Orient Express Holidays has released three post Olympic Games packages.

The five-day Beijing package is from $1309 per person twin share, the seven-day Beijing-Xian package is from $1834 and the seven-day Beijing-Qingdao package is from $1779.

Prices include return economy airfare with Cathay Pacific Airways (and Air China for the Xian and Qingdao packages), choice of hotels, daily breakfast, most lunches and dinners (all packages have a special Peking duck dinner), admission tickets and sightseeing and coach tours with English-speaking guide.

The packages are for travel September 20 to November 31, 2008, departing from Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.

Additional detail:

In Beijing, places visited are Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Bee Hay Park, Shi Cha Hay Pub Street, Jinmen Street, Olympic Game site, Jing Guan Great Wall, Ming Tomb, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and The Silk Market.
In Xian, visit Xian Old City Wall, Wild Goose Pagoda and Square, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Huaqing Hot Spring and Moslim Street, and Wusi Square.
In Qingdao,  visit Badaguan area, Mt.Laoshan, Taiqing Temple, Qingdao Beer Museum and Xiaoyu Hill.