Overview:
- Activities: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Niujie Mosque, Huashi Mosque, Temple of Heaven, Badaling Great Wall, Changling (Ming Tombs), National Grand Theatre and Hutong tour, Bird's nest
- Meals: 3 muslim food lunches
- Vehicle: Private Car or Van
- Service: Private tour guide + vehicle + entrance fees
- Hotel: Yes
- Customizable: Yes
- Tour Code: BJP8
Day By Day Itinerary
Day 01Arrival at Beijing
On arrival in Beijing, you will be met by our English speaking tour guide and transferred to our centrally located hotel in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day.
Meals: No
Day 02Beijing
After breakfast at your hotel, start your tour with the visit to Tiananmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Then move on to the Forbidden City, the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
After halal lunch at a muslim restaurant near Niujie Mosque. Then move on to visit Niujie Mosque, the oldest in Beijing with over one thousand years' history. Then visit a Silk Factory, where you can bargain for silk products and China's traditional silk arts (40 minutes).
Continue to the Temple of Heaven, the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest.
Meals: Western breakfast and halal lunch
Day 03Beijing
After breakfast, have a full day excursion. First visit to Badaling Great Wall，a mountain pass of the Jundu Mountain. Badaling section of Great Wall is about 3, 740 meters long and averagely 8 meters high. The highest section is 15 meters high. The wall is wide enough for five horses to ride abreast. Badaling was the earliest part open to the visitors among all the sections of the Great Wall in Beijing. Cable car is available and optional. Then visit a Jade Carving Factory, where you can bargain for jade and handicrafts and get to know about Chinese jade culture (40 minutes).
After the muslim lunch, then head to Changling,(one of the 13 Ming Tombs), which was the head and the largest tomb of Ming Tombs, where Emperor Yongle (the first Ming Dynasty emperor in Beijing) and his Empress Xu were buried. Emperor Yongle was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty to build a tomb. After that another 12 tombs were built. Back to your hotel in Beijing.
Mutianyu Great Wall Underground Palace
Meals: Western breakfast and halal lunch
Day 04Beijing
After breakfast, start your morning tour with the visit tothe Summer Palace, originally a royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty. Then visit a Pearl market where you'll have the chance to shop for gifts and souvenirs and get to know pearl culture. (40 minutes).
After lunch at a local muslim restaurant, head to Huashi Mosque.The Huashi Mosque was first built in 1415 during the reign of the emperor YongLe in Ming Dynasty. It has a long history of more than 500 years.
Then move on to National Grand Theatrefor an inside visit. National Grand Theatre , or The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), is one of the 4 most important landmarks in Beijing. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
Meals: Hotel estern breakfast and halal lunch
Day 05Beijing
Exit or free on your own After breakfast, head to the Shichahai Area - the old part of Beijing. You have a hard-to-get-opportunity visit an old courtyard, walking along the 800-year old Yandai Xiejie ( Tobacco Pipe Lean Street ), and get to the Drum Tower.
Then move on to the Olympic Green to have an outside look at the Bird's Nest and Water Cube. Then transfer to airport for departure or free activity on your own.
Meals: Hotel western breakfast