Three Days Beijing Tour

Day 1. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Ancient Observatory
Pick you up from hotel lobby at 08:30 am.

Drive to Tiananmen Square, the biggest downtown Square of the world. Take a sightseeing on the famous square.

Enter Forbidden City from the north end of Tiananmen Square.
Forbidden City is also called Palace Museum and is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Rectangular in shape, Forbidden City is the world's largest palace complex.
Visit Forbidden City along the central axis for 1.5 to 2 hours.

Take a Chinese Herbal Medicine class for about 40 minutes before lunch.
Drugs that the Chinese medicine uses are usually plants, so it is usually called Chinese herbal medcine. In Chinese people's process of fighting with the disease for thousands of years, rich medical knowledge was gradually accumulated through the practice and understanding. These medcial knowledges be passed by apprentice dictation first, and then were written down in books, which helped the medcial knowledge spread fast and farther.

Have lunch in a nice local restaurant.

Drive to Temple of Heaven. Built in 1420, Temple of Heaven is situated south of Beijing city. It is the best preserved and largest sacrificial building complex in the world. Take sightseeing for about one hour.

Enjoy Chinese tea ceremony and have a rest in a local tea house.
China is the hometown and birthplace of Chinese tea. Being the national drinks of China, tea has a history of four to five thousand years. Tea culture is one of the specific representative ofChinese culture.

Move on to visit Ancient Observatory. As one of the oldest observatories in the world, the Beijing Ancient Observatory covers an area of 10,000 square meters. Tools in the observatory were built in 1442 of the Ming Dynasty.

Be transferred back to your hotel after the tour. (Lunch)

Day 2. Great Wall, Ming Tombs
Pick you up from your hotel at 8:30 am.

Visit a local Cloisonne factory for about 40 minutes to know the process of making a real Cloisonne.
Cloisonne, also called Copper Based Pinched Wire Enamel, belongs to ancient royal art in Chinese Ming dynasty. The product combines gold, silver, copper and other natural minerals as the original materials, integrating fine art, crafts, carving, mosaic, glass melting and metallurgy together. With a history of more than 600 years, Cloisonne is one of the most Beijing-featured traditional crafts.

Drive 1.5 hours to Ming Tombs. Located 60 Kilometers north of Beijing, Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors. Changling is the most famous one. Construction of the Changling was started in 1409 and completed in 1427.
Visit the biggest one of Ming Tombs (Chiangling Tombs) for 1 hour.

After lunch, move on to Badaling Great Wall. Badaling is the most famous section of Great Wall, well maintained. It is easy to walk along this section of defensive project of ancient China. Visit Great Wall for about 2 hours.

Transfer you back to your hotel.
(Lunch )

Day 3. Beijing Zoo, Beijing Hutong, Summer Palace
Pick you up from your hotel at 8:30 am.

Drive to Beijing Zoo to see Great Panda.

Drive to Summer Palace for sightseeing. Summer Palace is the largest imperial garden of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290 hectares including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions, towers, etc.

Visit a pearl market for about 40 minutes before lunch.
China is the most important country to produce fresh water pearl.
Chinese pearl is famous for its good quality, mulity-shape, multy-color, as well as the low price.
You may find various kind of necklace, bracelet, earring as well as other pearl products.
If you are lucky, you can see a show of openning a shell to get out fresh water pearl.

After lunch, Move on to Hutong, ancient city alley in Beijing. Many of them were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming (1368-1628) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties surrounding the Forbidden City. Take rickshaw to visit the ancient Hutong including Drum tower, Local family, Shicha Lake and Bar Street.

Enjoy Chinese tea ceremony and have a rest in a local tea house.
China is the hometown and birthplace of Chinese tea. Being the national drinks of China, tea has a history of four to five thousand years. Tea culture is one of the specific representative ofChinese culture.

Transfer back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch)


Friendly Note of Beijing 3 Days Tour
1. This tour is tailored for you exclusively. No other travelers will join in.
2. Lunch is not refundable if you do not need it.
3. The sunshine is very strong in summer time. Sunglass is useful.
4. We will arrange a boat cruise on Kunming lake in Summer Palace from May to October.
5. Photograph is not permitted in some area. Our tour guide will inform you.
6. Visit to local arts shop is included. Please let us know if you are not interested in this. We will cancel the shop visit according to your request; but no refund will be made.
7. You will walk a long distance with this 3 days Beijing trip. A pair of soft and comfortable shoes is helpful.
8. We will visit Ming Tombs on the morning and Great Wall in the afternoon. This will insure that you can have lunch on time and have enough time on Great Wall. The Great Wall is very beautiful when the sun is on the west
9. Chinatravelkey.com list the exact cost of each person from 1 to 10 persons. This will help you to cut down cost if you have more persons. Please contact us for a special cost if you have more than 10 persons.

Remark: The above private tour is tailored for you and your friends exclusively. You and your friends will enjoy Private car, driver and tour guide. If you want to adjust the itinerary, please contact us.

You may also send us an email to inquire about this tour:

Package includes:
Air-conditioned car or van, Gas, parking cost, Admission fee of mentioned attractions, English speaking tour guide service, Chinese lunch for three days, Pick-up from and transfer back to your hotel.

Package excludes: hotel expense, personal expense, gratuities to guides and drivers.

Payment:
1. Pay us in cash when we pick you up from hotel.
2.Pay us via Paypal.
3.Pay us via credit card 2 weeks in advance.
3. Transfer payment to bank accountant of our company 1 month in advance.