Xingang Beijing Four Days Tour

Day 1. Entry Beijing, Ancient Observatory, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City
Be picked by private vehicle and English speaking tour guide from Xingang Port.

Be transferred to hotel. After a short rest in hotel, 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.

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.

After lunch, 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.

Be transferred back to your hotel. (Lunch)


Day 2. Badaling 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. (Breakfast, Lunch)


Day 3. Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Summer Palace, Olympic Park
Be 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.

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, drive tovisit 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.

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.

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.

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

Day 4. Beijing Hutong Tour, Departure
Pick you up from your hotel at 08:30 am.

Be transferred 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. Take rickshaw to visit the ancient Hutong including Drum tower, Local family, Shicha Lake, and Bar Street.

Visit a Silk Market for about 40 minutes before lunch.
In the Silk Market, you may join in drawing out silk from a silkworm or squaring up a quilt. China is the first place to develop silk, with some of the earliest examples found as early as 3500 BC. In the ancient era, silk from China was the most lucrative and sought-after luxury item traded across the Eurasian continent. Hence comes the famous Silk Road. In this silk market, you can find the ancient and modern weave machine, sample of silkworm, satin, cashmere, Chinese traditional clothes and silk clothing.

Have lunch in local restaurant with Beijing Flavor.

Be transferred to Xingang port. (Breakfast, Lunch).



Friendly Note of 4 Days Beijing Tour
1. The above tour is tailored for you exclusively. You will enjoy Private car, driver
and English speaking tour guide.
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 place of Forbidden City. Our tour guide will inform you.
6. Visit to Chinese arts shop is included. These shops are registered in National Tourism Bureau. There is no fake product in these shops. You may buy some Chinese gift in these places. 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 four days trip. A pair of soft and comfortable shoes is helpful.
8. Our driver will drive directly to the foot of Great Wall. Cable car is not necessary.
9. 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.

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.

Price(validity: 2014-12-31)

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Hotel for This Tour:

Package includes:
-Hotel accommodation as mentioned;
-Daily western breakfast in hotel;
-Private car, van or coach in each city (air-conditioned);
-Professional English-speaking tour guide;
-Meals mentioned in the itinerary;
-Admission fee;
-Performance mentioned in the itinerary;
-Fuel, Parking, Expressway cost

Package includes:
-Personal expense;
-Gratuities to guides and drivers.

Payment:
pay our tour guide in cash in Beijing (USD and Chinese currency are both acceptable). Sometimes, the hotel needs prepayment during peak season.
Pay us via Paypal.
pay us via credit card at least one week before tour date.
pay us via Western Union at least 1 week before tour date.
transfer payment to bank account of our company at least 3 weeks before tour date

Seasons :High: April, May, September, October, November
Shoulder: March, June, July, August
Low: December, January, February

Important Notices:
1. This price is based on twin share.
2. Time schedule in this itinerary can be adjusted by your guide according to local condition, such as weather, transportation, etc.