Tour: Beijing Seven Days Private Tour Including Hotel

Pick Up Service: English speaking tour guide and private vehicle will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.

The remaining time of the day is at leisure.

Departure Time:  08:30 a.m.

Visit Locations: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven

Activity: Foot Massage

Tiananmen Square Introduction:

Tiananmen Square occupies an area of 44 hectares (440,000 square meters),big enough to hold (half) a million people. Mao climbed atop the 'gate of Heavenly Peace' to proclaim the foundation of the People's Republic of China On October 1st.1949. On the square's north end is the Gate of Heavenly Peace, which towards to the Forbidden City. In the centre of the square is the 40m-high Monument to the People's Heroes. South of the monument is the Chairman Mao's Mausoleum, where you can peer at the embalmed figure of the Great Helmsman in his glass casket.  On the square's east side house is Chinese history and revolution Museum, and on the west is the Great Hall of the People.

Forbidden City Introduction:

The Forbidden City which was built in 1420. It is the abode of total 24 Ming and Qing emperors of the Celestial Empire. Enclosed behind its moat and 9.9m high walls are 980 buildings, vast courtyards and long corridors that occupy a total area of 720,000 square meters. Besides its massive scale and historical significance, the Forbidden City strikes the imagination by its design. Its dramatic color scheme of vermilion wallls, white marble terraces and staircases and brilliant yellowtiled roofs create one of the world's most beautiful architectural complexes.The last emperor Puyi left the Forbidden city in 1924, 11 years after his abdication and the establishment of the Republic of China, after Puyi's departure, the Forbidden city, which had long been off-limits to most mortals, was opened to the public, Hence its current Chinese name, gugong bowuyuan, meaning 'the palace Museum'

Temple of Heaven Introduction:

The Temple of Heavenwhich was built by Emperor ChengZu in 1420 and was used as a place of worship by a succession of emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties.It is one of the most strictly protected and preserved cultural heritages of China and attracts 12 million visitors every year. The layout of the compound reflects its religious purpose and so adheres to geomantic precepts, for instance, the northern end of the park is curved while the southern end is square, reflecting the traditional Chinese conception of heaven as round and earth as square.Beijing's Temple of Heaven has many stories behind its architectural charm.

Itinerary Details:

1. Pick up you from your hotel at about 08:30a.m.

2. Transfer to  Tiananmen Square, and then to visit Forbidden City. After the lunch in local restaurant, our next stop is Temple of Heaven.

3. Proceed to enjoy Chinese Foot Massage to have a leisure time.

4.Have dinner in local restaurant.

5. Transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Pick-up Time: 08:30 a.m.

Visit  Locations: Beijing Hutong,  Lama Temple, Summer Palace

Activity: taste Beijing Roast Duck. Beijing Roast Duck is the delicious food in Beijing. Eating Beijing Roast Du is seem to be one of the two things you are absolutely supposed to do while in Beijing.

Beijing Hutong Introduction :

Beijing Hutong -ancient city alley in Beijing. Many of  them were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming (1368-1628) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties surrounding the Forbidden City. Hutong has a very special and important position in the rich history and culture of Beijing. While visit them, you can feel the dramatic changes of Beijing and experience its life style and traditional Chinese culture.

Lama Temple Introduction:

Lama Temple  lies in the southeast corner of north 2nd Ring Road. It is the largest one of the lamaseries of Tibetan Buddhism that remain in Beijing. The complex covers an area of about 66,440 square meters. It is well-known for its great Buddhist architecture, places for emperors to conduct religious activities, and its special importance for linking the upper class of the Mongolians and the Tibetans. The lama temple is a tranquil spot, except during the spring festival(Chinese new year)when it seems all of China’s Buddhists throng  its altars to burn bushels of incense and pray for good fortune.

Summer Palace Introduction:

Summer Palace-20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing. It was built in the reign of Emperor Qianglong of Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in reign of Emperor Guangxu and was listed as a World Cultural Heritage in 1998. Summer palace is a wonderful place to explore, as long ago as the Yuan dynasty, officials set up their private gardens in the scenic area, but the summer palace didn’t take on its present appearance until the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty. He deepened the park’s manmade lake and added building to serve as a ‘country home’ for his mother, though it would be the Empress Dowager Cixi who would have the biggest impact on the palace’s appearance.

Itinerary Details:

1. Be picked up from your hotel at 08:30 a.m. and transferred to Beijing Hutong. Take rickshaw to visit the ancient Hutong, including Drum tower, Local family, Shicha Lake and Bar Street.

2. Visit Lama Temple for one hour.

3. Have a  lunch in local restaurant to enjoy typical Chinese food.

4. Visit Summer Palace-20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing.

5. Taste Beijing Roast Duck for Dinner.

6. Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Departure Time: about 08:30 a.m.

Visit Places: Badaling Great Wall, Ming Tombs

Badaling Great Wall Introduction:

Badaling Great Wall is located at Yanqing County, more than 70 kilometers northwest from the center of Beijing City. The wall of Badaling has a total length of 3, 741 meters with an average height of 8 meters The highest part is 15 meters. The total area for a tour is 19, 000 square meters. The top of the wall can permit five horses to be ridden abreast.Badaling was the earliest section to be open to the tourists among all the parts of the whole Great Wall. 130 million tourists from China and abroad have visited Badaling; 370 foreign leaders and very important persons have come to climb Badaling successively.  Cable car is optional to get the top to have a bird view of the wall. Drive 30 minutes to local restaurant to have typical Chinese lunch.

Ming Tombs Introduction:

The tombs of 13 Ming dynasty emperors and their consorts are scattered in the southern foothills of Yianshou Mountain northwest of Beijing. Two of the 13, Changling and Dingling, are excavated open to the public.In front of Changling, the largest of the 13 Tombs, is the marble-based 1,956 square meters Ling En Hall built 570 years ago. It is built of very precious wood and is China's largest wooden structure. Dingling is the tomb of Zhu Yijun, the 13th Ming emperor. It consists of similar surface structure and a Underground Palace. The whole palace is built compeletely with stone, and not a single piece of wood is used. There are no beams and the ceiling is arched. The unearthed relics, including porcelains, jade carvings, silk, woman's head-dresses decorated with golden phoenixes and jewels, wooden seals, and other precious article, are now on display in the Dingling museum.

Itinerary Details:

1. Be picked up from hotel at 08:30 a.m. Drive one and half hours to the famous Badaling Great Wall.

2. Drive 20 minutes to Ming Tombs.

3. Drive back to Beijing city to have dinner in a typical Chinese restaurant.

4. Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Pick-up Time: 08:30 a.m.

Visit Location: Beijing zoo

Beijing zoo is famous. In 1906, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the park area became an agricultural experimental farm and a zoo. It is opened to the public in 1908. The zoo has developed rapidly, and by 1987, it covered an area of over 40,000 square meters. At present, the zoo houses over 7,000 creatures and 600 different species, including the giant panda, red-crowned crane, chimpanzee, antelope, etc.

Beijing zoo Introduction:

Itinerary Details:

1. Pick up you at about  08:30 a.m.and drive to Beijing Zoo to see Great Panda.
2. Have a lunch in a local restaurant to taste the typical Chinese food
3. Drink tea in the afternoon.
4. Transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour.

Meal:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Arrangement : You may explore the city by yourself.

Meal: Breakfast

Arrangement: Be picked up from your hotel and transferred to airport for departure.

Meal: Breakfast