| Day
1 Arrive in Beijing |
Upon your arrival at Beijing airport, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.
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| Day 2 Beijing (B,L,D) |
Today we visit the largest square in the world - Tian'anmen Square, then tour the imperial palace - Forbidden City and Summer Palace. In the evening, you can taste Beijing Roasted Duck. |
| Tiananmen Square: |
As a symbol of the nation, this world's largest city square is home to various historical sites and known for the daily ritualistic flag raising ceremony.
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| Forbidden City : |
One of the world's most beautiful architectural complexes, served as China's imperial palace for almost five centuries; you will be overwhelmed by its massive scale and majestic design. |
| Summer Palace: |
This temple complex was ever a place for the emperor to worship heaven; an architectural wonder featuring the triple-roofed Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. |
Beijing Roasted Duck: |
Most famous and delicious dish in Beijing with a very long history, prized for its tempting color, crispy skin, tender meat and gorgeous apperance; most visitors will want to have a try. |
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3 Beijing (B,L) |
Today we hike on Great Wall at Badaling and visit Changling Tomb. In the afternoon, Olympic Stadium (Bird's Nest) and National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) are on our schedule. |
| Badaling Great Wall: |
The best-preserved and most imposing section of the Great wall; approximately 3,741m long and of great strategic importance in ancient times. |
| Ming Tombs (Changling): |
The mausoleum of Emperor Zhu Di, the chief and the most magnificent one of the 13 Ming tombs, which will give you a glimpse into the power and grandeur of China's Ming Dynasty's Emperors. |
| Olympic Stadium (Bird's Nest): |
The nest-shaped elliptic steel structure is hailed as "an icon of the Beijing 2008 Olympics" and has become a recognized landmark worldwide. |
| National Aquatics Center (Warer Cube): |
The outlook being a semi-transparent "cube", with "bubbles" spread out all over its surface; believed as the fastest Olympic pool in the world, swimmers set 25 new world records here during the 2008 Olympics. |
| Day
4 Depart Beijing |
Visit Temple of Heaven, free time at Xiushui Street, and then transfer you to the airport for next destination. |
| Temple of Heaven: |
This temple complex was ever a place for the emperor to worship heaven; an architectural wonder featuring the triple-roofed Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. |
Xiushui Street: |
The current Silk Street has become inner Beijing's one stop tourist shopping paradise and if you are in Beijing with a limited amount of shopping time, this is the place go. |
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