Day 1 Arrive in Beijing (B, L)
Be met at the Beijing Capital International Airport in the morning. Then you will be picked up to see the world biggest public square--Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City (aka Palace Museum).
Peking Roast Duck (for lunch): The best offer of Beijing. Sliced duck carved at your table. Roll it in a little tortilla with cucumber, onion, turnip, and plum sauce etc. and eat. Enjoy side dishes as well. After lunch, visit the Qianmen Dajie and then the Temple of Heaven.
Qianmen Dajie:an old district south of Tiananmen. It has been renovated before the Beijing Olympics.
Temple of Heaven:a famous historic monument in Beijing, built in 1420. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors came yearly to the temple to worship the God of Heaven and pray for a good harvest. After that, drive to your hotel.
Day 2 (B, L)
Today your activities include the Summer Palace and Mutianyu Great Wall sightseeing, and Kungfu Show.
The Summer Palace : The summer Palace is a big garden where the emperors and their imperial courts escaped the heat in the ancient times. If you have time, a boat ride is included; have lunch at a famous Cantonese cuisine restaurant.
Great Wall of Mutianyu Section: About 1 hour drive from Beijing downtown, this section of the wall is less touristy than Badaling. Includes gondola tickets up and either gondola or toboggan sled down. Chinese food for dinner.
Kungfu Show: Kungfu Show is an absolute highlight that will stun you! The Show lasts about 1 hour 10 minutes.
Note: If you prefer Acrobatic Show (or Peking Opera) to Kungfu Show, we can replace it according to your request.
Day 3 Departure (B, L,)
Today activities: Hutong Tour + Cycle Rickshaw Ride + Go up Drum Tower + Olympic Venues
After breakfast, be driven around the old alleyways (hutongs) in a cycle rickshaw. You stop at a traditional courtyard home for a cup of tea and get a historic view of hutong life. On school day mornings you may visit a Chinese kindergarten. You then go up in the Drum Tower and hear the drums play, the ancient way of keeping time.
Olympic Venues: Drive around the Olympic Green and stop for two views, the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) and the National Swim Center (Water Cube). While you are not allowed inside you can view them from outside and take pictures.
Dropped off at the airport in the afternoon
Services End
·The hotel, guide and transfer are all based on double occupancy. If the visitor travels alone, he or she must pay for the other person. This additional charge is called single supplement.
· If the traveler number is odd (such as 3, 5, 7...), the odd number person who stays in one single room has to pay the single room supplement. Since the hotel is on the double occupancy.
The tour doesn't need to pay deposit. You can pay by credit card, bank transfer or Paypal (5% service fee) before you start your tour (advance 7 days). Both RMB and USD are acceptable.