It was a group of 25 people, I helped tailor make their schedule and arranged for transportation and provided guide service for their staying in Beijing,we had a great time together.

STUDY TRIP TO CHINA 2013

School of Landscape Architecture Faculty of Environmental Design University of Montreal

PART 1 BEIJING AND THE NORTH OF CHINA (7.5 days)

1 : Monday May 13 (DEPARTURE) ✈ Flight Montréal-Beijing

2 : Tuesday May 14 (BEIJING) ✈ BUS

Flight Montréal-Toronto-Beijing (Air Canada AC 31)

16h05 : Arrival in Beijing

16h30-17h30 : Meeting with guide and transfert by bus to the hotel Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple of Heaven 

evening : diner (group)

night : Beijing

3 : Wednesday May 15 (BEIJING)

8h30-9h00 : leave hotel and travel (walk, subway or taxi)

9h00-10h30 : Tian’anmen Square*, China National Centre for the Performing Arts (exterior) 10h30-12h30 : Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall

12h30-16h30 : Hutong/Siheyuan*, Shichahai district, include tricycle, visit of streets with traditional architecture, traditional courtyards and lunch at local family, Bell and Drum Tower (go up one of the towers)

16h30-17h30 : Temple of Lamas

evening : diner (individual)

night : Beijing

4 : Thursday May 16 (BEIJING)

9h00-10h30 : leave hotel, walk by Qianmen Dajie/Liulichang area and travel by subway 10h30-12h30 : Forest Park* (tour of site by bicycles rent on site)

12h30-14h00 : lunch (group) and travel

14h00-17h00 : Chinese Minorities Park

Meeting with Min Li of the State Committee for Nationalities

17h00-19h00 : Olympic Green, Olympic Stadium*, Water Cube, Digital Beijing (exterior) evening : diner (group)

night : Beijing

5 : Friday May 17 (BEIJING)

8h30-9h30 : leave hotel and travel by subway

9h30-12h00 : Summer Palace*

12h00-12h30 : travel by subway

12h30-13h30 : lunch on Peking University Campus

13h30-17h30 : visit of Peking University and the offices of Turenscape

Meeting with Kongjian Yu, Principal designer Turenscape, Dihua Li, Director, Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University et Tianxin Zhang, Professor, Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University

evening : diner (individual) night : Beijing



6 : Saturday May 18 (BEIJING)

8h30-9h00 : leave hotel and walk to Temple of Heaven 9h00-11h00 : Temple of Heaven*

11h00-13h00 : lunch (group) and travel by subway or taxi 13h00-17h00 : Forbidden City

17h00-18h30 : Beihai Park-Jade Island evening in Houhai district : diner (individual) night : Beijing

7 : Sunday May 19 (SIMATAI, BEIJING)  BUS

7h30-10h00 : leave hotel and travel

10h00-12h30 : Great Wall (Simatai)

12h30-14h30 : travel and lunch (take away)

14h30-18h00 : Central Business District (3 main stops) (Hop on and Hop Off) (see map):

1- Linked Hydrid Complex*

2- Chaoyangmen SOHO III* Meeting with a local landscape architect (to be confirmed)

3- CCTV Headquarters*

evening : diner (individual) night : Beijing

8 : Monday May 20 (BEIJING)

FREE STUDY DAY (NO PROGRAM) evening : diner (individual)

night : Beijing

9 : Tuesday May 21 (BEIJING, DONGLINGXIANG) BUS 8h00-8h30 : check-out hotel

8h30-9h00 : travel

9h00-11h00 : 798 Art Zone (Dashanzi Art District) 11h00-14h30 : travel and lunch (take away) 14h30-17h30 : Qing Dynasty Tombs (DONGLINGXIANG) 17h00-19h30 : travel by bus Donglinxiang-Tianjin

leave bus and guide (return to Beijing)

evening : diner (group) in the French and British Concessions night : Tianjin

Tianjin First Hotel