Itinerary :
Day01 Beijing
Pick up from the hotel in the morning. Begin the day’s activity with a visit to Tian’anmen Square, the largest urban square in the world. Tian’anmen
was built in 1417 and served as the entrance gate to the Imperial Palace. Move on to visit the Imperial Palace, well-known as Forbidden City which
is the large scale construction of the palace extended from 1406 to 1420. It was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. 24
emperors lived and ruled China from here. In the afternoon, visit Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 A.D., which was originally the platform to offer
sacrifices to Heaven during Ming and Qing Dynasties. The buildings and parklands reflect an ancient Chinese thought of “the Heaven is round and
the earth is square”. Drive back to the hotel. (Lunch)
Day02 Beijing (Great Wall)
In the morning, pick up from your hotel and transfer to the Great Wall (Badaling Section, excluded cable car), one of the “Seven Wonders of the
World” and a symbol of Chinese civilization. You will have a visit to one Jade Factory. Then, drive to Ming Tombs area where is for 13 deceased
emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Visit the Changling Tomb which is the largest of the 13 as you can imagine it is quite impressive. Drive back to your
hotel. (Lunch)
Day03 Beijing
Pick up from the hotel in the morning. Visit the enchantingSummer Palace, the largest and best-preserved imperial garden in China. As a
masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design, it integrates the natural landscape of hills and open water with manmade features such as
pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges into a harmonious and aesthetically exceptional whole. Visit a Pearl Shop. In the afternoon, you will
visit the Yonghe Lama Temple, the largest and most perfectly preserved Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple outside Tibet. It was built in 1649 as the
residence of Prince Yong of Qing Dynasty, and was converted to a temple after he became Emperor moving to Forbidden City. Then, take a
rickshaw through some old “Hutongs”, lanes or alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard). Go back to the
hotel in the late afternoon. (Lunch)