Day 1     Arrival/Beijing

Accommodations: Beijing Peixin hotel

Transfer via: International flight on your own arrangement

Upon your arrival at Beijing airport, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

Day 2     Beijing

Accommodations: Beijing Peixin hotel
Meals: B
Sightseeing: Temple of Heaven,Forbidden City,Tiananmen Square

Today you will first visit the historic Tiananmen Square, and then the magnificent Forbidden City. In the afternoon, you will marvel at Beijing's splendid Temple of Heaven.

- Temple of Heaven: the place which was visited yearly by the emperors who performed intricate rituals to insure a good harvest for the whole nation at ancient times.

- Forbidden City: located in the center of Beijing, used to be the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years, it is the grandest integral palace complex still remaining in China.

- Tiananmen Square: the largest city square in the world and the spiritual heart of China, where the national flag is raised exactly at sunrise everyday.

Day 3     Beijing/Xian

Accommodations: On The Train
Meals: B
Sightseeing: Ding Tomb,Great Wall

Transfer via: Soft sleeper over-night train on our arrangement

Today's excursion will take you to the majestic Great Wall and,Ming Tomb.Then our local guide escorts you to the railway station to your next destination Xi'an at about 17:30 (evening).

- Ding Tomb: the burial site of the emperor Wanli, the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty who ruled for 48 years until his death in 1620, it is the only underground tomb of the thirteen Imperial Ming tombs ever excavated.

- Great Wall: the most famous symbol of China and one of the world's most remarkable architectural wonders, it was built over 2,000 years ago and stretches about 6,700km.

Day 4     Xian/Beijing

Accommodations: On The Train
Sightseeing: Bell Tower,Big Wild Goose Pagoda,Terracotta Warriors and Horses

Transfer via: Soft sleeper over-night train on our arrangement

Our local guide will meet you at the railway station at about 06:40 (morning) and you will enjoy a full-day excursion to the incredible life-size Terracotta Warriors and Horses,after lunch, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and then the Bell Tower. Then our local guide escorts you to the railway station and take a over-night for Beijing at about 21:00 (evening).

- Bell Tower: standing in the center of the city and built in 1582, the Bell Tower is a three-story wooden structure with traditional Chinese architectural features. It is so called because an iron bell is hung in the tower to give the correct time.

- Big Wild Goose Pagoda: regarded by many as a symbol of the city Xian, the pagoda was built in 652 A.D. in the Tang Dynasty to house the sutras brought back from India by the famous monk Xuan-zang.

- Terracotta Warriors and Horses: discovered in 1974 by local farmers digging a well, this is one of the most significant archeological finds of the 20th century. These 6,000 life-size painted Terracotta Warriors and Horses --individually sculpted from real-life models and arranged in battle formation have been protecting the mausoleum of the first emperor in Chinese history--Emperor QinShihuang for 2,200 years ago.

Day 5     Beijing

Accommodations: Beijing Peixin hotel

Arrival in Beijing at about 10:30 (morning) next day, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

Day 6     Beijing/Final departure

Meals: B

Transfer via: Our local guide escorts you to the airport for your onward flight to your sweet home.

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