Beijing Seven Days Tour

Day 1. Entry Beijing
Be met by private vehicle and English speaking tour guide from airport. Be transferred to hotel. Remainder of the day is at leisure.

Day 2. 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.

Have lunch in a nice local restaurant.

After lunch, visit 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.

Drive 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 whole day tour. (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 3. Summer Palace, Beijing Zoo, Beijing Hutong
Pick you up from hotel at 08:30 am.

Drive to Summer Palace - 20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing. 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.



After lunch, drive to Beijing Zoo to see Great Panda.

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 of Chinese culture.

Move on to Beijing 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. Visit Beijing Hutong via rickshaw including Local family, Drum Tower, Houhai Lake and Bar Street.

Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Breakfast, Lunch).

Day 4. Badaling Great Wall, Ming Tombs
Pick you up from your hotel at 8:30 am.

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.

Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 5. Capital Museum, Olympic Park, Lama Temple, Houhai area, Chinese Kongfu Show
Pick you up from hotel at 08:30 am.

Visit Capital Museum. The construction style of the Capital Museum is an integration between classical culture and modern features. The Museum contains three independent constructions, including the rectangular exhibition hall, the circular exhibition hall and the quadrate office and scientific research building. The exhibition items are divided into three categories: permanent exhibitions, exhibitions of fine artistic collections and temporary exhibitions.

After lunch, drive to visit Olympic Park. As the major venue of the 2008 Olympic Games, the Olympic Park contains three areas including the Forest Park in the north, major venue and supporting facilities area in the center and the completed stadiums and the reserved area. The completed stadiums contains the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), National Swimming Center (Water Cube) and the National Indoor Stadium (Folding Fans).Take an outside view of the venues.

Then we will visit Lama Temple -a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism, is the only downtown Buddhism temple in Beijing. Lama Temple is a former imperial palace in Qing dynasty.

Move on to Houhai area.

Have Beijing Roast Duck Dinner and enjoy Chinese Kongfu Show.

Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 6. Free
You may explore the city by yourself. (Breakfast)

Optional tour:
A. Jinshanling Great Wall
B. Beijing Tianjin one day tour.
C. Chuandixia village day tour
D. West Qing Tombs day tour.

Day 7. 798 Art Zone, Departure
Be picked up from your hotel and transferred to airport for departure.
If time permit, we will visit 798 Art Zone before departure. (Breakfast)

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.

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Notes: Hotel accommodation is based on two persons sharing one standard twin room.

Package Price Includes
-Hotel accommodation as mentioned,
-Private car or van (air-conditioned),
-English-speaking tour guides,
-All meals mentioned in the itinerary,
-Admission fee of mentioned attractions in the itinerary,
-Performance mentioned in the itinerary,
-Fuel, Parking, Expressway cost.

Package Price Excludes
-International air tickets and International airport tax,
-Meals unless specified,
-Personal expense,
-Gratuities to guides and drivers,
-Items not listed in the itinerary.