Day 01Entry Beijing

Our guide will be waiting for you outside the Arrival Hall of Beijing Capital Airport, holding a welcome sign on which your name is written. A comfortable private drive will take you to the 4-star Holiday Inn Central Plaza, the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing. Relax for the remainder of the day. For dinner on your own arrangement, we have some suggestions around our hotel.

Meals: No meals
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza 

Summer Palace, Beijing Photo by our clients Sheila & Jim Armstrong with their feedback

Day 02Beijing

Stroll along the famous Tiananmen Square - the largest city center square in the world. This is an assembling place for celebrations in traditional Chinese festivals and important days. On the other hand, the square is well-known among travelers for it is the entrance to the splendid Forbidden City. Built as an imperial palace complex, there are more than 90 courtyards and 980 houses in the Forbidden City according to the experts' measurement result. Nowadays, it is opened to public as a tourist site as well as a museum where you will get to know the emperors and their royal families' lives, appreciate the majestic traditional Chinese architecture and various cultural relics. To ensure that you can taste the authentic Chinese food instead of the mass-produced food at the tourist eateries arranged by most agencies, we will offer you an a la carte lunch at a famous local Cantonese cuisine restaurant. This afternoon, visit the Temple of Heaven, where emperors offered sacrifices to the God of Heaven in ancient China. For emperors in ancient China, offering sacrifices at the Temple of Heaven was the most solemn among all ceremonies, hence making it a holy place. In the evening, our guide will transfer you to the Red Theatre to watch a lively Chinese Kung Fu Show.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza

Great Wall, Beijing Photo by our clients Mr. Karl Dutton & Mr. Mark James De Garis with their feedback

Day 03Beijing

Morning excursion will take you to climb the Great Wall of China at Badaling section, which is the best preserved and most developed among the existing ones. As one of the seven wonders in the world, the Great Wall gathers intelligence and hardship of ancient Chinese people and is a must see when traveling to Beijing. Standing on the wall and appreciating it winding along the mountain ridges will leave you an unforgettable memory. Rather than shopping site restaurants arranged by other agencies, we will offer you a Sichuan cuisine lunch at the best local restaurant to replenish your physical energy. This afternoon, walk along the Sacred Way to reach the Ming Tomb and visit the excavated Dingling Tomb. The Sacred Way is a road leading to the body part of the Ming Tombs, which is decorated by stone statues on both sides. The statues in animals and human figures indicate the emperor's majesty and suggest that the passed emperor still has super power to dictate everything including his civil and military officials and animals. The Ming Tombs is a group of 13 emperors' mausoleums of more than 600 years ago. Here, each mausoleum stands apart from others with their own stone bridges, main gates and tablet pavilions. On the way back to downtown, the car will stop for a while at the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium). You may get off and appreciate its distinctive appearance at close quarters.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza

The local people playing mahjong for amusement

Day 04Beijing Exit

This morning you will pay a visit to the Summer Palace, a luxury resort used by the royal family for rest and entertainment. It focuses the essence of the classical architecture from different areas of China, and the garden is especially famous for its delicate scenery and ingenious layout. After that, you will bid farewell to Beijing and take a return flight back home. Our guide will help you handle the boarding card and see you off at the airport.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

• ◆2012 Price

Based on per person and in U.S. dollars, valid from Jan. 1st, 2012 to Feb. 28th, 2013

Season Group Size		2-5 travelers	6-9 travelers	10 travelers & above
High season (Mar 1st-Nov 30th)	Double Occupancy	$429	$339	$289
	Single Occupancy	$579	$489	$409
Shoulder season (Dec 1st, 2012-Feb 28th, 2013)	Double Occupancy	$369	$279	$229
	Single Occupancy	$469	$379	$299
Shoulder season (Jan 1st-Feb 29th)	Double Occupancy	$369	$279	$229
	Single Occupancy	$459	$369	$299

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