Beijing 8-Day City Highlights Tour

Points of Interest : Beijing

Upon arrival at Beijing Airport, your tour guide welcomes you and accompanies you to your hotel in the city. After check-in, you have time to rest from the journey and get your first impressions of China’s capital at your own pace.

• Meals included : No meals included
• Accommodation : Overnight at Dong Fang Hotel (Beijing)

Points of Interest : Beijing

Today you explore Beijing on a guided city tour. You stroll across Tiananmen Square before entering the legendary Forbidden City, the former residence of China’s emperors. From Jingshan Park, also called Coal Hill, you enjoy a sweeping view over the golden roofs of the Imperial Palace. Afterwards you visit the Temple of Heaven, whose Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is one of Beijing’s most iconic landmarks.

• Meals included : Breakfast
• Accommodation : Overnight at Dong Fang Hotel (Beijing)

Points of Interest : Beijing

You leave the city and drive about 125 kilometres to Gubeikou in Miyun County. Here you explore a historic section of the Great Wall largely built under Ming Dynasty general Xu Da. The wall winds for more than 20 kilometres over the ridges, offering impressive views of the surrounding mountains as you hike along its ancient stones.

• Meals included : Breakfast
• Accommodation : Overnight at Dong Fang Hotel (Beijing)

Points of Interest : Beijing

In the morning you visit the Summer Palace, the Qing Dynasty’s former lakeside retreat for the hot season. You stroll through the vast palace grounds, along Kunming Lake and beneath the richly painted Long Corridor, absorbing the classical Chinese garden architecture. Afterwards you head to the city zoo, where you can watch China’s famous giant pandas at close range.

• Meals included : Breakfast
• Accommodation : Overnight at Dong Fang Hotel (Beijing)

Points of Interest : Beijing

This morning you visit the Lama Temple, the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple outside Tibet, founded during the Qing Dynasty. You then discover the historic Imperial Academy Guozijian, the highest educational institution of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, where selected students from all over the country once received free tuition, food and lodging.

In the afternoon you continue to the Drum Tower, in an area where Beijing’s hutongs and traditional courtyard houses are particularly well preserved. You take a walk through the narrow lanes, learn about the history of the hutong neighbourhoods and visit a carefully curated hutong museum with detailed miniature models and exhibits illustrating everyday life in these alleyways.

• Meals included : Breakfast
• Accommodation : Overnight at Dong Fang Hotel (Beijing)

Points of Interest : Beijing

In the morning you explore the trendy 798 Art District, a former factory complex that today houses galleries, design shops and cafés amid industrial architecture and contemporary art. In the afternoon you drive to the Olympic Park for a short photo stop at the striking National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, and the adjacent swimming stadium. Afterwards you relax on a walk through Beihai Park, one of Beijing’s classical Chinese gardens, recognisable by its white pagodas and lakeside scenery.

• Meals included : Breakfast
• Accommodation : Overnight at Dong Fang Hotel (Beijing)

Points of Interest : Peking

Your last full day in Beijing is free for your own plans. You can revisit favourite sights, discover modern shopping districts, sample regional cuisine or simply soak up the atmosphere of this fascinating blend of ancient and contemporary China.

• Meals included : No meals included
• Accommodation : Overnight at Dong Fang Hotel (Beijing)

Points of Interest : Beijing

Depending on your flight time, you are transferred to the airport for your journey home or onward travel. Your stay in Beijing comes to an end with many new impressions of China’s capital.

• Meals included : Breakfast
• Last day : Transfer to the airport for your return or onward flight