Taiyuan Trip Overview
See the highlights of Beijing city on a full-day tour from Taiyuan by bullet train. Learn about the history of the region from your guide as you visit top attractions including the Temple of Heaven, Tian’anmen Square and Forbidden City. Enjoy a delicious lunch in local restaurant, you can choose to finish your tour in Beijing or travel back to Taiyuan. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, private vehicle, entrance fee, lunch and train tickets.
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Duration: 8 to 12 hours
Starts: Taiyuan, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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See the highlights of Beijing city on a full-day tour from Taiyuan by bullet train. Learn about the history of the region from your guide as you visit top attractions including the Temple of Heaven, Tian’anmen Square and Forbidden City. Enjoy a delicious lunch in local restaurant, you can choose to finish your tour in Beijing or travel back to Taiyuan. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, private vehicle, entrance fee, lunch and train tickets.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Taiyuan East Railway Station, In Xiaodian District, Taiyuan 030006 China
Your driver will pick you up in your Taiyuan Hotel’s lobby and you will be transferred to Taiyuan train station. Relax on the 3 hour bullet train ride to Beijing.
Pass By: Beijing West Railway Station, No.118, Lian Hua Chi East Rd Fengtai District, Beijing 100036 China
Upon arrival at Beijing West Railway Station, your tour guide will pick you up at the exit of the Arrival Hall with your name sign. Then hop on your private vehicle, heading directly to Temple of Heaven.
Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
The UNESCO-protected Temple of Heaven visited by the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven, whose origins stretch back nearly 600 years. 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: Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang), West Changan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Enjoy your delicious lunch at an authentic restaurant. Exploring one of the world’s largest public areas—Tian’anmen Square, home to the National Museum of China, the mausoleum of Mao Zedong and the great Monument to the Peoples’ Heroes.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
Pass through the south gate to the magnificent Forbidden City, a 250-acre complex of courtyards, palaces, pavilions and gardens, which served as the imperial palace for emperors and their households for more than 500 years.
The Forbidden City was the imperial palace from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is located in the middle of Beijing, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
After your tour finished, you can choose to end your tour in Beijing or travel back to Taiyuan.
