5-Day Classic Culture Beijing Tour

Overview

This tour will take you to appreciate Beijing highlights including Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Great Wall and other historical wonders as well. Paying a visit to Sony Explora Science Museum and exploring in the ancient Hutong will also be your unforgettable memory.

Highlights

  • The Forbidden City
  • Tiananmen Square
  • Drum Tower
  • The Mutianyu Great Wall
  • Mutianyu Cable Car(round trip)
  • Dingling Tomb
  • Summer Palace
  • Sony Explora Science

Tour Details

Day 1Beijing Arrival

On your arrival in Beijing, our tour guide will meet you outside the arrival hall and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to explore the city.

  • Meals: No Meals
  • Hotels: Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Chaoyang U-Town   |  Sunworld Hotel Beijing   |  Red Wall Hotel Beijing 
Day 2Beijing

After breakfast at the hotel, visit the Forbidden City to start your Beijing tour. This "city within a city" is the largest and the best preserved ancient imperial architecture complex in the world. The exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, are all important treasures of ancient China. Proceed to Tiananmen Square which is the world's largest city square in the centre of Beijing. It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several key events in Chinese history. Continue to visit Shichahai Hutong, covers an area of 147 hectares and is one of the oldest and most popular Hutongs in Beijing. After that have a Chinese lunch at Courtyard 7 Restaurant, a famous local restaurant whose well designed Chinese style modeling and the layout will impress you. After lunch go to visit Drum Tower, which was built in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220) and used to be a time keeping center for the whole city and was equipped with bronze clepsydras and drums that were beaten to mark the hours. After 50 minutes' visit, head for the last stop of today, Lizexiang Pearl Store. Here you will see how pearl are produced including some of the latest technology and learn how to spot a fake. It's a great opportunity to buy genuine pearls.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Courtyard 7 Restaurant
  • Hotels: Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Chaoyang U-Town   |  Sunworld Hotel Beijing   |  Red Wall Hotel Beijing 
Day 3Beijing

Have breakfast at the hotel then go to visit the Mutianyu Great Wall. A cable car will take you to a good section where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains. It is a challenging climb up to the Mutianyu Great Wall because it is very steep. You can take the Cable car to the highest point or down to the foot in a few minutes. You will have a Chinese lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant which is near Great Wall of Mutianyu section. Continue on to visit the Dingling Tomb, whose Underground Palace was unearthed during the period 1956 to 1958. It is the tomb for the mausoleum of Emperor Zhu Yijun, the thirteenth emperor, and his two empresses. Then we will proceed to the Shahe Cloisonne Factory that manufactures and sells high quality Cloisonne ware. This is a popular place for those looking for special, quality souvenirs.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant
  • Hotels: Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Chaoyang U-Town   |  Sunworld Hotel Beijing   |  Red Wall Hotel Beijing 
Day 4Beijing
Sony Explora Science

Sony Explora Science

After breakfast, Our guide will take you to the Summer Palace, the largest and best preserved imperial garden in China. Deeply loved summer retreat of the Imperial families, the lovely landscaped gardens, halls, pavilions and corridors are set around the lake and rivers in natural harmony. After 1.5 hours' visit, proceed to Sony Explora Science, a place where has a family-friendly atmosphere but is educational and visitors can get a practical demonstrations of how science influences our lives. At noon, have lunch at a typical Chinese style restaurant- Jing Mian Da Wang Restaurant, which serves authentic dishes of Old Beijing fare - hand-pulled noodles, cold dishes, snack foods and more.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Qiu yi yuan Restaurant
  • Hotels: Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Chaoyang U-Town   |  Sunworld Hotel Beijing   |  Red Wall Hotel Beijing 
Day 5Beijing Departure

After breakfast, our guide will escort you to the airport for your flight. Enjoy your trip back home.

  • Meals: Breakfast

What's Included & Excluded

Price Inclusion

  • Entrance fees.
  • Meals listed in the itinerary.
  • Private transfers.
  • Private English-speaking guide and driver.
  • Hotels listed in the itinerary.
  • Service Charge & Taxes.
  • China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance.
  • Luggage Transfers.

Price Exclusion

  • International Airfare or Train Tickets to enter or leave China.
  • China Entry Visa Fees.
  • Excess Baggage Charges.
  • Personal Expenses.
  • Any meals that are not mentioned in the tour itinerary.
  • Single Room Supplement.

from US $429 p/p

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