Tour Description
Day 01 Arrival in Beijing (L)--Madian Mosque and Summer Palace
English speaking tour guide and driver will meet you at airport or railway station and transfer you to hotel.
Lunch at local characteristic restaurant.
After lunch visit Madian Mosque(1hour) and Summer Palace(2hours). The Summer Palace first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic.Transfer back to your hotel.
Summer Palace:
The Summer Palace has three main sections including the political active region, living section and visiting area. The serious and imperatorial Renshou Hall is the representative of the political area in Summer Palace.The palace features hundreds of architecturally distinct buildings, halls, pavilions, pagodas, bridges and corridors dispersed among magnificent and elegant gardens.
Day 02 Beijing (B L)-- Tiananmen Square,Forbidden City,Niujie Mosque,Temple of Heaven
Picked up from your hotel in the morning , we will transfer to the largest city square in the world; the impressive Tiananmen Square(40minutes). From there we will enter the "Imperial Palace" known as the Forbidden City(2hours) to explore its many fascinating halls and pavilions.
Forbidden City:
Forbidden City is one of most popular tourism destination for the tourists from home and aboard, it is really a must see in Beijing, your Beijing trip is not complete without visiting it, the forbidden city a showcase for Chinese architecture and Chinese history. You can also learn a lot of the Chinese culture in it, how the emperor's life is like, what are the imperial court is like, everything there is so impressive, definitely you can't miss it.
Lunch at local characteristic restaurant.
After lunch and prayer at Niujie Mosque(1hour) we will visit the Temple of Heaven(1.5hours), the place where the Emperors worshipped the Heaven for good harvests. Transfer back to your 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 6 Km 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 03 Beijing (B L)-- Mutianyu Great Wall, Sacred Way
Picked up from your hotel,transfer to climbing of the Mutianyu Great Wall of China(2hours),In 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defense system against invasions from the north. Construction of the great wall continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural significance.
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.
In the afternoon we will visit the Ming Tomb Sacred Way(1hour) where we will learn the ancient Chinese Fengshui Theory. Transfer back to your hotel.
Sacred Way:
The Sacred Way meaning the road leading to Heaven. It is part of the Ming Tombs complex. The emperor, known as the "Son of Heaven" went through the sacred road to the sacrificial altar to converse Heaven during his reign, naturally, after his death, he would also go through the Sacred Way back to heaven. It is a road usually built in front of an ancient Chinese mausoleum, which symbolically led emperors to Heaven. The Sacred Way in the Ming Tomb is a typical one.
Day 04 Beijing ( B )
After breakfast.Transfer to airport for departure flight.




