Hit all of Beijing's must-see sights and experience its culture—including two UNESCO World Heritage sites and a Peking roast duck dinner with other delicious meals—on this two-day private tour from Shanghai. You’ll walk along the legendary Great Wall of China, visit the ancient Forbidden City, and stroll through historical Tiananmen Square. Visit the Temple of Heaven and walk through the oldest Hutong street (Nanluoguxiang) to immerse yourself in the ancient historical atmosphere of the city.
Choose from booking options for a round-trip airfare from Shanghai to Beijing, or a one-way airfare from Shanghai to Beijing.
Private airport transfers and one night in a 5-star hotel accommodation in Beijing are included in your overnight excursion.
We can pick you up from your Shanghai hotel, airport, train station or port. Please offer us your pick up location in details, the flight departure time will be early in the morning around 6am to 9am according to the scheduled flights. If you choose the booking option which included return flight from Beijing back to Shanghai, then after the tour finished, you will fly back to Shanghai from Beijing. If you just choose the booking option which only includes sing way flight from Shanghai to Beijing, then the tour will be finished in Beijing.
In the early morning, around 6am to 9am, you will be picked up from your Shanghai city hotel and to be transferred to Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Then take a flight to Beijing.
After the flight arrived at Beijing airport, our local Beijing tour guide and driver will pick you up from the exit of airport, then drive to the famous Mutianyu Great Wall.
Mutianyu Great Wall is the best preserved and most beautiful part of Great Wall around Beijing, it is also much less crowded than other parts of Great Wall. The stunning scenery is all very beautiful in different seasons, the round-trip cable car up and down on the Great Wall is all included.
From Mutianyu Great Wall,let's drive to Beijing downtown area,we will come to Nanluoguxiang Hutong,Beijing has the history longer than 2600years,there are many old alleys in Beijing, Nanluoguxiang Hutong is the local oldest and most famous Hutong alley in Beijing,the history of Nanluoguxiang can date back to Yuan dynasty 700years ago. Walking through Nanluoguxiang Hutong,you can feel and touch the locals life and Beijing old history here. Then let's come to a local very popular roast duck restaurant for dinner in a old courtyard. Pekin roast duck is world well-known delicacy, our dinner tonight will be Pekin roast duck, you can even watch how the duck been roasted in the oven and watch the chef use the sharp knife to cut the roast duck in slices in front of you, very interesting and yummy foodie experience. After Pekin roast duck dinner,let's drive to your included hotel(4 star),the room type is deluxe suite room, the next morning buffet breakfast is included.
In the morning, let's go to visit Tiananmen Square, it is the biggest square in the world and well known for many big moments happened here in the history. The Chairman Mao memorial museum and China Congress Building are located here, Tiananmen Square was ever part of Forbidden City in the Ming and Qing Dynasty, it became a square from 1949 after the revolutionary.
Walking through the Tiananmen Gate, we will walk in the Forbidden City, it was built 600years ago at the beginning of Ming Dynasty, serving to the palaces of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. The whole palace has more than 8400rooms which is the biggest palace in the world. There are three Grand Halls for the emperor's working places at the front area and residential area for the emperor and concubines at the back area, walking along its axis line from the south gate to the north gate. Then we go for lunch in a local popular restaurant which is famous for Beijing traditional hot pot. Please notice that Forbidden City will be closed on every Monday.So we will replace the Forbidden City with Summer Palace or Lama temple.
After lunch,let's go to visit another UNESCO historical sight-Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Temple of Heaven is the place for the ancient Chinese emperors to pray for a good harvest of new year, its architecture design and building is a masterpiece for the ancient Chinese culture and architecture.There is a park here, serving for locals as the morning excercise, so many locals coming here to practice Taichi, dancing and singing Pekin Opera here. After we finish the visit of Temple of heaven, if you book the single trip from Shanghai to Beijing, then we will drive you to your own booked Beijing hotel at downtown area or drop you off at Beijing airport. Your tour will be finished then.
If you book the round-way trip from Shanghai to Beijing, then we will drive you to Beijing airport, you can take the included flight to fly back to Shanghai from Beijing. When you get to Shanghai, your tour will be finished then. You can take a taxi back to your own booked hotel in Shanghai.
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If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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