Day 1 Beijing

Attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall, Bird's Nest, Hutong

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.

Take a short break after lunch and we will drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall, which has been the military stronghold guarding Beijing since ancient times, and is known as the "Dangerous Ridge Pass".

On the way back to downtown, drive by the national stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, which is the main stadium of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. We can have an overview outside of this building to admire it or take some picture if you like.

End today’s tour with traditional Hutongs. Walking in it, there are places of interest everywhere, and a closer look is like an encyclopaedia of Beijing, and many of the bricks and tiles in the hutongs have a history of hundreds of years.If you prefer not to tour the Hutong area, your guide will escort you back to the hotel after dropping the others off there.