Day 01: Arrival in Beijing
When your international flight land in the Beijing Capital airport, you will be met by our tour guide with warm greetings. The pick-up service will be private transfer for your family or group only. After you check in at the 4-star Holiday Inn Central Plaza Hotel, your tour guide will tell you the meeting time for the next day's tour. The rest of the day will be left on your own to have a good rest.
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Our group at the Forbidden City, Beijing
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Day 02: Beijing
Please arrive at the appointed place punctually as you will meet the other members of your group and your tour guide will give you a brief pre-tour introduction. After that, your China tour begins with visiting the symbol of Beijing, the Tiananmen Square. With the Great Hall of the People in the west, and the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in the south, the ceremony of raising and lowering the national flag are held here everyday. Then continue your visit to the Forbidden City, which is also called the Palace Museum. You will enjoy an a la carte lunch at a top local restaurant. Visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. The Qinian Hall was considered as the closest place to heaven in ancient times. To show our warmest welcome for your coming to China, a marvelous Kung Fu Show at the Red Theatre will be arranged at the Red center. Hope you like it. (B+L)
Day 03: Beijing
After breakfast at the hotel, take a Great Wall exploration tour. For those different sections of the Great Wall, we specially arrange the Badaling Section for you, which is the best preserved and the most representative part of Ming Great Wall with witnessing many historical events. So, this part is also the most popular among the visitors. You are suggested to wear walking shoes for this exciting journey. Lunch will be served at a Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant famous for its spicy and palatable food, enjoying very high reputation in local. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to visit the Sacred Way and Ming Tombs. En route back to downtown, take a glance of the Olympic Stadium Bird's Nest and you may take the opportunity to take a photo with it. (B+L)
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Terracotta soldier, Xian
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Day 04: Beijing - Xian
Almost all of the famous and historical sites in Beijing have relation with emperor or royal family. The Summer Palace is not an exception, which was the royal garden in Qing Dynasty and till now. It is still the most outstanding garden among the national botanical garden art. After visiting that, you will have a Hutong tour to experience the original Beijing culture by taking a special rickshaw riding through the various Hutongs and to know about Old Beijing's manners and customs. At noon, we will serve you a delicious a la carte lunch for you. Your Beijing tour will come to an end here, and the guide will see you off to Xi'an by air, a city used to be the capital of 13 dynasties in ancient times. Your tour guide in Xi'an will pick you up punctually according to your flight schedule and transfer you to the 4-star Grand New World Hotel. (B+L)
Day 05: Xian
Visit the Terra Cotta Army in the morning, which is the underground corps guards the mausoleum of the first unifier Qin Shihuang. You can see all the pottery figures are with different facial expressions and gestures, which was said that those figures were all the images of the real and lively soldiers at that time. From the sites, you may not only realize the powerful army of the Qin Dynasty, but also the lofty aspirations and high ambition of the emperor for dominating the world forever. After enjoying a special homely cooked lunch, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was first built in Tang Dynasty and was also used to store the sutra taking back from Indian by the master Xuan Zang and the City Wall, surrounds Xi'an inner city as a circle, and which is the most complete city wall existent in China, as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. The Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show will be served for you followed by the Dumpling Banquet. During the show, you may know more about ancient and traditional instruments. (B+L+D)
Day 06: Departure from Xian
In the morning, visit the Great Mosque. With Ming and Qing architectural style, it is one of the four largest Islam mosques in China. Around noon, you will have a fancy a la carte lunch at a popular local restaurant. After that, we will transfer you to the airport for your connecting flight. If you need an extended tour, you can consult our tour operators for some advice or look over our City Tour Packages. We are pleased to arrange it for you. Have a nice trip and welcome back again. (B+L)
