BJ2D1N-THFC-053
2 Days\ 1 Night
Spend two days exploring the history of this vibrant city with a professional English-speaking guide. We will arrange the itinerary and transportation for you, and you can enjoy the great scenery of Beijing.
Attractions: Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, Shichahai Scenic Resort
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Beijing
In the morning, your professional guide will pick you up at your hotel lobby, transfer you to Tiananmen Square with a comfortable and capacious chauffeur-driven minivan. It is the largest city square in the world, covering an area of 440,000 square metres and can accommodate 1 million people. Tiananmen Square 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.
Walk through the Gate of Heavenly Peace with the great Chairman Mao's portrait on it; you come to this morning's highlight - the 600-year-old Forbidden City - the world's largest and most well-preserved wooden structure of palace-type buildings. Strolling around Tiananmen Square, it won’t take too long to see the Temple of Heaven, 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.
Walk around old Beijing hutong nearby Shichahai Lake. Beijing's hutongs are not only the veins of the city and the thoroughfares of the traffic, but also the places where the common people of Beijing live and the important stage for the historical and cultural development of the capital.
Attractions: Mutianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Not Included
The Great Wall tour-the highlight of this Beijing tour. 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.
After lunch we will head to 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.