(Tour Code:bx-1153)

Day Tour E: Badaling Great Wall, Tian¡¯anmen Square and Forbidden City

 

1.   Pick-up from your hotel between 7:30am and 8:30am
Pick up is guaranteed to be finished before 8:30. Tour start before 8:30.

2.   Drive to the Badaling Great Wall (79 km from Beijing City Center, 20-30 minutes drive). The hiking on Badaling Great Wall takes 1-2 hours.
Attraction Description :Badaling section is the first opened, most famous and best-preserved wall in China. The Real Man Ramp is the highest point at Badaling Great Wall (888 meters above sea level). Every one is dreaming to have a visit to this ramp because of Chairman Mao Zedong¡¯s saying: ¡° If one man doesn¡¯t get to the Great Wall during his life time, he is not a real man.¡± Cable car (which is 60RMB/pp for a round trip) is available and optional to arrive the Real Man Ramp directly. The length of the Real Man Ramp is about 300 meters and some parts are very steep. Stand on the top of Badaling Great Wall, you can have a bird view of the whole section, the Title Sentence for 2008 Beijing Olympic shows up clearly at this point: ¡°One World, One Dream.¡±

3.   Before having lunch (11:30 am), you will have 45 minutes for a short visit to Yongsheng Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is a famous special Chinese product, a blend of the excellent skill on carving and Chinese traditional cultures.

4.   Drive (30minutes) to Friendship Restaurant to have typical Chinese lunch (50-70 minutes).

5.   Drive (1.5 hour) to Tian¡¯anmen Square.
Attraction Description: Tian¡¯anmen Square is the real city center of Beijing, the Zero Km Well under the Qianmen Gate can prove this point. It is 44 hectares in area, 880 meters from South to North and 550 meters from west to east. This make Tian¡¯anmen Square become the largest city center square in the world, it used to accommodate 1 million people during event. Many important historical event were happened in this square and many famous old/new buildings are located surround it. The Great Hall of the People, the Monument to the People¡¯s Hero, the Chinese History Museum, the Chairman Mao¡¯s Mausoleum, the Qianmen Gate, the Zero Km Well of China, the Chinese National Theater, and Chinese National Flag all can not be missed.

6.   Then move on to the Forbidden City which is just next to the Tian¡¯anmen Square inside the Tian¡¯anmen Gate.
Attraction Description: The Forbidden City is the real Office and Living Quarter for Emperors of Ming(1368-1644) and Qing(1644-1911) Dynasties. There 9999 rooms in the deep palace and become the largest ancient imperial palace in the world. The Throne Hall-the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the largest Building in Forbidden City, it is 11 rooms wide and 7 rooms deep. The Forbidden City also named the Palace Museum, there are dozens of  exhibition room inside and open in turn. Our group will visit the Forbidden City along the central-axis from south to north for 2 hours.

7.   On the way back to hotel, you¡¯ll have a chance to know the traditional Chinese medicine culture.

8.   Tour Finished before 5:30, you will be transferred back to hotels in turn depends on hotel location.

Cost : in US$=RMB per person
Traveling Party	Tour Cost Per Person
1-3 persons	US$30=RMB204
4-9 persons	US$25=RMB170
9-more persons	US$20=RMB136

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