Beijing Xian Tour

D01 Arrive Beijing

On arrival, meet our guide and transfer to our hotel. The rest of day is at leisure.

D02 Beijing tour ( B+L+D )

Pick up from your downtown Beijing hotel around 0800am. Visit the world largest square-Tiananmen Square. Then move on to the largest Imperial Palace in the world-Forbidden City where 24 emperors of Ming & Qing dynasty lived and controlled China from there for several hundred years.
After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven which was built in 1420, once was the venue for the Ming and Qing emperors to offer sacrifices to Heaven and pray for good harvest for the coming new year.
The next stop is the Summer Palace. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temple and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value. Free shopping at Pearl Center.
Enjoy Acrobatic Show after Beijing Roast Duck dinner.

D03 Beijing tour ( B+L )

Take a 2 hrs drive to Badaling Great Wall, which is one of the most famous sections among the Great Wall of China in Beijing built more than 600 years ago during the Ming Dynasty. On the way, a short visit to local jade factory where you can buy some souvenirs. Hiking the Wall for 1.5hr.
After Chinese style lunch, visit the Changling Mausoleum, the largest of the 13 Ming Tombs. The 13 Ming Tombs are the cemeteries of the 13 Ming emperors after the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing.
Return to your hotel around 1700pm.

D04 Beijing Fly to Xian ( B+L )

Pick up from hotel after breakfast and head for the Shishahai Lake area and visit the old Beijing Hutong by rickshaws.
Visit the typical Chinese quadrangles, and the Bell Tower which was built several hundred years ago.
Lunch will be arranged at a typical Beijing resident's courtyard home.
Transfer to airport to connect the flight for Xian, the "Museum City". On arrival, meet our guide and transfer to hotel Xian.

D05 Xian tour( B+L+D )

Our sightseeing this morning features the Terracotta Warriors Army and Horses Museum. It is not only reputed as the world's Largest Military Museum but also the Eighth Wonder of the world.
Followed with the tour to Shaanxi Provincial Museum which built after the model of Tang Dynasty and featured with a total of 113,000 relics unearthed locally.Visit Xian Art Ceramics & Lacquer Factory.
Dinner will be the most famous local cuisine, the Steamed Dumpling Banquet and enjoy the Tang Dynasty Show after dinner.

D06 Departure ( B+L )

Pick up from your hotel after breakfast, stroll along the Ancient Cultural Street and Bell & Drum Tower Square.
Then visit the Great Mosque which was established in AD742 and is still an active place of worship.
After typical Chinese lunch at local restaurant, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda which was built in AD 648. The pagoda is regarded as a symbol of Xian.
Beijing Xian tour ends and transfer to airport/railway station for departure.