If you don't want to mix with other people when you travel, please take our daily-departure private tours. We treat you like an insider to look at the hidden world. We'll make a custom trip for you if your special interest takes it way. With the help of your private tour guide and driver, you 'll receive more personal care and in-depth interaction.You will have a chance to know about the lives of ancient Emperors, Empresses, even the Concubines, and how they all lived with one another! With our knowledgeable guide you will really enjoy all this,which you will never find from standardized group travel.
If necessary, you are more flexible in choosing the time for departure.Take our private tours, you'll have one of the best personal guide and driver in China.
Beijing One Day Highlight Private City Tour -$50
Duration: 1 day
Starts at 08.00 am
Finishes at 06.00 pm
Starting point: Your Hotel
Finishing point: Your Hotel
Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire
We speak: English
Tour Itinerary:
Pick up from your hotel at 8:30 am. Today's highlight is your visit to Tian An Men Square,the world largest. Then move on to the Imperial Palace. also known as the "Forbidden City". Then proceed to the Temple of Heaven,the place where the Emperors prayed for peace and harvest. After lunch, visit the Summer Palace, one of China's largest imperial garden.Fresh-water pearl market for a good bargain not to be missed. Back to your hotel.
Tour Cost:
1 Traveler :USD 80
2-5 Travelers:USD 55 Per Person
6-9 Travelers:USD 45 Per Person
10 Travelers: USD 40 Per Person
Prices to include:
1. Entrance fees and lunch as listed
2. Deluxe private car or van for your own use with personal English speaking guide
Note:
(1)Payment: Payment in advance, or you may pay to our tour guide or come to our office in person for the payment in Beijing.
(2)The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.
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Tian An Men Square
The symbol of New China, this gate was built in 1417 and renovated in 1981. It was originally called the Gate of Heavenly Succession. The late Chairman Mao proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China on the rostrum on October 1st, 1949. The gate has five passages, which were closed and used on ceremonial occasions in the old days. The emperor alone was entitled to pass through the central passage. Before leaving on a journey he would make a sacrifice in front of the gate. At other times imperial edicts were sent down, in a gilded box shaped like a phoenix, to officials kneeling below. Hence the expression:" the Imperial Orders Given by the Gilded Phoenix." The edict was then taken to the Ministry of Rites where copies were made for dispatch to the whole country.
Forbidden City
This is the Palace Museum, also known as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well preserved imperial residence in China today. Under Ming Emperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14 years to build the Forbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi. For five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of 23 successive emperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized the Forbidden City as a world cultural legacy.
Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is one of the most strictly protected and preserved cultural heritages of China. There are 12 million visitors every year.
The Circular Mound Altar The largest group of architectures ever to be dedicated to Heaven, the Temple of Heaven served as an exclusive altar for Chinese monarchs during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was decreed that rulers of successive dynasties would place altars in their own capitals to worship Heaven and pray for good harvest.
Summer Palace
The construction of the Summer Palace first started in 1750. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was in its heyday and China was a powerful Asian country with vast territories. The monarch in power then was Emperor Qianlong. With supreme power and large sums of money, he summoned skillful and ingenious artisans from all over the country to carry out this construction work in honor of his mother's birthday. After 15 years and one seventh of the nation's annual revenue spent, the Garden of Clear Ripples was completed and served as a testimony to China's scientific and technological achievements. In 1860, this vast royal garden was burnt down along with the Yuanming Yuan (Garden of Perfection and Brightness) by Anglo-French allied forces. In 1888, Empress Dowager Cixi reconstructed the garden on the same site and renamed it the Garden of Nurtured Harmony (Summer Palace). Characterized by its vast scope and rich cultural embodiments, the Summer Palace has become one of the most famous tourist sites in the world.