Day 1
Place & Transport: Arrive in Beijing, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport Transfer (Beijing)
Detailed Itinerary: Our guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.
Take a rest or explore by yourself during the remainder of the day. Dinner is at your own arrangement. The guide would love to give you some suggestions.
Day 2
Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Hutong Tour including the Bell Tower or the Drum Tower, Learn to apply Facial Makeup for the Beijing opera
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Courtyard 7 Restaurant
Detailed Itinerary: Your Beijing tour starts with a visit to Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square is a landmark of Beijing City where many national events and flag raising ceremonies are held. Surrounding the square, it has many significant constructions including the Great Hall of the People, the Monument to People's Heroes, the Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao and the National Museum of China. We will continue our tour to walk into the best preserved imperial complex – the Forbidden City. There are over 8,700 rooms in the Forbidden City with the main halls and palaces on the axis and other rooms symmetrically dotted in the east and west.
To avoid the cheap tourist eateries, we will arrange a great local restaurant which serves authentic local dishes. After lunch, we will visit the old Beijing Hutong. See the sights of Beijing's yesterday on a rickshaw. Interact with local residents with a family visit. There are a lot of skillful people living in the Hutong area and you will have a chance to learn how to apply facial make-up for the Beijing opera.
Day 3
Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: The Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car), Temple of Heaven, Fly Kites at the Temple of Heaven, Shahe Cloisonne Factory
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant, Chinese Dinner at Hua Jia Yi Yuan Restaurant
Detailed Itinerary: This morning, we will drive about 2 hours to the Mutianyu Great Wall which is in the Huairou District of Beijing. There are 22 watchtowers and an over-towering pass densely scattered along the 1.4 miles winding wall which, together with the landscape, creates a magnificent and stunning view.
After lunch at a local restaurant near Mutianyu, we will drive back to the city to visit the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped Heaven and prayed for a good harvest. The highlights of the Temple of Heaven are: the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, the Circular Mound Altar, the Imperial Vault of Heaven and The Echo Wall. Flying kites with your kids at an open air ground at the Temple of Heaven will be a memorable moment for your family.
Day 4
Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: Summer Palace with boat Cruise and the Garden of Virtue and Harmony, Beijing Zoo, Beijing Aquarium
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Xibei Restaurant
Detailed Itinerary: Kids could be quite excited at today's activities as they will see cute pandas and other animals in Beijing Zoo, and hundreds of species of marine organisms as well as a variety of rare species of freshwater fish in the largest aquarium in Beijing.
After lunch at a great local restaurant, the afternoon's tour will take you to the Summer Palace. Regarded as the "Museum of Royal Gardens", the Summer Palace is well preserved and renowned for its beautiful landscape and spectacular architecture. The Summer Palace consists of 4 parts – the Court Area, Lake Area, Front Hill Area and Rear Hill area – and the scenery varies at each part.
Day 5
Place & Transport: Depart Beijing, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Hotel to airport Transfer (Beijing)
Meals: Breakfast
Detailed Itinerary: Your Beijing tour comes to an end and we will transfer you to the airport to board your flight.
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