2-Day Beijing Private Tour of Forbidden City, Lama Temple, Tiananmen Square, Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace

Attractions: Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Your private guide and driver will pick you up at 8:30am in your hotel lobby. Visit the Temple of Heaven (built in 1420), formerly known as the Temple of Heaven and Earth, is located on the east side of Yongdingmen Street in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was the place for the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to worship heaven, pray for grain and rain. It is the largest remaining ancient sacrificial complex in China.

Then you will visit the largest lamasery in Beijing where two famous Qing emperors came from, Lama Temple, is located in the northeast corner of Beijing city, the Kangxi emperor in the construction of this residence at the Qing dynasty Kangxi thirty-three years (1694), given to the fourth son of Yin Zhen, that is, later the Prince of Yong Palace. Yongzheng three years (1725), change the Royal Palace for the Palace, said Yonghe Palace. The main hall of the Yonghe Palace original green glazed tiles to yellow glazed tiles.

After enjoy an authentic Chinese lunch in a nice local restaurant, you will visit the famous iconic sights: Tian'anmen Square,it is surrounded by many famous historical and cultural attractions, such as the Tiananmen Square Citadel, Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, and the National Museum. The grand flag-raising and flag-lowering ceremonies held in Tiananmen Square attract countless Chinese and foreign tourists every day.

Followed by the Forbidden City, located in the centre of Beijing, nearby Tiananmen Square. It is the best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest palace with 9,999.5 rooms, formerly the Chinese imperial palace for the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty (close on Monday). After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Attractions: Great Wall of China (Mutianyu or Huanghuacheng), Summer Palace

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Not Included

Head up to the Mutianyu Great Wall in the morning (1.5-hour driving time), and enjoy the beautiful scenery on the Wall for 2 to 3 hours. The Mutianyu Great Wall is connected to the Juyongguan Great Wall in the west and the Gubeikou Great Wall in the east, which has been the military stronghold guarding Beijing since ancient times, and is known as the "Dangerous Ridge Pass". The round-trip cable car will be arranged so that you can save more time on the Wall. Standing on the wall and looking at it stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience and will leave you a life-long memory.

There is another option besides going to the Mutianyu Great Wall.Earlier Huanghuachengshui Great Wall tourist area, located in Beijing Huairou District Jiuduhe Town Xishuiling village, the name come from the three sections of the Great Wall into the water, is famous for strange, with the characteristics of show, melt green mountains, clear water, the ancient Great Wall as one of the tourism and leisure resort. So there is "plug location, Jiangnan wind, all in the Great Wall" reputation.

After enjoying a tasty lunch in a local restaurant, you will visit the Summer Palace, a royal garden in China during the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as the Garden of Clear Ripples, is situated in the western suburbs of Beijing, 15 kilometres from the city, with the entire garden covering an area of 3.009 square kilometres (of which the Summer Palace World Cultural Heritage Area covers an area of 2.97 square kilometres), with the water surface accounting for about three-quarters of the area.

Then, you will be transferred back to your hotel.