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6 Days Beijing Culture Tour
Destinations: Beijing
Tour Code: BJT_04
Departure: Daily

Tour Itinerary

Day 01 Arrival of Beijing
Upon your arrival in
Beijing, our professional tour guide will pick you up from airport and transfer to your hotel.
Day 02 Beijing (BLD)
Visit the Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Beijing Duck Dinner and the Peking Opera in the evening.

Forbidden City: Used to be the imperial palace of the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties.
Tiananmen Square: Tian'anmen was the front gate of the Imperial Palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In front of the gate is the world's largest open ground in the city - the Tian'anmen Square.
Temple of Heaven: An outstanding representative of Chinese traditional architecture for its clever design and harmoneous colors. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor came to pray and thank gods for the harvests every year.
Beijing Duck Dinner: The most delicious food Beijing has to offer.
Peking Opera: The most influential and representaive of all operas in China and has a history of about 200 years.

Day 03 Beijing (BL)
Take an excursion to the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs.

Great Wall: The best preserved part of the Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) Great Wall.
Ming Tombs: The mausoleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty. The mausoleums have been perfectly preserved.
Day 04 Beijing (BL)
Tour to the Summer Palace, the Yonghegong Lama Temple and visit the pandas in the Beijing Zoo.

Summer Palace: A magnificent imperial garden, the largest ancient preserved garden in China and a former summer resort for emperors.
Yonghegong Lama Temple: A Yellow Hat Tibetan lamasary and one of the city's finest and most celebrated temples. Its 5 main halls and many galleries are filled with exquisitely detailed tanka paintings and beautifully carved or cast Buddha images.
Beijing Zoo: Home to over 7,000 animals of more than 600 species.
Day 05 Beijing (BL)
Visit the Fragrant Hills Park, Tanzhe Temple and the White Cloud Taoist Temple.

Fragrant Hills Park: The park is situated in the east part of the western hills, In 1186, in the Jin Dynasty, Fragrant Hills Park Temple was built and terraces, pavilions and pagodas were added by the subsequent dynasties. The area was later converted into a park and was named the Park of Tranquility and Pleasure.
Tanzhe Temple: A Buddhist temple built on a hillside and consists of various pavilions, prayer halls, courtyards and a group of pagodas dating from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. At one time, it was one of the most important temples in the nation.
White Cloud Taoist Temple: In the 8th century, the Tian Chang Temple was built in Beijing to house a statue of Lao Tzu. Although it burned down in 1202, the statue was saved . In 1224, Genghis Khan ordered the reconstruction of the temple. It came to be known as the White Cloud Temple. Today it is one of China's oldest and largest Taoist temples, housing the office of Taoist Association of China.
Day 06 Beijing / Departure (B)
Have a Hutong hour by rickshaw. Transfer to the airport for your departure, end of service.

Hutong: The old narrow lanes where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kingdergarten, the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Tea House, the lake, House of Gong Infante and local people's houses among them.


Quotation and Hotel Accommodation
Tour quotations are only applied for 2-5 peaple as a group, further discount availible for group number more than 5 people. The private guided tour is tailored for you exclusively. No other participants will be in your group and you will not take part into any tours of others on land services.

Hotel Class
1 person
2-5 persons
6-9 persons
Single room suppl.
Luxury
1662
898 p.p.
772 p.p.
420
Standard
1236
685 p.p.
534 p.p.
290
Comfortable
992
566 p.p.
431 p.p.
190

City
Luxury
Standard
Comfortable
Beijing
Jiangxi Grand Hotel
Jianshe Hotel
Yuexiu Hotel
High Seasons: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
Low Seasons: December, January, Febuary, March
Note: The above price is not valid during the public holidays: 1-7th May, 1-7th October and during the first week of Chinese Lunar New Year which takes place in late January or early February.
 

Quotation Inclusions:

 
1. Hotel accommodation
The hotel is based on two persons sharing one twin or double standard room with private facilities.
2. Meals
Daily American or Chinese breakfast at the hotel, Chinese lunch and dinner in local Chinese restaurant as specified in the itinerary. B - Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner.
3. Private Transport
Private transport between airport or railway station and hotel and all the sights by air-conditioned vehicle.
4. Transportation between Cities
The economic class air tickets of the domestic flight or soft berth/seat train tickets between cities as specified in the itinerary.
5. Entrance tickets
The main entrance tickets for the sights mentioned.
6. Guiding service
Excellent tour Guiding. All normal sightseeing tours in each city with English-speaking guide and admission fees where applicable. Our guide will not fly with you from one city to another. Upon your arrival at each city, a new local guide and driver will pick you up, be with you for local tour and see you off after you finish the itinerary of each city. The cruise shore excursion is in-group assigned by the cruise company.
7. Insurance
China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance. We highly recommend that you purchase full coverage travel insurance from you country of origin.
8. Tibet Travel Permit application fee
The Tibet Travel Permit application fee if your tour covers Tibet.
 

Quotation Exclusions:

 
1. Visa Fees
Charge of obtaining your visa to enter China.
2. Charge of arrival and departure
The international or domestic air / train charge of arrival and departure.
3. Single Room Supplement
Should a twin room is needed by a single guest, supplement of the twin room will be charged.
What is single supplement? - The hotel is based on double occupancy. If the visitor travels alone or the number of the travelers is odd (such as 3, 5, 7...), who stays in one single room has to pay the single room supplement. As the hotel is on double occupancy.
4. Personal Expenses
Expenses of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities or sightseeing, overweight baggage charges or meals not indicated, ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs which are not specified in the above itinerary.
6. Tips to guides and drivers
Suggested tips: USD12-14 to tour guide per day, USD 8-12 to driver per day, but depending on their service, it's up to you.
 
 
 
 

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