Day 1 Arrive / Beijing (D)
Arrive at Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Beijing (B, L, D)
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and The Sacred road.
- The Great Wall: One of the great wonders in the world and the symbol of China .
- The Ming Tomb (Ding Tomb): an underground palace for a Ming-dynasty emperors’ afterlife.
- The Sacred Road: “the way leading to Heaven”, which is guarded on both sides with 12 stone statues.
Day 3 Beijing (B,
L) / Departure
Full day trip to the Tian’anmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
- The Tian’anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China for 24 emperors’ reign during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God’s bless of the whole nation. Take evening flight to the next destination.
The Forbidden City stands in the center of Beijing. It is protected by high walls and a moat on all four sides and consists of dozens of halls and courtyards. The emperors of two dynasties, the Ming (1368-1644) and the Qing (1644-1911), lived here with their families and hundreds of court ladies and palace eunuchs. From their throne in the Forbidden City they governed the country by holding court meetings with their ministers, issuing imperial orders and initiating military expeditions.
The Temple of Heaven is a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design, which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world’s great civilizations. The symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries.
Great Wall As a symbol of China’s history and heritage, many foreigners believe that the trip to China is not complete without a visit to the Great Wall. Some even bought the “I climbed the Great Wall” T-shirt as a fantastic souvenir to bring home.
The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties
