Beijing city trip / 4 or 5 days
Daily schedule 4 day tour
1 Visit Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square, Temple of Heaven. Overnight in Beijing
2 Summer Palace, Lama Temple. Enjoy show in the evening. Overnight in Beijing
3 Visit Great Wall, Chang Tombs and the Holy Road. Overnight in Beijing
4 Hutong tour by pedicab
Daily schedule 5 day tour
1 Visit Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square, Temple of Heaven. Overnight in Beijing
2 Summer Palace, Lama Temple. Enjoy show in the evening. Overnigiht in Beijing
3 Hutong tour by pedicab see the Houhai area of this vibrant city. Free afternoon. Overnight in Beijing
4 Climb the Great Wall at Simatei. Overnight in Simatei
5 Hike from Simatei to Jinshanling, 12 km, back to Beijing. Overnight in Beijing
Itinerary 4 day tour:
Day 1: In the morning you will visit the Tian An Men square and the magnificent Forbidden City. In the afternoon you will visit the Temple of Heaven.
Day 2: In the morning you can admire the wonderful Summer Palace. In the afternoon we continue to the colorful Lama temple. In the evening we have reserved seats for you to enjoy a Beijing Opera OR Chinese Acrobatics show. If you chose the opera show, you can go back stage before the show to see the performers put on their extensive make up.
Day 3: Today you will visit one of the highlights of China: the Great Wall at Badaling and the Chang Tombs combined with the Holy Road.
Day 4: In the morning you will make a Hutong tour by pedicab. This is a really great way to see the 700 year old traditional Beijing residences. You can visit one of the houses and take a look at the old courtyards. In the afternoon you have free time to enjoy this vibrant city or you can book one of our optional tours:
* Chinese cooking class: your chef will meet you and you start by buying your ingredients in a the local market together. Then you will go to the cooking school, located in one of Beijing's hutongs. Then the real work begins: cooking Chinese food with the help and detailed explanation of your chef. After the cooking, you may enjoy your own cuisine creation! Man man chi: enjoy your food!
* Tea ceremony: in one of Beijing's finest tea houses, a tea ceremony will be presented to you with so much grace and knowledge, you will surely be impressed. You will learn about different kinds of tea, get to taste them, and learn how to differentiate between them. A very interesting afternoon which will stay in your memory for a long time.
Itinerary 5 day tour:
Day 1: In the morning you will visit the Tian An Men square and the magnificent Forbidden City. In the afternoon you will visit the Temple of Heaven.
Day 2: In the morning you can admire the wonderful Summer Palace. In the afternoon we continue to visit the colorful Lama temple. In the evening we have reserved seats for you to enjoy a Beijing Opera OR Chinese Acrobatics show. If you chose the opera show, you can go back stage before the show to see the performers put on their extensive make up.
Day 3: In the morning you will make a Hutong tour by pedicab. This is a really great way to see the 700 year old traditional Beijing residences. You can visit one of the houses and take a look at the old courtyards. In the afternoon you have free time to enjoy this vibrant city or you can book one of our optional tours:
* Chinese cooking class: your chef will meet you and you start by buying your ingredients in a the local market together. Then you will go to the cooking school, located in one of Beijing's hutongs. Then the real work begins: cooking Chinese food with the help and detailed explanation of your chef. After the cooking, you may enjoy your own cuisine creation! Man man chi: enjoy your food!
* Tea ceremony: in one of Beijing's finest tea houses, a tea ceremony will be presented to you with so much grace and knowledge, you will surely be impressed. You will learn about different kinds of tea, get to taste them, and learn how to differentiate between them. A very interesting afternoon which will stay in your memory for a long time.
Day 4: In the morning we drive 3 hours through wonderful nature to Simatei, one of the places where the wall has not undergone restoration and you can see the wall as it actually was. After lunch we climb up the eastern section of the Simatei wall, which consists of 12 watch towers. Be ware the climb will be steep and will give you good exercise!
Day 5: Today we will walk from the Simatei section to the Jinshanling section. In general it takes 4-5 hours to walk this part. This part is not restored, and you will really have to climb, sometimes on steep slopes. We will pass around 90 watch towers on the way, and the view is spectacular!!! In the afternoon we drive back to Beijing, and spend one more night in Beijing.
