Day 1 Arrive in Beijing You will be met by your tour guide and transfer from Airport to Hotel by your private car or van. Flight not included.
Day 2 Great Wall at Mutianyu, Mutianyu Cable Car(round trip), Temple of Heaven Pick you up from hotel lobby at 08:30 am. Drive 2 hours to Great Wall at Mutianyu. This less-crowded section of the Great Wall is a pleasant drive 90km NE of Beijing. A cable car takes you to a good section (avoiding a very steep climb), where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains. You can return by cable car, walk down or walk along the wall for about an hour to descend by chairlift. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather. Mutianyu Cable Car(round trip): It is a challenging climb up to the Mutianyu Great Wall for it is much steeper than Badaling section. Here you have the option of taking the Cable car to the highest point or down to the foot in a few minutes instead of climbing more than 1,400 steps, while you can also have a bird view of the wall.
After Lunch, you will be transferred back to city and visit to Temple of Heaven. One of the most famous sites in Beijing, this is Ming architecture at its best: beautiful, controlled, and highly symbolic. The surrounding gardens are full of interesting activity, particularly weekend mornings. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather.
In the evening, you will taste delicious Beijing Roast Duck dinner in a local restaurant. Eating Peking duck is seen to be one of the two things you are absolutely supposed to do while in Beijing. Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch, Dinner)
Day 3 Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, Hall of Clocks and Watches, Hutong Tours in Rickshaw Be picked up by English speaking tour guide from your hotel lobby at 08:30 am. Visit Tiananmen Square - the biggest downtown Square of the world. Take a stroll in the famous square. Then we will visit Forbidden City -also called Palace Museum, is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties, home to 24 Emperors between 1420 and 1911. Rectangular in shape, Forbidden City is the world’s largest palace complex. In the Forbidden city, you will visit the Hall of Clocks and Watches: Hall of Clocks and Watches set in the Forbidden City,2208 square meters,show us the clock history of the past 200 years.
Then drive to Hutong, take a Rickshaw in Hutong, A maze of historic alleyways and old single storey traditional courtyard houses, now fast disappearing. Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Tea House, and local peoples houses. Your tour includes a visit and lunch in a local family. (Lunch)
Day 4 Summer Palace, Transfer to Airport Be picked up by English speaking tour guide from your hotel lobby at 08:30 am. Then drive to Summer Palace. Much-loved summer retreat of the Imperial families, the lovely landscaped gardens, halls, pavilions and corridors are set around the lake and rivers in natural harmony. You can expect to spend 2-3 hours here, including a 10 minute boat ride. Renovations (complete in 2010) mean that an individual section or building may be closed at any one time, but this is a huge site. After lunch, you will be transferred to Airport, end of your Beijing trip. Flight not included. (Lunch)
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