Tour Code: BJ-32
Duration: 5 days
Departure Date: You Choose
Tour Price: from $423
Tour Feature: Land tour + well selected hotel + Your own English speaking guide (otherwise specified), your own driver at your own pace and schedule. 




Daily Itinerary

► Day 1
Place & Transport: Arrive in Beijing, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Beijing)
Detailed Itinerary: Arrival in Beijing, our guide will meet and transferred to your hotel. Free for rest of the day.

► Day 2
Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, National Grand Theater, Short Hutong Tour in Xicheng District, Lizexiang Pearl Store
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Jing Mian Da Wang Restaurant(Di'anmen Branch), Chinese Dinner at Roasted Duck at Qianmen Quanjude
Detailed Itinerary: After breakfast, we will visit Tiananmen Square and National Grand Theater. Located to the west Tiananmen Square, National Grand Theater is an arts complex which people describe as a futuristic signature building. And then, we will continue our tour to the Forbidden City where is the Palace of Chinese emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasty 500 years ago. After enjoy wheaten food of Beijing cuisine at Jing Mian Da Wang Restaurant, we will continue Hutong tours in Rickshaw. Hutong is a maze of historic alleyways and old single storey traditional courtyard houses, now fast disappearing. Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Tea House, and local people's houses. Your tour includes a visit with a local family. In the evening, enjoy the Peking Roasted Duck which is renowned as the most delicious food of Beijing.

► Day 3
Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: The Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car), 798 Art District, Shahe Cloisonne Factory
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner at Bai Jia Da Yuan Restaurant
Detailed Itinerary: Today we will visit the Great Wall- Mutianyu Section which has some unique characteristics over other section. A cable car takes you to a good section (avoiding a very steep climb), where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains. And then, we will enjoy the delicious lunch at the Xing Shuang Quan restaurant. Its specialties include the Huairou specialty rainbow trout, sturgeon, salmon and other many other varieties. We will continue to visit 798 Art District this afternoon. In the evening, enjoy the dinner at Bai Restaurant. It is famous for imperial court cuisine and the unique Baifu dishes.
After dinner, you could explore Donghuamen Night Market by yourself. It is a famous street-food market that starts at the west end of Wangfujing Street. Donghuamen Night Market has black-tiled pavement and pristine-looking stalls selling skewers of meat, shellfish, fruits and vegetables.

► Day 4
Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: Temple of Heaven, Hong Qiao Market, Cookery Class at Beijing Jingsong Vocational High School
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Loft restaurant , Chinese Dinner at Mongolian Hot Pot at Donglaishun Restaurant
Detailed Itinerary: After breakfast, you will go to cooking school to learn Chinese cuisine. Get to know how many ways to cook different dishes. In the 1.5 hours' study, you get this chance to learn one course, and you will enjoy the fruits of your labor in this delightful eating experience. As for the lunch, we will enjoy Shanxi cuisine at Noodle Loft Restaurant. You could enjoy your delicious food while watch the cooking performance with an open kitchen.
You will visit local market-Hong Qiao Market and Temple of Heaven this afternoon. Temple of Heaven is the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties would offer sacrifice to heaven and pray for good harvests. And then, you will enjoy the dinner Mongolian Hot Pot at Donglaishun Restaurant. With a nearly 100-year history, the Donglaishun is a well-known Mushlim restaurant famous for its Instant-Boiled Mutton and Barbeque dinner. The mutton meat in Donglaishun is delicate, the mouth feel is soft, and has a strong smelled not oiliness.

► Day 5
Place & Transport: Depart Beijing, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Hotel to airport Transfer (Beijing)
Meals: Breakfast
Detailed Itinerary: Your time is your own, until you are ready to be transferred to the airport for your departure.
 

Price Details for this tour (per person in US dollars)

► Low Season (Dec. 01 - Mar. 31)

Your Group Size	Tour Class	Tour Price	Single Room Supplement	Inquiry
1 Person	Superior	$1157	$0	Inquiry
	Deluxe	$967	$0	Inquiry
	Tourist	$947	$0	Inquiry
2-5 Persons	Superior	$701	$248	Inquiry
	Deluxe	$611	$153	Inquiry
	Tourist	$599	$141	Inquiry
6-9 Persons	Superior	$595	$248	Inquiry
	Deluxe	$502	$153	Inquiry
	Tourist	$485	$141	Inquiry

► High Season(Apr. 01 - Nov. 31)

Your Group Size	Tour Class	Tour Price	Single Room Supplement	Inquiry
1 Person	Superior	$1310	$0	Inquiry
	Deluxe	$1082	$0	Inquiry
	Tourist	$1028	$0	Inquiry
2-5 Persons	Superior	$781	$324	Inquiry
	Deluxe	$667	$210	Inquiry
	Tourist	$640	$183	Inquiry
6-9 Persons	Superior	$672	$324	Inquiry
	Deluxe	$558	$210	Inquiry
	Tourist	$532	$183	Inquiry

* Prices are in US dollars, for one person. Prices ar6e for references only, may vary according to your travel time. Better discount is available when travel in low season from Dec to March.

► Price Inclusions:

Entrance Fees:
To scenic spots as listed in the itinerary.
Meals:
All meals as specified in the itinerary.
If the restaurant indicated is not available on the day, your guide will arrange another restaurant from our list of approved restaurants. Breakfast is usually a western style buffet. We endeavor to ensure that a choice of western and Chinese breakfasts is supplied, however there may be occasions when only a Chinese breakfast is available in some remote locations.
Private Transfers:
Transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in Beijing by private air conditioned vehicle with a driver and English-speaking guide (as listed above).
Your comfort is our priority!
Guide:
As outlined in the itinerary an English-speaking guide and driver will be provided in each city, who will remain with you throughout your time in that city. A new guide and a new driver will meet you at each city on your tour, to provide you with the best local knowledge available.
Hotels:
Hotel fees are based on two people sharing one room with twin beds.
All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast. All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.
Service Charge & Government Taxes

The insurance is China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance.
Luggage Transfers:
Between airports and hotels.
Arrangements:
The tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges.


► Price Exclusions:

Personal Expenses:
Expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary.
Meals:
Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary.
Single Room Supplement.

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