: Archeological Half Marathon
10th day- Beijing
Stage: Against the Clock on the Great wall
Visit to the cloisonnee factory/free quarter
11th day- Beijing
Closing Ceremony Forbidden City
12th day-Beijing/Paris or
Beijing/Xian
Visit to the Temple of the heavens, Summer Palace
13th day-Xian
Visit to the Terracotta Warriors, the Bell tower
and Spectacle of the Tang dynasty
14th day- Xian/Shangai
Ballade on the city walls of Xian,
and visit to the Muslin Quarter of Xian
15th day-Shanghai/Paris
Ballade on the Bund and the quarter
Visit : Forbidden City