Forbidden City, Beijing

Day 01Arrival in Beijing

Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Beijing Airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.

Day 02Beijing

Visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant followed by a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre.(B+L+D)

Descriptions:
Tiananmen Square - Located on the north of the Tiananmen Square, there is the Tiananmen Tower which is the guarder to the Forbidden City. The 34.7 meters high building is in red and yellow color, both of which stand for the imperial power in ancient China. The whole tower consists of a lofty wooden palace in the upper lever and a huge base which is built on a 1.59-meter-high white marble Xumi desk. This desk could keep the building's stability without suffering erosion of water and moisture, which is recorded to be the most valuable base for a palace in China.
 
Forbidden City - The Forbidden City is a very popular attraction among tourists from home and abroad. It is renowned for rich and colorful architectural arts and costly cultural relics. Now, as a museum, it collects a great number of rare cultural relics. According to statistics, there are 1,052,653 pieces of treasures exhibited in the museum, which covers one sixth of the total number of the country's cultural relics. Among those, the number of the first-level cultural relics collected by the museum had reached 109,197 by December 31st, 2005.

Our clients on the Great Wall, Beijing

Day 03Beijing

Visit the Badaling Great Wall. To avoid having lunch at shopping site restaurants, you will be driven to have Sichuan food at a local popular restaurant. Visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb in the afternoon. On the way back to downtown, drive by the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium). You will see its appearance at a distance. (B+L, D is included for luxury series)

Differences
Luxury Series: We arrange an a la carte dinner at a famous Cantonese cuisine restaurant in the Wangfujing area. 
Standard Series: We intend to leave the dinner on your own. You may ask for some suggestions from your local guide.

Descriptions:
Great Wall - When constructing the Great Wall, transporting the heavy building materials without any modern machines was one of the most difficult things, especially in the mountain and dessert area. The most original method was depending on manual handling and passing. Summing up the practical experience, the builders also created some simple transportation methods. For example, rollers and crowbars were used when carrying the heavy stones up the hills. In some flat area, the wheelbarrow and wagons were adopted. It is also said that animals such as goats and donkeys once were used when building the walls in mountains.

Day 04Beijing - Shanghai

Visit the Summer Palace and Lama Temple. Take flight to Shanghai and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Bund.(B+L)

Descriptions: 
Summer Palace - The peaceful Summer Palace consists of four major scenic areas including the Front Hill Area, the East Palace Gate Area, the Front Lake Area as well as the Rear Hill and Back Lake Area. Most constructions are located in the Front Hill Area, thus it is a best place to view the ancient architecture of the Summer Palace. One of the interesting places you might go is the Hall of Dispelling Clouds (Paiyundian), where Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was celebrated.

Shanghai Bund area

Day 05Shanghai

Visit the Shanghai Museum and the Yuyuan Garden. Then for the afternoon activities, please see the following different arrangements for the luxury and standard series. Tonight a memorable a la carte dinner is served at Central Hotel, whose restaurant Wang Bao He has a history of around 260 years and is the best place to serve Shanghai Cuisine. The dinner will be followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.(B+L+D)

Differences
Luxury Series: After lunch we will transfer you to the Bund area, where you will take a cruise tour on the Huangpu River. The cruise will start at 14:00, reach the Wusongkou pier and then get back to the Bund at 17:00. Then leave you some free time to explore the Bund area on your own.
Standard Series: You will be taken to visit the Bund along the Huangpu River and the famous Nanjing Road, and then a local family visit is scheduled.

Descriptions:
Shanghai Museum - On the first floor of Shanghai Museum, there are two galleries: Chinese Ancient Bronze Gallery and Chinese Ancient Sculpture Gallery. In the Gallery of Chinese Ancient Bronze, more than 400 bronze wares are displayed, showing exquisite bronze art in ancient China. In the Gallery of Chinese Ancient Sculpture displays about 120 pieces of sculpture works dating from the Warring States Period to the Ming Dynasty. The most attractive are the delicate Buddhist sculptures in various forms.

Yuyuan Garden - The construction of Yuyuan Garden is said to start in 1559 during the Ming Dynasty. Originally, it was built as a private garden by Pan Yunrui, an official in the Ming Dynasty. He spent more than 20 years constructing this private garden to please his old father Pan'en who once served as the Minister of Justice. When the project was over, Pan Yunrui named the garden "Yu Yuan". In Chinese, "Yu" refers to "Peace and Health". Pan hoped that his father could enjoy his twilight years happily in Yu Yuan.

Day 06Departure from Shanghai

Our guide and driver will see you off at the airport today. Hope next time we still have the chance to serve you again.(B)

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