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Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - A professional English-speaking tour guide will be waiting with your name in the lobby of your hotel or apartment. Once you are picked up, you will be taken on a tour of the Forbidden City. Visitors can explore Chinese royal architecture within the Forbidden City, including Tiananmen Square, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe, and the Hall of Preserving Harmony. These structures were monumental civil engineering feats of their time, requiring significant manpower and resources. The splendid murals, intricately carved beams, and painted buildings are masterpieces of architectural art from that era. Additionally, visitors can admire various ancient trees, some hundreds of years old, within the Forbidden City. The professional guide will provide insights into the history and origins of the Forbidden City.

Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan) - Visitors can ascend Jingshan Mountain to enjoy a panoramic view of the Forbidden City. There is also a famous crooked neck tree on Jingshan Mountain, reputed to be the site where the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Emperor, took his own life.

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - A professional English-speaking guide will be waiting with your name in the lobby of your hotel or apartment. After your pickup, you will be taken to explore Tiananmen Square. Situated in the heart of Beijing, Tiananmen Square measures 880 meters from north to south and 500 meters from east to west. It is the largest city square in the world, spanning 440,000 square meters and capable of accommodating 1 million people.

Temple of Heaven - You will be taken to visit the magnificent structures where emperors prayed for bountiful harvests and offered sacrifices to heaven during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Highlights include the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, Echo Wall, Imperial Vault of Heaven, Circular Mound Altar, and other notable sites.

Beijing

Mutianyu Great Wall - At 8:00 AM, a professional English-speaking tour guide will be waiting with your name in the lobby of your hotel or apartment. After your pickup, you will embark on a one-hour drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall. Here, you can witness the steep and majestic sections of the Great Wall from the Ming Dynasty. A professional guide will share the history and origins of the Mutianyu Great Wall. You can also enjoy the thrill and speed of the slide!

Ming Tombs (Ming Shishan Ling) - Following the Great Wall visit, the guide will take you to explore the Ming Tombs, including Changling or Dingling, and Shenlu, which boast a history of over 600 years. The guide’s explanations will enhance your understanding of the historical significance of Changling or Dingling.

• Lunch
• Transfers
• Guided tours
• Attraction gate tickets
• Great Wall tickets
• Long Ridge tickets
• Travel insurance
• Mineral water
• Beautiful little gifts

• Excludes personal consumption, ropeways, rides tickets, tips for guides and drivers Recommendation of acrobatic shows, kung fu tea shows, jade culture museum, silk museum

Day 1: Our tour guide, proficient in English, will meet you at your lodging at 8 am, recognizable by a sign displaying your name. From there, we will venture to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, dedicating about 3 hours to exploring these sites. Post-lunch, we shall proceed to Beihai Park and the Temple of Heaven, spending another 3 to 4 hours touring. At the end of the day, we’ll return you to your hotel or apartment.

Day 2: Like the previous day, our guide will meet you at 8 am at your place of stay. We will then drive for about an hour to reach the Mutianyu Great Wall and dedicate 2 hours there. Post lunch, we will drive to the Ming Tombs and spend an hour at Changling. The journey concludes with a drop off at your hotel or apartment. We look forward to our next adventure!

This tour package works well if you wish to utilize your spare time in Beijing, or if you have a good deal of leisure time in the city.

Here are some features of this tour:

• We strictly avoid tourist traps.
• Zero hidden costs.
• All of our airport stopover tours are valuable and memorable.

Important: For this type of travel to work out, it’s necessary for your layover to exceed 10 hours (between two flights).

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.