HISTORICAL CHINA, TIBET + THE YANGTZE

16 days, 15 nights. Highlights: Shanghai Museum, Yu Yuan Garden/board 124-passenger Yangzi Explorer in Yichang (4 nights)/Three Gorges Dam/fly to Lhasa, Tibet, for Potala Palace, Jokhang Monastery, visits with a family, doctor, artist/Chengdu panda sanctuary/Terracotta Army in Xi’an/Great Wall/Beijing. $7,099-$8,799 ppdo (per cabin and dates). Alexander+Roberts (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216, www.alexander roberts.com).