Tour code: SWPBJ-01
4 Days
Classical Beijing Tour
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Trip highlights
The images that you see in your mind's eye will be become reality as we show you the highlights of 5,000-years brilliant Chinese culture and history during our three days visiting.
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Tour price
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Destinations
Beijing
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Tour type
Private tour available everyday, private tour guide & driver
Day by Day Itinierary
| Day 1 Beijing (
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| Upon arrival at the Beijing airport, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel. Free time for the rest of the day. Recommend you to walk around Wangfujing Street, the most busy shopping area in Beijing. |
Beijing | As the center of politics, cultural and international exchange, Beijing is a modern metropolis full of vitality.
For the history buffs, Beijing is a living museum, but it has something to offer everyone. It is also the starting point for most of our China vacations. |
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| [ Optional ] Wangfujing Streeet: Wangfujing is a 700-year-old commercial street. It has maintained its position as the number one choice for shoppers since the mid-1980s. The Wangfujing Department Store has long been acknowledged as the largest, most fashionable, and best known shopping center in Beijing. |
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| Day 2 Beijing ( B,L,D
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| Sightseeing tour with a private car with driver and a English speaking tour guide. Visit all must-see attractions in Downtown Beijing. In the evening you will enjoy a fabulous Kungfu show in the Red Theater. |
Temple of Heaven | The Temple of Heaven was built in the 15th century, a sacred site for ancient Beijing. This was where the emperor and his 1000 member entourage would retreat to for religious rituals twice a year. It is considered as the most supreme achievement of traditional Chinese architecture. | Tian An Men Square | TianAnMen Square, the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. Walk around there, imagining the great historic events of the 20th century took place there. | Kungfu show | The Legend of Kung Fu is a unique show in the Red Theatre. It celebrates the philosophy and skill of the Kung Fu martial arts through a unique story-line, dramatic design, choreography and breath-taking music. This show breaks the traditional Kung Fu mold. Because of Its poignant and touching story …… | Forbidden City | The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) in the heart of Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial palace and ancient building complex in China. Its construction began in 1406. Twenty four emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1644-1911) lived and ruled China from here. |
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| [ Optional ] Peking Roast Duck: With its long history, Peking roast duck is well known among both domestic and overseas customers. The duck is hung in the oven and roasted by flame burning from fruit-wood. It takes about 45 minutes for the duck to be done. The finished duck is characteristic with crispy skin, tender meat and the fragrance from the fruit-wood. |
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| Day 3 Beijing ( B,L
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| The highlight is the visit to the majestic Badaling Great Wall. If you prefer, you might also choose to go up and down the mountain by cable car, the extra cost of cable car (RMB 50 one way) will be at your own cost. |
Sacred Way | This road was known as “shendao”, meaning "the way of the spirit". The body of the dead was carried across this route at funeral ceremonies. It is 7 kilometers long, starting at the Memorial Arch to the gate of the main tomb. | Ming Tombs (Changling) | Between 1368 and 1644 the Ming Dynasty had 16 emperors, and thirteen of them were buried in Beijing. This is where the tombs got their names from. The Ming tombs are located about 50 kilometers to the north of Beijing. | Badaling Great Wall | Spending about 1.5 hours to be transferred outside city to the surrounding countryside to visit the Badaling Great Wall, one of the most remarkable feats of mankind, built over 2,000 years ago. You will be able to climb and walk one of the best preserved section of the ancient wall, admiring the spl…… |
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| [ Optional ] Lao She Tea House: Lao She Tea House is one of Beijing's most famous tea house, and has been visited by a number of well-known politicians. It is a wonderful entertainment house with short shows by comedians, singers, musicians, acrobats and opera performers. |
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| Day 4 Beijing ( B
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| Moring tour to Summer Palace. Later today you will be transferred to Beijing airport for your flight to your next destination. |
Summer Palace | This is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Renovations and extensions in the following several hundred years till the end of the 19th century transformed it into the scale we see today. |
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| [ Optional ] Xiushui Street: Xiushui Strees is a shopping center in Beijing that accommodates over 1,700 retail vendors, notorious among international tourists for their wide selection of counterfeit designer brand apparels. |
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