Day
1 Arrive in Beijing |
Upon your arrival in Shanghai, our English-speaking guide will pick you up in the airport and company you to the hotel. |
Day 2 Beijing (B,L) |
On this day, you will have the great hiking experience on the world-famous Great Wall at Badaling. Then visit the Olympic Stadium (Bird's Nest), National Aquatics Center (Water Cube). And you'll enjoy the famous Peking Duck Dinner (optional) in the evening. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Day
3 Beijing (B,L) |
Today's tour will include the famous Tian'anmen Square, the magnificent Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, and then go to the Xiushui Street (Silk Street) for shopping. |
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. |
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. |
Day
4 Depart Beijing |
Today, you will get a true taste of Beijingers' life by strolling around the Hutong, the residential area of the old Beijing with maze-like lanes and deep courtyards. Free time for you to explore the Hutong. After, you will be escorted to the airport for the flight to your next destination. |
Hutong Tours: |
Leaving the bustling city streets, stepping into the maze-like hutongs and deep courtyards, you'll get a true taste of Beijinger's life and seem to travel back in time. |
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