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 Day 1  

Place & Transport: Arrive in Beijing, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Beijing)

Our guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer you to the hotel. Relax during the remainder of the afternoon and evening to recover from the jet lag. 

 Day 2 

Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: The Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven
Meals: Breakfast: Lunch

- The Tiananmen Square: The world's largest city square and enduring symbol of China's national pride, surrounded by many imposing buildings including the Heavenly Gate (entry to the Forbidden City), Museums, government buildings and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum.
- The Forbidden City: The Imperial Palace, home to 24 Emperors between 1420 and 1911. Great squares, halls and gates contrast with the intricate networks of side halls, gardens, courtyards and quarters for those who lived in this 'city within a city'. The exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, are also absolutely fascinating. Expect to spend at least 2-3 hours, wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather. 

- Temple of Heaven: One of the most famous sites in Beijing, this is Ming architecture at its best: beautiful, controlled, and highly symbolic. The surrounding gardens are full of interesting activity, particularly weekend mornings. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather.

 - Hutong: A maze of historic alleyways and old single storey traditional courtyard houses, now fast disappearing. Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Kindergarten, Tea House, and local people’s houses. Your tour includes a visit with a local family; you will be able to gossip with local.

1. Learning Chinese dumpling-making in the Hutong area. Dumpling is very typical chinese food and always cooked at festivals. It looks very easy to make. In these class you will learn how to make the dumpling in local family and eat your dumpling as snacks.

2. Traditional chinese instrument class. You will firstly be introduced some very traditional chinese instruments and a professionaly player will teach you how to paly it. after a hour class you will basicly know how to paly simple musics. It is really fun for children. The parents also learn with your kids.

3. Calligraphy class. Chinese calligraphy is one of the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati -Shu (calligraphy), Hua (painting), Qin (a string musical instrument), and Qi (a strategic board game). Regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese culture, “Shu Fa” (calligraphy) is often thought to be most revealing of one’s personality.

And after that visit panda garden, kids will love it.

 - Dinner at Dadong Duck Restaurant: which have a reputation for being among the very best in the city? The new artistic decoration and the Chinese Shanshui Scroll painting style presentation make you new eating experience!

 Day 3  

Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: Mutianyu Great Wall, cable car or slide car, food massage
Meals: Breakfast: Lunch

- Great Wall at Mutianyu: This less-crowded section of the Great Wall is a pleasant drive 90km NE of Beijing. A cable car takes you to a good section (avoiding a very steep climb), where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains. You can return by cable car, walk down or walk along the wall for about an hour to descend by chairlift. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather.

- Mutianyu Cable car: Here we offer the cable car service take you up and down in a few minutes instead of climbing more than 1,400 steps, while you can also have a bird view of the wall. If you like more adventurous, you could take the cable car up and hike around 40 minutes to the slide car station and take the very excited slide car down the wall.

- Foot Massage: take a food massage after the Great Wall and relax like ancient Chinese.

 Day 4  

Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: Summer Palace, hotel to airport transfer

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

- Summer Palace : Much-loved summer retreat of the Imperial families, the lovely landscaped gardens, halls, pavilions and corridors are set around the lake and rivers in natural harmony. You can expect to spend 2-3 hours here, including a 10 minute boat ride. Renovations (complete in 2010) mean that an individual section or building may be closed at any one time, but this is a huge site. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather.
- Boat-transfer in the Summer Palace: It is the largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake by the ferry boat instead of walk. It takes 10 minutes.