Garden tours to China

Ulriksdals Garden of Kivik in the most Southern part of Sweden offers tours to gardens in China. On these tours we experience and fascinates of the harmony and symbolism of the Chinese gardens with a history dating back more than 2000 years.

Although gardens are the theme for the tours, we also experience the rich culture in China, everyday life and not least the exciting Culinary Heritage.

As we now have changed our concept to offer only the arrangements in China, excluding flight tickets, we open our tours for participants from neighbouring countries as well.

As you buy the flight ticket yourself you can choose an airport of your convenience and also stay some extra days in China if you want to. The gardens tours are 12 days in length.

Our Chinese quides speak English. If necessary translations will be made into Swedish.

Imperial Gardens and Peony festival. 12 - 23 April 2008

This tour starts in Beijing where we visit Imperial Gardens, the botanical garden and some nurseries. We will also have some lectures about the Garden history of China and about Imperial Gardens.

Then we fly to Luyoang where we participate in the world wide known peony festival. Luoyang is the centre of the peony cultivation in China and during one week in April they have a festival of peonies. In all parks and gardens there are flowering peonies. We will also visit one grower cultivating more then 800 varieties of tree peonies!

We go back to Beijing via Xian. There we will visit the unique site where at least 8.000 terracotta soldiers are buried in the ground. Another imperial garden is also in the programme in Xian.

Price: 13.900 sek (apr 1.480 euro) including all travel within China, guides and lecturers, entrance fees, accommodation in double room (*** or **** star hotel) and all meals. Travelling to/from China is not included.

More information: See web pages in Swedish >>, contact us on email thord.ohlsson@edafos.se, phone +46 414 706 10, fax +46 414 712 90. I speak fluent English and fairly good German.

Mandarin gardens around Shanghai. 8 - 19 April 2008

On this tour we will visit several gardens that are listed as World Heritage, small intimate Mandarin gardens, botanical gardens and nurseries. Chinese experts will guide us through the history of gardens and tell us about the specific elements in a Chinese garden. Chinese culture, everyday life and culinary heritage will also be experienced in this huge country where modern society mixes with ancient traditions.

The tour starts in Shanghai and then we will travel with a comfortable bus during 12 days with two-three nights at every stop. We will visit Suzhou (Venice of China), Yangzhou, Nanjing (an ancient capital of China), Hangzhou (centre of tea cultivation) and Shanghai.

Price: 12.500 sek (apr 1.340 euro) including all travel within China, guides and lecturers, entrance fees, accommodation in double room (*** or **** star hotel) and all meals. Travelling to/from China is not included.

More information: See web pages in Swedish >>, contact us on email thord.ohlsson@edafos.se, phone +46 414 706 10, fax +46 414 712 90. I speak fluent English and fairly good German.