S-BJ14: 6 Days Private Beijing Chengde Tours

After a rich breakfast, our guide will drive you to Tiananmen Square. Covering an area of 440,000 square meters (109 acres), it is the largest city square in the world, which assembles many famous constructions. Then walking northward, you will come to the Forbidden City, the imperial palace during the 14th to early 20th centuries. Besides the splendid imperial architecture, the Forbidden City also houses over 1,000,000 pieces of historical items, reflecting the luxurious royal life. This afternoon, continue to visit the Temple of Heaven, the imperial altar for the emperors to worship the gods of the heaven.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

A morning excursion will take you to the famous world heritage, Mutianyu Great Wall, an elite section of China Great Wall. We will arrange the round way cable car for you. Standing on it, you will see the wall winding its way over the undulating mountains, punctuated with majestic beacon towers. Then we will drive you back to the downtown area and have a brief stop near the Bird's Nest, the major venue of 2008 Olympic Games. Today's Beijing and Chengde tour package will be ended with a visit to a featured local market.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

In the morning, you will take a hard sleeper train to extend your Beijing Chengde tour to Chengde. Our guide will pick you up at Chengde Railway Station and transfer you to the 4-star Yun Shan Hotel for a one-night stay. The rest of the day will be arranged for you to visit the Mountain Resort of Chengde. Constructed between 1703 and 1792 during the Qing Dynasty, the Mountain Resort was the exclusive place where the emperors and royal members spent summer. Compared with the grand and solemn Forbidden City, it is characterized by simplicity and elegance, where the various styles of palaces are integrated into the surrounding lakes, mountains, and woods harmoniously.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: Yun Shan Hotel

Today you will visit Puning Temple and Putuozongcheng Temple, two of the Eight Outer Temples. Situated to the east and north of Chengde Mountain Resort, outside the Gubeikou Pass (a section of the Great Wall), the Eight Outer Temples were the center of the Lamaism during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). Puning Temple is famous for the world largest wooden statue of the thousand-armed Goddess of Mercy while the magnificent Putuozongcheng Temple has the same style as the Potala Palace in Tibet and is known as 'little Potala Palace'. Afterward, take a hard sleeper train back to Beijing and check in the hotel again.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: Pentahotel Beijing