Beijing Trip Overview
Explore the architecture, culture and heritage of Beijing on this private day tour. Follow your personal guide watch the morning exercise and fun life in the Temple of heaven Park about locals. Enjoy the bargain shopping in the famous Pearl Market. Discover the charms of the most beautiful garden in the Summer Palace. Eat at the restaurant where the locals go.Tour includes tasty local lunch, all entrance fee, boat ride in the Summer Palace, an English-speaking guide and transport by private vehicle.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Market Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Beijing, China, China
Explore the architecture, culture and heritage of Beijing on this private day tour. Follow your personal guide watch the morning exercise and fun life in the Temple of heaven Park about locals. Enjoy the bargain shopping in the famous Pearl Market. Discover the charms of the most beautiful garden in the Summer Palace. Eat at the restaurant where the locals go.Tour includes tasty local lunch, all entrance fee, boat ride in the Summer Palace, an English-speaking guide and transport by private vehicle.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
Following a morning pickup from your accommodation in Beijing city center, meet your private guide and hop aboard your air-conditioned vehicle.
Your exploration begins with a visit to the stunning Temple of Heaven visited by the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven. Watching local people doing morning exercises and you are welcome to join!
The Temple of Heaven is one of several worship sites in the capital where the emperors offered sacrifices. Its location in the city derives from the notion that yang,the mal vital principle,is located n the south;and as Heaven is yang,it should be worshipped in the southern suburbs of the capital. The Temple of Heaven was constructed between 1406 and 1420 during the reign of Ming Emperor YongLe (reign: 1403-1424), who also oversaw the creation of the Forbidden City during the same period.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, Inside Temple of Heaven Park, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
You will visit Hall or Prayer for good Harvest, Hall of imperial Zenith, walk along the Danbi bridge.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Echo Wall, Inside Tiantan Park, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
Try Echo Wall and visit the Circular Mount Alter.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Pearl Market (Hongqiao Market), 9 Tiantan Rd, Beijing China
If you want, spend time in the pearl market to purchase your China souvenir, your guide will teach you how to negotiate price in the market.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 China
Continue to the Summer Palace, a well-preserved royal garden that’s renowned for its beautiful landscape and spectacular architecture, and is considered one of the most classical gardens in the world.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, Inside Summer Palace, Haidian District, Beijing 100091 China
Learn the stories about Empress Cixi with your tour guide here and check out her living quarters.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Long Corridor at the Summer Palace, No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing China
Walk along the longest corridor in the world which listed on the Guinness book of world record;
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Qingyan Stone Boat, Inside Summer Palace, Haidian District, Beijing 100091 China
Then continue to the Marble Boat–a foreign style superstructure which was supposed to be a symbol of stability of the Qing Dynasty.
Pass By: Kunming Lake, Inside Summer Palace, Haidian District, Beijing 100091 China
Take the dragon boat cruise on the Kunming Lake (Summer time)
After the tour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing
