Beijing Trip Overview
Spend a wonderful day in Beijing exploring China’s mandatory visit: The Great Wall. You will also have the opportunity to visit one of the Ming Tombs, the Ding Ling Mausoleum, the only tomb which has an excavated underground palace.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Beijing, China, China
Spend a wonderful day in Beijing exploring China’s mandatory visit: The Great Wall. You will also have the opportunity to visit one of the Ming Tombs, the Ding Ling Mausoleum, the only tomb which has an excavated underground palace.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Dingling Underground Palace, Ming Tombs, Changling Town, Changping District, Beijing 102213 China
Your English-speaking guide will pick you up at your hotel lobby between 6:30 am and 7:30 am depending on the location of your hotel. The exact time will be informed by your guide a day before the tour starts, normally after 6:00 pm, by a phone call to your hotel.
The first stop of the tour is the Ming Tombs, the well-preserved thirteen Ming Dynasty imperial tombs with 500 years’ of history behind it. We will visit Ding ling Tomb, where is the tomb for the 13th emperor of Ming Dynasty. We will also visit his underground palace which was excavated in 1956.
After exploring the Ming Tombs, you will have the opportunity to visit a Jade Carving Factory for 45 minutes. Jade carving is a very popular product in China, not only for the excellent skills artists need to do the carvings, but also because of the cultural background behind. A traditional Chinese cuisine lunch will follow the visit.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Great Wall at Badaling, Badaling, Yanqing District, Beijing 102112 China
The next activity is the Great Wall, the longest piece of architecture in the world, stretching from China’s east coast to China’s west desert. We will visit the Badaling section, the most famous and best preserved wall section near Beijing. Its highest point is around 800 meters above sea level, and there is an optional cable car transit up and down (at your own expense).
After the visit, you will return to downtown Beijing, where you will have the chance to learn about the Chinese traditional tea ceremony at a Tea Shop. Finishing the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel around 6:00 pm, depending on the hotel drop-off order.
Duration: 2 hours
