Beijing 4 days in-depth Cultural Tour
Tour Code: BJ201406
Duration: Beijing four days tour
Attractions: Mutianyu Great Wall,Tian'an Men Square, Forbidden City,Jingshan Park, Hutong,Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple Summer Palace,
Parda Garde,2008 Olympic Garden,Ming Tombs
Day by day tour Itinerary
Day 1,Tian'an Men Square, Forbidden City,Jingshan Park,Hutong tour and Acrobatic show in the evening
After breakfast in the hotel.Your private guide,driver and car will be waiting for you in the lobby,prepared with drinks,snacks,ready to enjoy your trip in Beijing.
You will visit the famous iconic sights,Tian`anmen Square,the Forbidden City,(named Imerial Palace or Palace Museum).Our tour guide is professional local
experts,with many years of experience.
Walk out from the North Gate of the Forbidden City,climb up to the Jingshan Hill where you can have a great photo of the Forbidden City.
After the lunch at local Chinese restaurant,you will visit the the old Beijing Hutongs.
In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to anot
her to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.
Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.
More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
Have rickshaw tour enjoy the old Beijing.
After the Hutong tour,go to Chaoyang Theater to see the famous Chinese Acrobatics in the evening.
Day 2,Temple of Heaven,HongQiao Pearl Market and Lama Temple
Your private guide and driver collet you at your hotel,visit the
Temple of Heaven.
Built in 1420 with a total area of 667acres, this is the largest building for religious worship in China, which was originally used by the Ming and Qing emperors
to pay homage to Heaven and to pray for a year of rich harvest.
Nice park to while away an hour or two while listening to singing and music, and watching the locals going about their lives. A popular place particularly for
Beijing's elderly population.
Then visit the
Hongqiao Pearl Market,where is the best place to shop knock offs and real Pearls.For the knock offs,bargin harder,offer 10-20% of the owner
quote.
After
lunch at local Chinese restaurant,visit the largest Tibet Buddha Temple in Beijing,
Lama Temple
A series of beautiful pavilions comprise this Mongolian-Tibetan yellow-sect temple, which features an impressive fifty-four-foot (25m) high Buddha carved from
one piece of Tibetan sandalwood. iIt is a functionings temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism. Building work on the Yonghegong
Temple started in 1694. The temple is said to have survived the Cultural Revolution due to the intervention of Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. It was reopened to the
public in 1981.It is an excellent place to see Buddhism practiced.Then back to the hotel.
Day 3,Mutianyu Great Wall and Ming Tombs
It takes 1.5 hours to the Wall from downtown Beijing.
The Great Wall at Mutianyu is a little further from Beijing than the most popular section at Badaling, but it doesn't get as crowded.
This section of the Wall is fully restored, there are hand rails to help you up on the very steep parts and the views are spectacular.
After a nice
lunch at local farmer`s restaurants,visit the
Ming Tombs.
Ming Tombs are mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming dynasty. It is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China.Since 1409 with the constraction
of Changling Tomb for Emperor Zhu Di, the Ming Tombs was completed in 1644 when the Emperor Chongzhen was buried in Siling Tomb.
There are three parts are opened to public, the Sacred Way,Changling Tomb and Dingling Tomb.
The Sacred Way is the first attraction of Ming Tombs,which is a main way leading to the thirteen imperial tombs inside the scenic area. The two lines of stone lifelike
sculptures (12 beasts and 6 officials) on both sides are the highlight of the Sacred Way which are quite popular with visitors.
Among the Ming Tombs,Changling is the largest,earlist and most magnificent with best preserved fround constructions.
Dingling is the only one that the underground palace was excavated.
We will visit one of them according to your interests.
Back to the hotel
Day 4,Collet you in the hotel,visit the Summer Palace,Beijing Zoo to see lovely Pandas and 2008 Beijing Olympic Gardens
Go to the Zoo to see the Pandas in the morning.There two halls about 7 pandas in the Beijing Zoo.About 1 hour in the zoo,drive to the
Summer Palace.
Once a summer retreat for emperors, this 716-acre park is still a retreat for the crowd-weary tourist, who can relax here or stroll around ancient pavilions,
mansions, temples, bridges and huge lake.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.
After lunch at local Chinese restaurant,visit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Garden.
half hour there,shopping at the Silk Street.
Then back to the hotel.
The price includes :
English speaking guide service
Private car transfer
Entrance tickets for the attractions
Shuttle Bus for the Great Wall
A dragon boat ride on the Kunming lake at Summer Palace
Lunch at local nice restaurant
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The price Excludes:
Aconmmadations
Gratuities to your guide and Driver
Dinner
Cable car and Toboggan tickets for the Great Wall
Acrobatics tickets and rickshaw through the Hutongs
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Note:
1, The price based bus tour,if your require a customized unique beijing tour for individuals,familiy or small group,contact with us please.We can talior-made an itineary for you.
2,The price is based in US dollar
3,Our trip advisors will have your booking confirmation note more than one working day. When your booking is comfirmed, you will get a confirmation email which includes the comfirmed detailed itinerary with prices.
4, Our tour guides have rights to change the itineray depends the traffic,weather. etc out of our control.