Forbidden City, Beijing

Day 01Entry Beijing

Our guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you outside the baggage claim area at the Beijing Capital Airport according to your international (internal) flight schedule. Transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 3 nights stay and please relax for the rest of the day. 

Meals: We do not arrange any meals for you today because of the different arrival flights.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing (4 star)

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Day 02Beijing

Stroll along the famous Tiananmen Square - the largest square in the world, and reach the Forbidden City. This afternoon, transfer to visit the Temple of Heaven. 

Specials: Peking Roast Duck Banquet & Peking Opera Performance 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Descriptions:
Tiananmen Square - Tiananmen Square is the heart of Beijing City and is the largest urban square in the world. It covers an area of 44 square kilometers, spanning 880 meters from north to south and 500 meters from east to west. The square, which could hold 1,000,000 people at the same time, is an assembling place for celebrations in these traditional Chinese festivals and important events. On the other hand, the square is well-know for travelers because it is just the entrance to the splendid Forbidden City.   
 
Forbidden City - First built in 1406 by Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Forbidden City is an imperial palace complex located in the center of Beijing City, called Zijincheng in the past. It is 961 meters long from south to north and 753 meters wide from west to east. Its floor area is about 155,000 square meters and the total area is around 725,000 square meters. According to the experts' measurement result in 1973, there are more than 90 courtyards and 980 houses in this city.

Temple of Heaven - The Temple of Heaven has an outstanding architectural feature that its northern part is in a semicircular shape as well as the southern part is square. It is because human beings thought that the heaven was round and the earth was square in ancient China. Consequently, the northern part standing for heaven is higher than the southern part standing for earth. From north to south, the main buildings lie side by side along a 360-mether long south-north axis called Vermillion Steps Bridge

Great Wall of China

Day 03Beijing

Morning excursion transfers you to climb the China Great Wall - Badaling section. A spicy Sichuan cuisine lunch is served at a notable restaurant to recruit your physical energy. This afternoon, stroll across the Sacred Path and reach the Ming Tomb. On the way back to downtown, drive by the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium). You will see its appearance at a distance.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Descriptions:
Great Wall - In Chinese history, the first peak of constructing the Great Wall was in the Han Dynasty. The walls built in the former Qin Dynasty was repaired and renovated. On the other hand, the Emperors ordered to expand the Great Wall to a total length of over 10,000 kilometers. And, the second peak was in the Ming Dyansty when the most walls in quantity were built up, although the total length was 6,300 kilometers. The solid but cheap gray bricks were also widely used for constructing the great wall from the Ming Dynasty.   
 
Sacred Way - Along the Sacred Way, there stand 24 stone animals and 12 human figures. These animals are composed of six kinds: lion, xie zhi (a mythical beast), kylin, camel, elephant and horse. There are four animals of each kind, two standing and two squatting. The stone human figures include meritorious officials, military officers and civil officials. Serving as the decorations to the tomb, these animals and human figures symbolize the emperor's majesty and suggest that the emperor still has super power to dictate everything including his civil and military officials and animals.    
 
Ming Tomb - The layout of the Ming Tombs is unique and different from those during the Tang and Song dynasties. The plan of each tomb looks rectangular in the front and round at the rear. Each tomb starts from a stone bridge and has its own main gate, stone tablet pavilion, Ling En Gate, Ling En Palace, Ming Pavilion and Precious City. Sharing the Stone Archway, Stone Animals and Human Figures which belong to Changling, all tombs are connected by the Sacred Way and form an architectonic whole.

Our clients enjoying the music played by a retired elder

Day 04Beijing Exit

Bid farewell to the city after having a stay at the Summer Palace. Private transfer takes you to the airport and your pleasant China tour ends here. 

Meals: Breakfast

Descriptions:
Summer Palace - If you would like to appreciate the architecture style of the imperial Garden in China, the best choice is the Summer Palace. If you are interested in Chinese traditional tower, you may go to see the Tower of Buddhist Incense (Foxiangge) located in the Front Hill Area of the park. Built on the 21-meter-high (68.9 feet) base steps of the front slope of Longevity Hill, it is a symbolic structure that can be seen from throughout the garden. Standing on the top of the tower, you can admire the beautiful reflection in Kunming Lake.

Picking-up from Tianjin Xingang Port: 

Tianjin is a world famous port city near Beijing and many tourists arrive there by international cruises. In this case, we will go to Tianjin and pick you up at the Xingang Port. You just need to inform us the cruise name and its arrival time, your Beijing guide will wait for you on time. Then a short visit to the nearby Dagu Emplacement will be arranged before transferring you to Beijing for the above tour. The extra transfer charge for this part is:

Group Size:              2 to 5 travelers       6 to 9 travelers    10 travelers & above 
Price (per person):           $ 99                        $ 52                        $37

B-- Breakfast     L-- Lunch     D-- Dinner