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Beijing Xian 7 Day Coach Tour

Day By Day Itinerary

Upon arrival in Beijing, you are collected by our tour guide and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. You are at your leisure exploring the city for the rest of the day.

Meals: No

Pick up at your hotel between 7:20am and 8:30am. First visit Tiananmen Square. Located in the heart of Beijing City, it is the site for massive parades and rallies, which is the largest square of this kind in the world. Then move on to the Forbidden City, the largest and best-preserved ancient imperial palaces group with 500 years history in the world. Visit the Forbidden City along the central axis from south to north for 2 hours.

On the way to Temple of Heaven, you will have a chance to visit a Silk Factory, where you can see the process of silk making and bargain for silk products and China's traditional silk arts (40 minutes). Proceed to the Temple of Heaven (1.5 hours), the place where the Emperors prayed for peace and harvest. It is located in the southern part of Beijing, and had been one of the most holy places for the whole country for more than five centuries.

After lunch, visit the Summer Palace (2 hours), one of China's largest imperial garden. Summer Palace was originally a royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty, Its predecessor was the Garden of Clear Ripples (Qingyiyuan) started in 1750 and burned down by the British and French allied troops in 1860. Fresh-water pearl market for a good bargain not to be missed. Back to your hotel.

Meals: Hotel Western breakfast and Chinese lunch

Pick up at your hotel between 7:00am and 8:30am, and then drive to the Underground Palace, also called Dingling, one of the 13 Ming Dynasty Imperial Tombs. From the Yongle Emperor onwards, 13 Ming Dynasty Emperors were buried in the surrounding area. You will visit Dingling, the tomb of the Wanli Emperor, which is the only one of the 13 Ming Tombs to have been excavated.

After the two-hour tour of the Underground Palace, you have 45 minutes to take a short visit of Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is very famous special local product with a long history of Chinese traditional culture.

After Chinese lunch, head to the Mutianyu Great Wall. The Mutianyu Great Wall is known for its beautiful surroundings - dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of a year. This section of the Great Wall is located in Huairou District 80km on the northeast of Beijing. cable car is a good choice (optional).

Drive back to downtown Beijing and pass by the Olympic Green, having a distant view of both the National Stadium - the " bird Nest " and National Aquatics Center - the Water Cube. Then you are arranged to rewind yourself by tasting the Chinese tea and enjoying Chinese tea ceremony in a big Chinese tea market. After the whole day tour, you are returned to your different hotels around 6:00pm.

Meals: Hotel Western breakfast and Chinese lunch

After breakfast, take morning flight for Xian. Met and transferred to your hotel in Xian ( booked by us ). After lunch, your city tour begins with a visit to Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, a large modern museum of the national level. Then visit Big Goose Pagoda consisted of a brick structure of five storeys and was about 60 meters high. Originally built in 589A.D- 6000 years ago.

Meals: Hotel Western breakfast and Chinese lunch

Free pickup from your downtown hotel in Xian between 8:00am and 9:00am ( Please note your local guide will call you the night before to confirm you the specific pickup time for next day tour).

First have a one hour tour of Banpo Museum. Banpo Neolithic Village Museum gets its name from the remains of Banpo village which is located east of Xian. The remains were discovered in 1953. The village was inhabited from about 4500 BC. After visit Banpo Museum and on the way to the Qin Shi Huang's tomb, you are arranged to go shopping at the Qin Terra-cotta figures factory for about 40 minutes.

Then move on to the unopened Qin Shi Huang's tomb (the first emperor's tomb), the largest underground royal tomb in the world. There is evidence suggesting that Qin Shi Huang's Tomb remains relatively intact. Qin Shi Huang (259 BC - 210 BC), the first emperor of China, ascended the throne at the age of 13, when construction of his tomb began. He ordered 720,000 conscript laborers to to build his royal tomb. It was completed just-in-time in 210 BC for his use. His son, the second Qin Emperor, saw his entombment. The tomb is located just 15km west of the site of Terra-cotta Army.

After lunch, move on to the Terra-cotta Army for a 3-hour visit. This profound discovery made a sensation across the whole world! The museum was officially finished and opened to the public on October 01, National Day, 1979. The exhibition hall of Pit No. 3 was finished and opned to the public on September 27, 1989. 5 years later, the exhibition hall of Pit No. 2 was open to the public in October, 1994. The museum and the mausoleum are listed the world's cultural legacies as the UNESCO.

At the end of the day tour, you are transferred back to your downtown hotel in Xian.

Meals: Hotel Western breakfast and Chinese lunch

Flight from Xian to Beijing. Met & transferred to your hotel in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day.

Meals: Hotel Western breakfast

Transfer to airport for departure or free on your own and end your pleasant China trip.

Meals: Hotel Western breakfast

Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)

Hotels in Use for this tour :

Price inclusion: 1.All transfers and city transportation for your own use 2.Entrance fees and meals as mentioned 3.Coach city tours with English speaking guide 4.Hotels with breakfast both at Beijing, Xian and Shanghai 5.Beijing-Xian-Beijing air-ticket (economic class)

Price exclusion: Tips to your tour guides and drivers

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