Day 1 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.