Attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City , Old Hutongs, Temple of Heaven
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, we can stroll though the Old Hutongs. It has recorded the historical changes, the style of the times, and contains a strong cultural atmosphere, as if a museum of folk customs, branded with the imprint of people's various social life. 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.
Last stop of today is 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.
After the tour, transfer you back to hotel for a rest.