Beijing Four-day Tour
By admin on 2014-09-29

Highlights for this package

Beijing:

The Forbidden City: Experience the imperial life in the Forbidden City, palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Hutong Tour in Xicheng District: Rickshaw tour through the Hutong - the maze of historic alleyways and traditional courtyard

houses. Visit a local Hutong family.

Tiananmen Square: Join hundreds Chinese people as they revere their the national flag raised at sunrise everyday at Tian'an

men Square

The Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car): Superb views through watch towers on the Mutianyu Great Wall, one of

the Seven Wonders in the world.

1. Tour Itinerary

Day 1

Destination: Entrance City to Beijing

Travel: Flight No. TBA (Your arrangements)

Services & Highlights: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Beijing)

Day 2

Destination: Beijing

Services & Highlights: Tiananmen Square, Hall of Clocks and

Watches, The Forbidden City, Hutong Tour in Xicheng District

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Courtyard 7 Restaurant

Tiananmen Square (50 minutes): Tian'anmen Square is the largest city

square in the centre of Beijing, named after the Tiananmen (literally,

Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the

Forbidden City. It has great cultural significance as it was the site of

several key events in Chinese history. As the world's largest city square and enduring symbol of China's national pride, it is

surrounded by many imposing buildings including the Heavenly Gate (entry to the Forbidden City), Museums, government

buildings and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum.

Courtyard 7 Restaurant: Courtyard 7 is located in central area of Nan Luo Guo. Its well designed Chinese style modeling,

the layout makes it antiquity and rusticity. Its special featured restaurant provides new modern French dishes. Seating in

Courtyard 7, you may see the fusion of eastern and western culture, and smell apart of old and new fashion air. Here, you

can not only taste delicious gourmet food, but also can enjoy a piece of pure land and haven in such a busy city. Courtyard

7 welcomes you stay and enjoy.

Hall of Clocks and Watches (30 minutes): It is located in the east of the Inner Court outside the Gate of Respect Movement

(Jing Yun Men), Forbidden City. This exhibition hall houses about 200 clocks and watches from the imperial collection.

Those watches and clocks are mostly made in Switzerland, England, France, the U.S and Japan, with some Chinese made

timepieces on display as well.

The Forbidden City (2.5 hours)  : The Forbidden City was home to 24 emperors between 1368 and 1911.This "city within

a city" is a World Heritage Site, and is the largest and the best preserved ancient imperial architecture complex in the

world, with great square, halls and gates contrast with intricate halls, gardens, courtyards and quarters. The exhibitions,

both permanent and temporary, are all important treasures of ancient China.

Hutong Tour in Xicheng District (1 hour): Hutong is a maze of historic alleyways with old single storey traditional courtyard

houses, which are now fast disappearing. In this one hour tour, you can hop on a rickshaw to ride through the narrow

alleys as well as visit a local family then walk on the Silver Ingot Bridge (Yinding Bridge) and find out about the different

thresholds of the courtyards.

Day 3

Destination: Beijing

Services & Highlights: Temple of Heaven, The Mutianyu Great Wall

(with round way cable car)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant, Dinner at

Roasted Duck at Fangzhuang

Temple of Heaven (1.5 hours): Built in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty,

Temple of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings where emperors of

Ming and Qing dynasties visited for annual ceremonies of pray for good

harvests. Located in the south of Central Beijing, it covers an area of

273 hectares. Temple of Heaven was enrolled as a World Heritage Site

by UNESCO in 1998.

Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant: Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant is near Great Wall of Mutianyu section. This garden style

restaurant serves farmhouse dishes, specializing in rainbow trout, sturgeon and salmon. The fabulous taste will leave you

with great memories.

The Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car) (2 hours)  : This less-crowded section of the Great Wall is a about

2.5 hours' drive from downtown 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.

Roasted Duck at Fangzhuang: Beijing Roast Duck is renowned as the most delicious food of Beijing while Quanjude

Restaurants enjoy a high reputation for its Beijing roast duck. Quanjuede restaurants have developed their own technique

and are famous for outstanding quality. Fangzhuang branch is located besides the Temple of Heaven.

Day 4

Destination: Beijing to Departure City

Travel: Flight No. TBA (Your arrangements)

Services & Highlights: Summer Palace with boat Cruise and the

Garden of Virtue and Harmony, Hotel to airport Transfer (Beijing)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Red Classic Theme Restaurant

Summer Palace with boat Cruise and the Garden of Virtue and

Harmony (2 hours): The palace is about 12 kilometers northwest of

the city center and is equally as famous as the Forbidden City, the

Summer Palace is called 'Yiheyuan'(Garden of Nurtured Harmony) in

Chinese. It is the best preserved and the largest imperial gardens in

China and one of Beijing's premier attractions. It is also possible to cruise on the lake which takes 10 minutes by the ferry

boat.

Red Classic Theme Restaurant: "Red Classic Theme Restaurant" has a China in 70's theme. Very popular among middle-

aged Chinese who reminise by dancing and singing the old songs from their youth; the days of the cultural revolution.

Memories mixed with great food.

2. Featured Hotels and Price Details (Our Net Rates for Travel Agency, Per Person in US$):

Note:

a. Prices are valid between December 1st, 2013–November 30th, 2014, but may vary according to your travel

time and tour availability (e.g.: Internal Labor Day: May 1st -3rd; Chinese National Holiday periods: Sep 30th

to Oct 7th).

b. Low Season are from Dec. 1 to March, 31;and High Season are from April 1 to Nov. 31.

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