Week Tour in Beijing and around

　Day One, after your arrival, you may get lost at our new capital airport but with help of our smile guide, you could take the coach to reach the comfortable hotel. After a glimpse over the Beijing landscape, being free by the rest of the day and ready for tomorrow's walking.

　Day Two, after taste of Chinese made of western breakfast, we will stop at the Tiananmen Square before spending several hours exploring the vast corridors and courtyards of the Forbidden City, one of China 's premiere historical attractions and the site of the Imperial Palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Altogether more than 800 buildings and 9,000 chambers make up this complex, and with the help of our expert guide you will be awed and enchanted by stories of imperial extravagance and political intrigue that go back more than 500 years. Trying first Chinese lunch in Beijing , we will head to Emperor's Summer Palace and you could relax your eyes from buildings and buildings, to enjoy the beautiful lake and man made mountain with some unforgettable old imperial story. Free at evening and night and you may enjoy one optional activity.

　Day Three, earlier getting up and we take a long coach ride out to view another of China 's signature monuments, the Great Wall. We will choose one of several sections of the Wall to visit and walking, and you could think about how to build these over 2,000 years ago and stretching about 6,700km.You may touch the Mongolian wind from north, and then you will understand why the wall is here. Down to foot of maintain, after enjoying a tourist Chinese meal, we continue to watch Ming Emperor's Tombs, you could find out Chinese concept of Feng Shui. On the way to the Ming Tombs, you should pass the Sacred Road which is lined with stone statues of animals, mystical beasts and officials who serve the emperor in his afterlife, through which the sitting emperors would go to perform memorial rituals for the ancestors once a year. After this whole tour, you could make relax by yourself in the evening.

　Day Four, today, we make for the Temple of Heaven in the morning, a vast religious complex containing masterpieces of Chinese architecture, used by past emperors for offering sacrifices. Today, such grisly activities are no longer in evidence, and the area has been opened to locals for recreational use. Nowadays, you could find all the local people like to come in, some play Taiji and Qigong, some are gathering for dancing and singing, some are flying kites, or some are staying together for playing chess and cards, etc.. It is common life of ordinary people. After finished the quick lunch, we will take you to railways station and make a side trip to a small town, the name is Chengde. It is located 250 kilometers north-east to Beijing , surrounded by the Yunshan mountain range. It is a famous cultural city with about 300 years history, used to be the second political center in the Qing dynasty, with the largest extant royal garden in China. Reaching the destination at the night and make a stay in the hotel, you would find out the differences between the large city and the small town.

　Day Five, after your breakfast in hotel, the local guide will take you to the Mountain Summer Resort. It was the largest royal garden during the Qing Dynasty. And over two hundred years ago Emperor Kang Xi (1662-1723) happened to find the place while making a hunting trip. It is said that it took 87 years to finish the building of a lavish and ancient palace. The palace is surrounded by a wall over ten kilometers long, meandering along the mountain ridges. It is the largest and best-preserved imperial palace outside of the capital Beijing . After enjoying the local food, we arrange you to pay a visit to the Putuozongchengzhi Temple which is also called Little Potala Palace. In common saying, it is a small image of Potala Palace of Tibetan one. And you might not need to have a travel to Tibetan but could engage the Lama culture here. Free at the evening and you might have a little time to walk in the small town.

　Day Six, leave the hotel for the Puning Temple , another Tibetan style temple in Chengde. After tasting of Chinese small mountain city in such a short while, you will say good-bye to it and catch up the train for back to Beijing . Staying at the same hotel and spend last night in Beijing .

　Day Seven, being free by yourself and waiting for the pick-up, the end of whole week trip in Beijing. We hope that you learn and understand Chinese culture after our tour arrangement, might join with us next time.

Tour Quotation:

Remark: TBA means that it should be asked due to Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Remark: the price will be based on per person based on the rate of Bank of China

Remark: TBA means that it should be asked due to Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Remark: the price will be based on per person based on the rate of Bank of China

  　 All the quotation will be including:

　1.  All the Entrance fees listed in the itinerary

　2.  Meals only including breakfast and lunch

　3.  Skillful driver with private vehicle

　4.  Hotel room should be on twin share bases

　5.  Excellent English speaking local guide and private escorted tour

　6.  Domestic transportation
　   * Train ticket: Beijing to Chengde and back
　   * All the ground transfer

　7.  Cancellation policy: Cancellation should be informed three day before departure otherwise should have 30% penalty of total price.

　8.  Payment policy: All the payment should be three days in advance before departure when you received the final confirmation.

　9.  Payment method: cash, credit card and wire transfer

　  All the quotation will be NOT including:

　1.   International ticket

　2.  All the lunches and dinners

　3.  Personal Expenses.

　4.  Gratuities, Tips to guides or drivers

　Notes: All the quotation would be changed due to the unexpected reason.