Day 1 Beijing (   ) |
Our Beijing tour guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at the Beijing Capital Airport and transfer to the hotel. Relax for the rest of the day. Recommend you to take a walk on Wangfujing Streeet, the most busy shopping area in Beijing. |
Wangfujing Streeet | It is the grandest shopping area in Beijing, congested with modern shopping malls, such as the Oriental Plaza, Wangfujing Department Store, etc. It is also home to a wealth of hotels and specialty shops. Around is an afflicted snack street where you can enjoy the most authentic Beijing snacks. |
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[ Optional ] Simatai Great Wall: Simatai located at the boundary between Gubeikou Town,130 km away from Beijing, and Luanping County,Hebei Province. The 19-kilometre-long wall of Simatai began its construction in 1368, with its unique design. Its 35 watchtowers are original structured and varied in form. |
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Day 2 Beijing, Beijing ( B,L ) |
One-day tour (available on Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun): Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven & Summer Palace. Watch Peking opera in the evening. ① Pick up at your hotel between 7:20am and 8:30am. ② Drive to visit Forbidden City(2 hours) → Chinese traditional medicine culture → Temple of Heaven(1 hour) → Western and Chinese buffet lunch(40 minutes) in Bangfuchun Restaurant → short visit to a pearl free market → Summer Palace(1 hour and 20 minutes) → back to your hotel. Pick up from hotels at 18:00-18:30pm. The show time of Peking opera is from 7:15pm-8:30pm, about one and half hours. After the show, transferred back to your hotel. |
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[ Optional ] Wangfujing Streeet: It is the grandest shopping area in Beijing, congested with modern shopping malls, such as the Oriental Plaza, Wangfujing Department Store, etc. It is also home to a wealth of hotels and specialty shops. Around is an afflicted snack street where you can enjoy the most authentic Beijing snacks. |
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Day 3 Beijing ( B,L ) |
one-day tour: Mutianyu Great Wall and Olympic Stadium. ① Pick up at your hotel between 7:20am and 8:00am. ② Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall (cable car is optional), stop on the way to visit a jade carving factory, learning about the stone carving → traditional Chinese lunch at a local nice restaurant → the National Stadium-"Bird Nest" and National Aquatics Center-Water Cube → drinking Chinese tea and enjoying tea ceremony in a well-know Chinese tea market → Back to your hotel around 6:00 pm. |
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[ Optional ] Forbidden City: For almost 500 years, the Forbidden City served as the home of 24 Emperors and their households, and the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese imperial government. It was listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987. |
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Day 4 Beijing, Xian ( B,L ) |
One-day tour (available on Mon, Wed, Fri): Beijing Zoo, Hutong Tour, Yonghe Lama Temple. ① Pick up at your hotel between 7:20am and 8:30am. ② Tranfer to visit the lovely Giant Pandas in Beijing Zoo → Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple), 1 hour → Chinese traditional handicraft silk carpet factory → lunch in a local typical Beijing resident's house → 2 hours Hutong rickshaw Tour → enjoy tea ceremony in a tea house → back to your hotel. Later transfer to Beijing airport for the flight to Xian. Upon arrival at Xian airport, be met by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel. |
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[ Optional ] Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum: Terracotta Warriors is the underworld terracotta army of Emperor Qin Shihuang (the first unifier of China, 259BC-210BC). It’s reputed as the Eighth Miracle of the World. Now the Terracotta Museum consists of Pit 1, Pit 2, Pit 3 and Pit 4 as well as the Hall of the two bronze chariots and horses. |
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Day 5 Xian ( B,L ) |
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Xian Bell Tower | Built in 1384 A.D, the Bell Tower boasts a history of over 600 years. It is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in China. Visiting the Bell Tower, you can still see the Big Iron Bell which was made in Ming Dynasty, 2,500 kilograms in weight. | Big Wild Goose Pagoda | It was built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty and currently boasts height of seven stories. It’s said that Master Xuan Zang built this pagoda to house the Buddhist scriptures and relics he had brought back from India. | Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum | Terracotta Warriors is the underworld terracotta army of Emperor Qin Shihuang (the first unifier of China, 259BC-210BC). It’s reputed as the Eighth Miracle of the World. Now the Terracotta Museum consists of Pit 1, Pit 2, Pit 3 and Pit 4 as well as the Hall of the two bronze chariots and horses. |
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