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We chose your company above others because of your prompt and efficient system on email - You gave us everything and more that we wanted to do and see in China on our guided tour of Beijing and Xian - Without our guide in China we would have been lost both against language barrier and places to see.Our guide Peter and his driver Mr Leo were both courteous and polite and made our trip fantastic. With a family of six with two children and two elderly parents this trip was both educational and entertaining whilst enjoying and was worth every penny. Pass on our thanks to Peter as we now have arrived back in UK today safe and well after our relaxing stay on Hainan Island.
If you wish I have no hessitation in recommending your company to any other English family who wish to make the trip to China - Unforgettable!!
Thankyou from the bottom of our hearts.
Steve Karen Daniel Aimee Joan and Graham Smith - England
Beijing is a fast developing metropolitan city with a blend of old and modern. To know Beijing better, you are kindly requested not only to know its past, but also know its present and future development. To help you explore its ultra modern and trendy side, we have designed for you the one day private tour, which covers the visit to the outside of National Grand Theater, Xidan Commercial Street, Beijing Financial Street, The China Millennium Monument, CCTV Tower, National Stadium (nest), National Swimming Center ( Water Cube ), Central Business District (CBD) and Wangfujing Commercial Street. Most of the places are either newly constructed or renovated, representative of Beijing's modernity. Move!
Tour Code: MBSD-01 Departure: Daily Duration: 1 day Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 9:00am Finishing point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 6:00pm Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire We speak: English
Itinerary: Pick up from your hotel around 9:00am. First visit the National Theatre from its outside. The newly finished egg-shaped theatre is designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, the designer of the terminal of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. The National Grand Theatre, situated west of the Beijing's central Tian'anmen Square, has a huge glass and titanium dome-shaped structure surrounded by water. The new National Theater is composed of the three halls nestled inside the egg. The 2.68-billion-yuan (US$328 million) theatre will hold 6,000 people. It is regarded as the Egg due to its smooth, translucent exterior and ovoid shape. With its modernity, it is in the strong contrast to the Stalinist-style building of the Great Hall of the People and the golden eaves of the Forbidden City. Over 16,000 cubic metres of water enough to fill 42 Olympic swimming pools is poured into the lake on which the Egg will "float".
After finishing the visit to the National Theatre, move on to the Xidan Commercial Street. Xidan Commercial Street is located on Xidanbei Dajie, west of Tiananmen Square. It is well known for commerce, entertainment, dinning, and finance etc. It is the second modern street in Beijing just after Wangfujing Street. Xidan commercial street starts from Xuanwumen intersection in the south to Xinjiekou Huokou to the north. The street is totally 5.4 km long. Its runs through three commercial areas of Xidan, Xisi and Xinjiekou. You can find the famous Xidan Department Store, the Xidan Shopping Center, the Xiangyun Chinese Fine Goods Store, a street market and a big flower market.
Then proceed to visit the Financial Street. The Beijing Financial Street is located on the east side of the second ring road, the area between Fuchengmen and Fuxingmen. The financial street is 1700m long from north to south and and 600 wide from east to west. More than 10 skyscrapers have been erected on the street. A lot of financial institutions like Head office of China Construction Bank, Bank of China, Commercial and Industrial Bank of China, Communication Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission, CITIC Industrial Bank and other big banks in China have already entered the financial street. Several deluxe hotels are nestled in this area like Ritz Carlton Hotel, Continental. Over 200 big enterprises have moved into the financial street. The financial street will become financial center of financial institutions and business buildings in Beijing. At same time it will be equipped with all kinds of service facilities like telecommunication, business, catering and cultural and entertainment etc.
After the financial street, you will be arranged to visit the China Millennium Monument. The China Millennium Monument is dubbed China' s symbolic and commemorative structure to usher in the Year 2000 the new Millennium. It is a present for the 21th century world from the Chinese people, standing in China' s capital Beiling for ever. The China Millennium Monument occupies an area of 4.5 hectares and a total floor space of about 42,000 square metres. It lies between the Military Museum and the Central Television Compound, with the Yuyuantan Park to its north and the West Beijing Railway Station to its south. The China Millennium Monument is composed of immovable cloisters and rotating monument surface, a pointer of 45 meters pointing to the blue sky is put on the upper side of the moument, It will remind you of sundial in the Forbidden City. Surface of round altar is "Tianren Square" with an area of 1,700 square meters and inclination angle of 19.4 degree, it rotates one circle a day. It has not only a big open-air stage for performance, but also an exhibition hall.
Then visit the last attraction for this morning - CCTV Tower. The China Central Television (CCTV) Tower is the highest building in Beijing, China. It has an observation platform at the height of 238m, and the top of its antenna rod is as high as 405m. It offers a panoramic view over the city from its revoving restaurant and watch deck. It is listed as one of the members of the World Federation of Great Towers. The tower was first constructed in 1992, and has the broadcasting equipment for China Central Television ( CCTV ). It is situated in the west of Beijing, near the Gongzhufen subway station and Yuyuantan Park. It will be replaced by the new headquarters of CCTV in Chaoyang District, designed by Rem Koolhaas. An interesting race to the top of the tower is held every year with a climb of the 1484 steps leading up to the observation platform.
Your buffet lunch will be arranged at Taiyichun Restaurant. After lunch, you have some free time enjoying shopping at the fresh water pearl market. Then drive to the National Stadium (nest) for its outside sightseeing. Situted at the Olympic Green, it has a floor space of 258,000 sq meters. The National Stadium in Beijing is the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games. It is often dubbed the "bird's nest" because of its featuring grid formation. The twig-like structure and the bowl-shaped roof are the masterpiece of the project. It is designed by Herzog and DeMeuron. The most unique feature of the structure is its "cushion" system which can fill the spaces within the building's facade to regulate wind, weather, and sunlight. It can accommodate 91,000 visitors and will host the opening and closing ceremonies, the track and field competitions and the football finals during the 2008 Olympic Games.
After the National Stadium ( nest ), move on to National Swimming Center ( Water Cube ) nearby for outside look. It is designed by the design consortium composed of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (Shenzhen) Design Co Ltd, PTW Architects (Australia) and Ove Arup (Australia). The National Swimming Center will be the only important Olympic venue that is built by donations from compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao. It has a total floor space of 50,000 square meters with a seating capacity of 17,000. The whole project costs about US$100 million. The center will be used for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water-polo games during the Olympic Games 2008. After the games, the center will turn into a large water recreational center open to the public. It is dubbed "cube" because of its semi-transparent "bubbles" spread out all over its surface with a shape very similar to the structure of "H2O".
Then drive to the Central Business District (CBD). The Beijing CBD or Beijing Central Business District is a projected part of Beijing city. It is located in the eastern urban area between the 3rd Ring Road and the 4th Ring Road with a total area of 4 square kilometers. This area has the unique district advantages in terms of its infrastructure facilities, rich land resources and busy business atmosphere. It has about 3000 companies, among which are 500 multinational corporations, 570 foreign representative offices, 160 foreign-funded banks, insurance companies and agencies as well as over 200 intermediary services. There are over three million square meters of the existing business infrastructure facilities, covering China World Trade Center, Motorola Plaza, the Kerry Center, Hewlett Packard Plaza etc. where house scores of famous multinational companies and financial agencies, such as Hewlett Packard, Ford, Motorola Samsung, BNP Parisbas Group. Preently, of the 160 of the world's Top 500 enterprises with their offices in Beijing, over 120 have established their offices in the CBD and its nearby areas.
Finally come to the most famous commercial street in Beijing - Wangfujing Street for a short visit. Wangfujing is Beijing's most trendy shopping district. It is a blend of international shops and narrow alleys of stalls. There are also cinemas and big bookstores. Foreign Language Bookstore, the largest in China is a good recource for travellers. The main street is pedestrianised and ideal for walking. At the south end, Oriental Plaza provides exclusive high fashions shops. Even if you don't want to buy anything, it's a nice area for watching people and learning sometthing, finding the richer, more trendy side of Beijing.
Service package includes:
1. Entrance tickets
2. Pick-up service from hotel
3. Private air-conditioned car or van
4. Private English speaking tour guide
5. Chinese lunch
6. Visit National Grand Theater, National Stadium ( nest ), National Swimming Center ( Water Cube ) from their outside.
Service package excludes:
1.Personal Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip
2.Tips to the tour guide and driver
Reservation:
1. Please use our online booking or send your travel request via email to info@tour-beijing.com. You are also welcome to call us at + 86 10 67160201 ext 1006 or 2007. If you have a last minute booking or an urgent matter after our normal office hour, please call 0086 13701067793 or 13901312027 ( 24 hours ).
2. Our real trip advisors will have your booking confirmed no more than one working day. We even take last minute booking if time is pressing. When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed information with price.
3. In your reply, please inform us of your hotel in Beijing and date for the tour. Usually our tour guide will call you on the evening before to fix the departure time from your hotel and collect the money on the spot when you board the coach.
4. Way of Payment: cash payment,credit card payment or wire transfer. Both RMB and hard currency are acceptable. Currency Converter
5. Our tour guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel in Beijing.
Pick up from your hotel around 9:00am. First visit the National Theatre from its outside. The newly finished egg-shaped theatre is designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, the designer of the terminal of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. The National Grand Theatre, situated west of the Beijing's central Tian'anmen Square, has a huge glass and titanium dome-shaped structure surrounded by water.
After finishing the visit to the National Theatre, move on to the Xidan Commercial Street. Xidan Commercial Street is located on Xidanbei Dajie, west of Tiananmen Square. It is well known for commerce, entertainment, dinning, and finance etc. It is the second modern street in Beijing just after Wangfujing Street. Xidan commercial street starts from Xuanwumen intersection in the south to Xinjiekou Huokou to the north. The street is totally 5.4 km long. Its runs through three commercial areas of Xidan, Xisi and Xinjiekou. You can find the famous Xidan Department Store, the Xidan Shopping Center, the Xiangyun Chinese Fine Goods Store, a street market and a big flower market.
Then proceed to visit the Financial Street. The Beijing Financial Street is located on the east side of the second ring road, the area between Fuchengmen and Fuxingmen. The financial street is 1700m long from north to south and and 600 wide from east to west. More than 10 skyscrapers have been erected on the street. A lot of financial institutions like Head office of China Construction Bank, Bank of China, Commercial and Industrial Bank of China, Communication Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission, CITIC Industrial Bank and other big banks in China have already entered the financial street. Several deluxe hotels are nestled in this area like Ritz Carlton Hotel, Continental. Over 200 big enterprises have moved into the financial street. The financial street will become financial center of financial institutions and business buildings in Beijing. At same time it will be equipped with all kinds of service facilities like telecommunication, business, catering and cultural and entertainment etc.
After the financial street, you will be arranged to visit the China Millennium Monument. The China Millennium Monument is dubbed China' s symbolic and commemorative structure to usher in the Year 2000 the new Millennium. It is a present for the 21th century world from the Chinese people, standing in China' s capital Beiling for ever. The China Millennium Monument occupies an area of 4.5 hectares and a total floor space of about 42,000 square metres. It lies between the Military Museum and the Central Television Compound, with the Yuyuantan Park to its north and the West Beijing Railway Station to its south. The China Millennium Monument is composed of immovable cloisters and rotating monument surface, a pointer of 45 meters pointing to the blue sky is put on the upper side of the moument, It will remind you of sundial in the Forbidden City. Surface of round altar is "Tianren Square" with an area of 1,700 square meters and inclination angle of 19.4 degree, it rotates one circle a day. It has not only a big open-air stage for performance, but also an exhibition hall.
Then visit the last attraction for this morning - CCTV Tower. The China Central Television (CCTV) Tower is the highest building in Beijing, China. It has an observation platform at the height of 238m, and the top of its antenna rod is as high as 405m. It offers a panoramic view over the city from its revoving restaurant and watch deck. It is listed as one of the members of the World Federation of Great Towers. The tower was first constructed in 1992, and has the broadcasting equipment for China Central Television ( CCTV ). It is situated in the west of Beijing, near the Gongzhufen subway station and Yuyuantan Park. It will be replaced by the new headquarters of CCTV in Chaoyang District, designed by Rem Koolhaas. An interesting race to the top of the tower is held every year with a climb of the 1484 steps leading up to the observation platform.
Your buffet lunch will be arranged at Taiyichun Restaurant. After lunch, you have some free time enjoying shopping at the fresh water pearl market. Then drive to the National Stadium (nest) for its outside sightseeing. Situted at the Olympic Green, it has a floor space of 258,000 sq meters. The National Stadium in Beijing is the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games. It is often dubbed the "bird's nest" because of its featuring grid formation. The twig-like structure and the bowl-shaped roof are the masterpiece of the project. It is designed by Herzog and DeMeuron. The most unique feature of the structure is its "cushion" system which can fill the spaces within the building's facade to regulate wind, weather, and sunlight. It can accommodate 91,000 visitors and will host the opening and closing ceremonies, the track and field competitions and the football finals during the 2008 Olympic Games.
After the National Stadium ( nest ), move on to National Swimming Center ( Water Cube ) nearby for outside look. It is designed by the design consortium composed of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (Shenzhen) Design Co Ltd, PTW Architects (Australia) and Ove Arup (Australia). The National Swimming Center will be the only important Olympic venue that is built by donations from compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao. It has a total floor space of 50,000 square meters with a seating capacity of 17,000. The whole project costs about US$100 million. The center will be used for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water-polo games during the Olympic Games 2008. After the games, the center will turn into a large water recreational center open to the public. It is dubbed "cube" because of its semi-transparent "bubbles" spread out all over its surface with a shape very similar to the structure of "H2O".
Then drive to the Central Business District (CBD). The Beijing CBD or Beijing Central Business District is a projected part of Beijing city. It is located in the eastern urban area between the 3rd Ring Road and the 4th Ring Road with a total area of 4 square kilometers. This area has the unique district advantages in terms of its infrastructure facilities, rich land resources and busy business atmosphere. It has about 3000 companies, among which are 500 multinational corporations, 570 foreign representative offices, 160 foreign-funded banks, insurance companies and agencies as well as over 200 intermediary services. There are over three million square meters of the existing business infrastructure facilities, covering China World Trade Center, Motorola Plaza, the Kerry Center, Hewlett Packard Plaza etc. where house scores of famous multinational companies and financial agencies, such as Hewlett Packard, Ford, Motorola Samsung, BNP Parisbas Group. Preently, of the 160 of the world's Top 500 enterprises with their offices in Beijing, over 120 have established their offices in the CBD and its nearby areas.
Finally come to the most famous commercial street in Beijing - Wangfujing Street for a short visit. Wangfujing is Beijing's most trendy shopping district. It is a blend of international shops and narrow alleys of stalls. There are also cinemas and big bookstores. Foreign Language Bookstore, the largest in China is a good recource for travellers. The main street is pedestrianised and ideal for walking. At the south end, Oriental Plaza provides exclusive high fashions shops. Even if you don't want to buy anything, it's a nice area for watching people and learning sometthing, finding the richer, more trendy side of Beijing.
