Day 4 Beijing

Attractions: Summer Palace, Olympic Park, Capital Museum

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

After breakfast, start your morning tour with the visit to the Summer Palace (2 hours sightseeing), The Summer Palace, a royal garden in China during the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as the Garden of Clear Ripples. It is adjacent to the Yuanmingyuan. It is a large landscape garden built on the basis of Kunming Lake and Wanshoushan Mountain, modelled on the West Lake in Hangzhou, and drawing on the design techniques of the Jiangnan Gardens, and it is also the best-preserved imperial palace, known as the "Museum of Royal Gardens".To avoid the tourist meal, today you have a la carte lunch with an a la carte menu at a nice local Cantonese restaurant, where you could enjoy the authentic Chinese food.

After lunch, head to the Olympic Park ( 1 hour outside visit ) to have an outside look at the Bird's Nest and Water Cube. The Bird's Nest, also known as the National Stadium, was the main venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. There is a saying in France that man can make anything but a bird's nest. You can imagine the uniqueness and difficulty of the design and construction of the Bird's Nest. The water cube(National Aquatics Centre) is one of the landmark buildings of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and is also the only landmark Olympic venue designated by the Beijing Municipal Government to be constructed by donations from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas compatriots.

Then go to Capital Museum Beijing (1.5 hours visit). The collection of historical relics of great cultural and artistic appreciation value in the Capital Museum embodies the character, cultural traditions and moral concepts of the Chinese nation, and is the embodiment of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation.

After the day tour, back to your hotel in Beijing.