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Recommended Beijing Tour Itineraries:
4-Day Beijing Travel
to the most popular attractions in Beijing 

Beijing Highlight Tour
5 Days to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Badaling Great Wall, etc.

Beijing-Chengde Tour
2 Days to Chengde Mountain Retreat & Eight Outer Temples

 Top Attractions

The mysterious imperial palace complex is one of the most appealing attractions in Beijing.
The ancient landmark of Beijing and is famous for its Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest.
The mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty; a must for its integrated architecture.
Another imperial garden, well known for the White Dagoba and Nine-dragon Screen.
Built on the Jingshan Hill, the Wanchun Pavilion of the Park is the highest point of Beijing.
The well-preserved luxurious royal garden is a very popular tourist site in summer.
Used to be the front door of the Forbidden City and now the landmark of modern Beijing.
Typical lanes or small streets that originated in the Yuan Dynasty; displaying resident culture

Beijing Great Wall: Badaling Great Wall,
Mutianyu Great Wall, Simatai Great Wall,
Jinshanling Great WallGubeikou, Shuiguan,
Juyongguan PassHuanghuacheng, Jiankou

 Ancient Sites

Display the primitive life of our human ancestors about 700,000 years ago.
 
The platform of star-watching that was built in the Ming Dynasty.
The ancient institute of higher learning that was founded in the Yuan Dynasty. 
 
Once Prince Yongzheng's residence and later became a lamasery for Tibetan monks.
Bell and drum towers of Beijing are the largest and highest of China.
 
The largest and the best preserved princely mansion during the Qing Dynasty.
Spanning the Yongding River and charming for its eleven arches. 
 
Beijing's most historical and majestic mosque displaying typical Arabic-style decoration.
Show the Qing-dynasty style architecture and time-honored local stores.
 
A place to enjoy the strong Beijing flavor by roaming along the peaceful lake
 
 Temples
 
A well-preserved Taoist temple situated in the eastern part of the Western Hills.
The White Tower is the earliest and biggest ple tower of Tibetan Buddhist style.
Having a history of over 700 years and having been reconstructed as Beijing Capital Museum. 
A wonderful tourist area which integrates the natural landscapes with the Buddhist culture.
 
 Parks
 
Give you the real feeling of the Qing Dynasty novel 'A Dream of Red Mansions'.
 
The spectacular natural scenery there is the red smoke leaves over the mountains.
Consisting of eight ancient temples that were originally built in the Sui Dynasty.
 
The place where the Ming and Qing emperors worshiped the Sun God.  
An  amusement park where exciting entertainment facilities and activities are waiting for you.
 
Once a renowned imperial garden where many foreign styles of architectures were built.
 
 Others
 
A compressive museum displaying the profound Chinese history and culture.
 
A national center to appreciate the performing arts selected from China and other countries.
China Nationalities Museum
Without traveling around China, you can learn the feelings of all Chinese ethic groups here. 
 
Rare animals including pandas, golden monkeys, milu deer and northeast tigers are all here.
Bird's Nest (China National Stadium)
The main stadium of 2008 Olympics, a new architectural landmark in Beijing  
 
Water Cube (China National Aquatics Center)
One of the most dramatic and exciting venues of Beijing 2008 Olympics
The only 24-hour indoor wooden cycling track in China
 
Beijing Natural History Museum
The first large-scale natural history museum of China, displayed with fine specimens of fossils.
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