Day 1 Arrival at Beijing

English speaking tour guide and driver will meet you at airport or railway station and transfer you to hotel, the rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

Day 2 Beijing ( B L )-- Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace

Pick up from hotel, drive to Tian'anmen Square(40minutes), a 44-hectares square, Discover with your tour guide the 72-hectares Forbidden City. It will take 2-3 hours to visit the square and the Forbidden City(2hours).

Tiananmen square:

Tiananmen Square -The biggest downtown Square of the world,where you can visit Tiananmen Tower, Monument to the People's Heroes, Great Hall of the People, Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and see the national flag raising ceremony. Thousands of people come to the Square every day. It is the must place to visit in Beijing City.

Forbidden city:

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.

Lunch at local characteristic restaurant.

In the afternoon, visit the Temple of Heaven(1.5hours).and visit The Summer Palace(2hours), it used to be the imperial garden, now it is a public park. After the tour, drive back to the hotel.

Temple of Heaven:

The Temple of Heaven in the southern part of Beijing is China's largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings. The Temple of Heaven is situated in the southern part of Beijing, about 6Km away from the center of the city. Traditionally, this temple was for imperial use only. It was built in 1420, covering an area of 273 hectares, it is the one of the largest parks in Beijing.The Temple of Heaven was originally established as the Temple of Heaven and Earth.The Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests.

Day 3 Beijing ( B L )--Mutianyu Great Wall , Ming Tombs

Picked up from your hotel, first stop would be The Great Wall Mutianyu(2hours), 80km away from the city. After hiking at the Great Wall, have a rest and lunch will be Chinese food.

Mutianyu Great Wall:

Mutianyu Great Wall, is one of the most famous and best preserved sections of the Great Wall together with Badaling and Jinshanling sections. Located in the northeast of Beijing Municipality, Mutianyu is connected with the smaller hotspot sections of Jiankou in the west and Lianhuachi in the east. This section used to serve as the northern wall defending the capital city and the Imperial power, like a giant galloping dragon on mountain peak preserving the entrance to emperors'kingdom.

Lunch at local characteristic restaurant. 

Visit The Ming Tombs(1.5hours) in the Afternoon. Then go to the Olympic Green and Bird's Nest stadium and water cube, view these amazing structure from outside(1hour).After the tour, drive back to the hotel.

Ming Tombs:

The Ming Tombs Scenic Area, where lie the mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty . Since 1409 when Zhu Di, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, built his Changling Tomb here, the succeeding twelve emperors had their tombs built around Changling during the next 230 years, covering a total area of over 120 square kilometers . This is the best preserved tomb area with the most emperors buried. Every year millions of tourists come to the site to appreciate its long history and palatial architecture.

Day 4 Beijing ( B )-- Hutong

After breakfast, visit Hutong(with rickshaw)(1hour). From hutongs, one can discover how Beijingers, in the course of centuries, advanced from vulgarity to refinement. In numerous hutongs are scattered residences of famous personnel, and these places are repositories. Transfer to airport for departure flight.

Hutong:

Many famous operas and dramas are based on the themes of the "hutong life". When urban construction threatens the existence of these hutongs, some Beijingers become worried. We trust that a "must see" hutong tour will greatly help you know more about Beijing history and culture.