Yuan Ming Yuan (Old Summer Palace)

Pick up at your hotel at 9:00am. Transfer to Summer palace by car, enjoy a relax walk on the west dykes of Summer palace(with breathtaking scenery and less of tourists)(1 hour), then visit the old Summer palace ruin area(1 hour).

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.

Old Summer palace:

That Old Summer time Structure, known in China as Yuan Ming Yuan (the Gardens of Perfect Brightness), and initially known as the Imperial Gardens, would be a complex of palaces and gardens in Beijing. It's situated 8 kms (5. mi) northwest from the walls from the Imperial City, built-in the 18th and early 1800s, in which the emperors from the Qing Empire were living and handled government matters (the Forbidden City was adopted for formal events).

Lunch at a characteristic restaurant(1.5 hours).

In the afternoon transfer to hutong area for sightseeing (2 hours), take a rickshaw ride in hutong area, then have a sip of chinese tea in a local tea house while listening to a cultural briefing by your guide. Transfer back to your hotel.

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.

Day 1:  Meet you at Beijing airport and transfer to your hotel.    Stay in Beijing.
       
Day 2:  Visit the Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Beijing Duck Dinner.    Chinese Lunch         Stay in Beijing.
Forbidden City:  Used to be the imperial palace of the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties. The Forbidden City, also named Palace Museum, is the most magnificent and splendid palace complex in China and one of the five world-famous palaces with the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in England, the White House in the U.S. and the Kremlin in Russia.
Tiananmen Square: Tian'anmen was the front gate of the Imperial Palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In front of the gate is the world's largest open ground in the city - the Tian'anmen Square.
Temple of Heaven: An outstanding representative of Chinese traditional architecture for its clever design and harmoneous colors. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor came to pray and thank gods for the harvests every year.
  
Day 3:  Beijing     Chinese Lunch           Stay in Beijing.
Take an excursion to the Badaling Great Wall, the Ming Tombs and the Yonghegong Lama Temple.
Badaling Great Wall: The best preserved part of the Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) Great Wall.
Ming Tombs: The mausoleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty. The mausoleums have been perfectly preserved.
Yonghegong Lama Temple: A Yellow Hat Tibetan lamasary and one of the city's finest and most celebrated temples. Its 5 main halls and many galleries are filled with exquisitely detailed tanka paintings and beautifully carved or cast Buddha images.
   
Day 4:  Beijing      Chinese Lunch       visit Summer Palace and Hutong.
A royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty.
Transfer to airport for departure.
the quotation per person in US Dollars.
449 per person
259 per 2-5 persons
230 per 6-9 persons
199 per over 9 persons
Quotation Inclusion:
A.   Admissions of the sights mentioned.
B.   Chinese lunch in local Chinese restaurant as indicated in the itinerary.
C.   Personal Guide Services.
D.   Private transport between airports or train stations, hotel and all the scenic spots
      mentioned in the itinerary by air-conditioned car, van or mini-bus.
Quotation Exclusion:
A.   Air tickets.
B.   Personal expenses and optional items.
C.   Hotel accommodation.
D.   Any meals which are not specified with "B", "L", or "D". 
E.   Gratuities to the service staffs.
F.   Others not mentioned above.
If you want us arrange hotel accommodation or other tours in Yangshuo please let us know.
Contact Person:  Jade Leo

The old Summer Palace was the most beautiful imperial garden in the world, the late qing dynasty by British and French eight-country burned, here have witnessed the most splendid period of Chinese national culture.Now, only ruins remain here and people to the memory of the past

There are 12 bronze animals head of the Chinese zodiac, there are ancient royal maze, fountain, now, every summer lotus flower exhibition hold here.

take metro line 4,yuan ming yuan park station is fine.

or taxi.

near here,it is the most famous university ,qing hua university.