4 Day In-depath Beijing Tour for Experienced Traveler

D1 Beijing

Pick up service is arranged at your hotel lobby in Beijing downtown or Beijing train station before 8am, our guide will meet you with a welcome sign " Beijing Private Tour". The 4 days tour includes following activities:

Firstly, drive 2.5-hour drive to the starting point at Jiankou Great Wall. We will start to hike eastward around 10:30 from the unrestored Jiankou Great Wall to the restored Mutianyu Great Wall. 

For the first hour, we will clamber up the mountain and get to the wall atop the mountain ridge. Starting from Zhengbeilou Tower, then walk eastward ups and downs on the rugged wall along the mountain ridges past the wild and crumbling towers at Jiankou, and reach the restored and magnificent Mutianyu Great Wall. The hike takes about 4-5 hours for 8km trekking.

After the tour around the Great Wall, you will return to Beijing to visit the Olympic Green Park, to have an outside look at the Bird's Nest and Water Cube. The bird nest stadium hosted the main track and field Football, and final competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. The Water Cube has a total floor space of 50,000 square meters with a seating capacity of 17,000. It is dubbed "cube" because of its semi-transparent "bubbles" spread out all over its surface with a shape very similar to the structure of "H2O".

After the tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Beijing.

D2 Beijing

After breakfast, our guide will take you to the Summer Palace, a marvel of Chinese garden design and one of Beijing's must-see attractions, the Summer Palace was the royal retreat for emperors fleeing the suffocating summer torpor of the old imperial city and, most recently, it was the retirement playground of Empress Dowager Cixi. To hire a boat is a good choice to appreciate the lake view during a Summer Palace tour. Our guide will take you to enjoy a Summer Palace Boat Cruise experience.

After lunch, you will visit the Panjiayuan Antique Market, it is Beijing's greatest and best-known expressions, artworks, and collectibles showcase, the Chinese name is "Panjiayuan.It is situated in south east Beijing, close to the Panjiayuan Bridge, East third Ring Road South, Chaoyang District.

After the tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Beijing.

D3 Beijing

After breakfast, you will visit the Lama Temple, also called the Yonghe Lamasery. It is the most handsome and impressive Buddhist temple in the city. Lama Temple was built in the 33 Qing Kangxi year (1694) and it is now the largest and best-preserved Lamasery of YellowSect in Beijing.

Then walk along Chenxian Street - the east-west roadway, starting about 700 years ago with its structures built in line with ancient Chinese customs, once one of the China's most important humanist centers - the Confucius Temple and Guozijian (Imperial College).

On the street, you will visit "Rongbu Tang" with a century old craftsmanship at its boutique store on Chengxinjie Street. The title of Rongbu Tang is given to a famous craftman - Tang Qiliang, a well-known elder craftsman in making toys with downy materials including wool and cotton (rongbu).

Then walking along the Yanda Xiejie (Yandai Byway), a quaint 800-year-old hutong located directly north of Yinding Bridge between Qianhai and Houhai and the south of the Drum Tower, used to be well-known for sellers of long-stemmed pipes, hence the name.

Continue to walk across the Silver Ingot Bridge, a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichhai area with surrounding quiet hutongs. At Yinding Bridge, you will take a 30-minute pedicab drive through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs. Two people share one rickshaw. You are not supposed to tip the pedicab driver since the tour cost includes the tip.

After the tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Beijing.

D4 Beijing Departure

Free on your own until transfer to Beijing train station or airport for your next destination.

Price Per Person in US Dollars