Beijing’s Present and Past: Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and Olympic Park

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Take a Beijing day tour to pack in the city’s top sights in a convenient way. With an expert guide, travel the city by private transportation, stopping at major attractions like Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Plus, you will have a whole new experience-tasting the traditional and authentic local food. At last, your guide makes sure you’re dropped off in time for your connecting flight.
1.Visit a China’s ancient sacrificial building – Temple of Heaven
2. Discovery the world’s best-preserved imperial residence – Forbidden City
3.Visit the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube at the Olympic Park
4. Learn about the ancient, mysterious history, and geography from your guide
5. Round-trip airport or near by hotel transport by private vehicle is included on this layover tour

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Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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Take a Beijing day tour to pack in the city’s top sights in a convenient way. With an expert guide, travel the city by private transportation, stopping at major attractions like Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Plus, you will have a whole new experience-tasting the traditional and authentic local food. At last, your guide makes sure you’re dropped off in time for your connecting flight.
1.Visit a China’s ancient sacrificial building – Temple of Heaven
2. Discovery the world’s best-preserved imperial residence – Forbidden City
3.Visit the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube at the Olympic Park
4. Learn about the ancient, mysterious history, and geography from your guide
5. Round-trip airport or near by hotel transport by private vehicle is included on this layover tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China

Your tour guide will be welcoming you at Beijing Capital International Airport with the welcoming board on which your name will be written at 08:30 a.m.. Then, we will transfer to Temple of Heaven and start the layover tour.
It is the Largest Existing Architecture Group For Heaven Worship in the World. Originally, the Temple of Heaven was the place where emperors of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty held the Heaven Worship Ceremony.
Residents living near the this place enjoy many activities here, such as running, cycling, singing, dancing, playing chess, flying kites, etc. You can become involved personally in these activities and experience the leisure pursuits of local people.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang), West Changan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China

The solemn and respectful Tiananmen Square is the largest central city square in the world, which serves not only the city’s symbol but also the whole of China. This immense courtyard is surrounded by a variety of significant edifices such as the Tiananmen Tower, Great Hall of the People, Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao, Monument to the People’s Heroes and National Museum. It is the must place to visit in Beijing City.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China

The magnificent Forbidden City is the largest and the best-preserved imperial palace complex in the world. It has 9,999 rooms in flourishing period with just a single room short of the number that ancient Chinese belief represents ‘Divine Perfection’ and surrounded by a moat six meters deep and ten-meter high wall. For five centuries, this palace functioned as the administrative center of the country.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Olympic Park, North of Beisihuanzhong road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101 China

We will visit Beijing Olympic Park and the Central Section – the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube.
Beijing Olympic Park, also known as the Olympic Green. Beijing Olympic Park is where the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympics took place. It also will be where the 2022 Winter Olympics takes place. Afterward, it was transformed into a comprehensive multifunctional activity center for the public.
It contains the main venues used during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, such as the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Niaochao National Stadium, No.1 Guojia Tiyuchang South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing China

The Beijing National Stadium, more commonly referred to as the Bird’s Nest, was built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at a cost of $423 million. Since the Olympics and all its fanfare, the stadium has become a major landmark and tourist attraction, as well as a venue for both international and domestic sporting competitions.
Though relatively new to the Beijing landscape, the National Stadium has become a must-see attraction.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Water Cube, No.11 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing China

Not far from the Bird’s Nest, there is the National Aquatics Center, also known as Water Cube. Its creative design concept is originated from the arrangement pattern of cells and natural structure of soap bubbles. The huge square box was produced by combining modern technologies with traditional Chinese culture. In the past, Chinese ancestors believed that the sky is round while the earth is square, and that is the way nature keeps harmonious. The square Water Cube together with the round Bird’s Nest, embody and interpret this idea very well.

Duration: 1 hour



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