Beijing 5 days history package tour

5 days Beijing tour to know about Chinese history including hotel

Tour code: BJ-PH-02History
Focus: Beijing 5 days tour, History package tour, 5 days Beijing history tour
Updated: 2019-11-26

Tour Profile

  • Tour type: private package tour
  • Departure: daily
  • Duration: 5 day
  • Escorted: yes
  • Language: English
  • Level: easy
  • Kids or elders: possible
  • Starting place:  Beijing Airport
  • End place:  Beijing Airport


Brief Itinerary

Day 1. Be met from airport and transfer to hotel.
Day 2. Temple from Tang Dynasty, Imperial College, Lunch, City Wall Ruin Park of Yuan Dynasty, Chinese Tea Tasting, Beijing Hutong since Yuan dynasty. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 3. Underground Palace of Ming Tomb, Lunch, Mutianyu Great Wall.(Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 4. City Wall from Ming Dynasty, Temple and Music from Ming Dynasty, Lunch, Mural of Ming Dynasy, Tiananmen Square since Ming Dynasty. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 5. Be met from hotel and transfer to airport for departure. (Breakfast)

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1. Arrival
Arrive in Beijing.
Be met from airport by private vehicle and be transferred to hotel for checking in. Remainder of the day is at leisure.

Day 2.Temple from Tang Dynasty, Imperial College, City Wall Ruin Park of Yuan Dynasty, Chinese Tea Tasting, Beijing Hutong since Yuan dynasty.
Photo of Beijing HutongBe picked up from your hotel by English speaking tour guide and private vehicle at 08:30 am.

Visit a temple from Tang Dynasty. It is an old temple with the longest history in Beijing. The temple is an important place to train young Sangha and study Buddhist culture. As the ancient architecture of Qing dynasty, it was also listed in the fifth National Key Culture Relics Protection Units.

Then visit Imperial College. It was the the highest learning institute during Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Emperors in imperial China used to frequent the place to read Confucian classics to thousands of students.

After lunch, visit City Wall Ruin Park of Yuan Dynasty. The Park was located on the relices of Tucheng City of Yuan Dynasty, which was built from 1267 to 1276. The remains of the city wall has a length of 4,173 meters.

Taste Chinese tea, enjoy Chinese tea ceremony and have a rest in a local tea house.
China is the hometown and birthplace of Chinese tea.
Being the national drinks of China, tea has a history of four to five thousand years.
Tea culture is one of the specific representative of Chinese culture.

Move on to visit Beijing Hutong. Hutongs are lanes or alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard). Most of them were built during the Yuan (1206-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties surrounding the Forbidden City. Many famous operas and dramas are based on the themes of hutong life. Man-power rickshaw is arranged for you to feel the Hutong of Beijing.

Be transferred back to hotel after the tour.
(Breakfast Lunch)

Day 3. Underground Palace of Ming Tomb, Lunch, Mutianyu Great Wall.
Photo of Mutianyu Great WallBe picked up from your hotel by English speaking tour guide and private vehicle at 08:30 am.

Drive to visit Underground Palace of Dingling Tomb. Ding Ling (the Tomb of Ding) is the mausoleum of the 13th emperor (Wanli) of the Ming Dynasty, who had the longest reign in Ming dynasty.
With five chambers, the underground palace of Dingling is 27 meters deep with a total floor space of 1,195 square meters. All chambers were built of stone without using a single beam or column. Dingling is the only excavated tomb for archaeological exploration. Tourists can see precious antiques in the exhibition halls.

After lunch, we will visit Mutianyu Great Wall.  Located around 90 km northeast of Beijing, Great Wall was built and maintained between the 7th century BC and 17th century BC. It was originally built to protect the empire from northern invaders. The Great Wall stretches through the countryside over deserts, hills and plains for 8,851.8 kilometers.
Mutianyu section was first built in the mid-6th century. It is the longest fully-restored Great Wall with 22 original style watchtowers. Mutianyu Great Wall features picturesque landscape with 90% forest coverage rate. The scenery in spring and autumn is excellent. Mutianyu Great Wall is not so crowded as Badaling section.

Be transferred back to your hotel after the tour.
(Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 4. City Wall from Ming Dynasty, Temple and Music from Ming Dynasty, Lunch, Mural of Ming Dynasy, Tiananmen Square since Ming Dynast.
Tiananmen Square PhotoBe picked up from your hotel by English speaking tour guide and private vehicle at 08:30 am.

Drive to visit City Wall from Ming Dynasty. The Ming City Wall was first built in 1419, with a length of 24 kilometers. The only remaining relic is located between Chongwenmen and Southeast Coner Tower, about 1.5 kilometers long. It is considered as an important symbol of Beijing. The tower located on the southeast coner of the city wall is the only and biggest tower around the city wall's coner. It was first built in 1436 as military defensive structure.

Then visit a temple and Music from Ming Dynasty. Built in 1443, the temple is a Buddhist temple. It preserves the only wooden structures and groups of buildings from the Ming Dynasty in Beijing. It is also renowned for statues, Buddhist Scriptures, murals and Buddhist music.

After lunch, vist a temple to enjoy Mural of Ming Dynasy. It covers about 20,000 square meters. The legacy and main features of this temple are the paintings with high artistic value. The images of the characters on the exquisite murals are so vivid and colorful that even 600 years have passed they never changed. This is quite precious Chinese ancient mural art.

Move on to visit Tiananmen Square. First built in 1417 during the Ming Dynasty, the Tiananmen Square is the largest public square in the world. Surrounded by many well-known cultural and political institutions, the square is the final resting place of Chairman Mao Zedong. The square has witnessed the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Be transferred back to your hotel after the tour.
(Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 5. Departure
Be picked up from your hotel and transfer to airport for departure.
(Breakfast)

Quotation

(USD/person,        Validity:December-31,2020 ,
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 6.6 RMB,       Editor: Jasper ,          Updated: 2019-11-26)

Cost based on one shopping stop per day

  • Super Deluxe
  • No. P S L
    1 1452 1391 1300
    2 817 786 741
    3 765 735 689
    4 727 697 651
    5 696 666 621
    6 677 646 601
    7 667 636 591
    8 656 626 581
    9 649 618 573
    10 519 504 473
    16 488 473 442
    26 451 436 406
    Single S. 414
    Waldorf_Astoria
  • Deluxe
  • No. P S L
    1 1276 1215 1197
    2 729 699 689
    3 677 647 638
    4 639 609 600
    5 609 578 569
    6 589 558 549
    7 579 549 539
    8 569 538 529
    9 561 530 521
    10 507 461 431
    16 476 430 400
    26 439 394 364
    Single S. 327
    Sunworld_Dynasty
  • Standard
  • No. P S L
    1 1015 985 955
    2 599 583 568
    3 547 532 517
    4 509 494 478
    5 478 463 448
    6 458 443 428
    7 449 433 418
    8 438 423 408
    9 430 415 400
    10 397 382 358
    16 367 351 327
    26 330 315 291
    Single S. 196
    Qianmen
  • Comfort
  • No. P S L
    1 906 882 876
    2 544 532 529
    3 492 480 477
    4 454 442 439
    5 424 412 409
    6 404 392 389
    7 394 382 379
    8 384 372 369
    9 376 364 361
    10 337 322 304
    16 306 291 273
    26 270 254 236
    Single S. 142
    King_Parkview
  • Budget
  • No. P S L
    1 839 827 815
    2 511 505 499
    3 459 453 447
    4 421 415 409
    5 390 384 378
    6 370 364 358
    7 361 355 349
    8 350 344 338
    9 342 336 330
    10 316 310 304
    16 285 279 273
    26 248 242 236
    Single S. 108
    Golden_Inn
Note: Above normal tour cost include one shopping stop (40 minutes) per day. No push on buying. Please book the following no shopping tour if you are not interested in local art crafts shopping.

Cost for no shopping tour
  • Super Deluxe
  • No. P S L
    1 1649 1588 1497
    2 915 885 839
    3 849 818 773
    4 789 759 714
    5 746 716 671
    6 718 688 642
    7 708 678 632
    8 692 662 617
    9 681 650 605
    10 547 532 502
    16 502 487 456
    26 462 447 417
    Single S. 414
    Waldorf_Astoria
  • Deluxe
  • No. P S L
    1 1473 1412 1394
    2 827 797 788
    3 761 730 721
    4 702 671 662
    5 659 628 619
    6 630 600 591
    7 620 590 581
    8 605 574 565
    9 593 562 553
    10 535 490 460
    16 490 444 414
    26 450 405 375
    Single S. 327
    Sunworld_Dynasty
  • Standard
  • No. P S L
    1 1212 1182 1152
    2 697 682 667
    3 630 615 600
    4 571 556 541
    5 528 513 498
    6 500 485 470
    7 490 475 459
    8 474 459 444
    9 462 447 432
    10 426 411 387
    16 381 366 341
    26 341 326 302
    Single S. 196
    Qianmen
  • Comfort
  • No. P S L
    1 1103 1079 1073
    2 642 630 627
    3 576 564 561
    4 517 505 502
    5 474 462 459
    6 445 433 430
    7 435 423 420
    8 420 408 405
    9 408 396 393
    10 366 350 332
    16 320 305 287
    26 281 265 247
    Single S. 142
    King_Parkview
  • Budget
  • No. P S L
    1 1036 1024 1012
    2 609 603 597
    3 542 536 530
    4 483 477 471
    5 440 434 428
    6 412 406 400
    7 402 396 390
    8 386 380 374
    9 374 368 362
    10 344 338 332
    16 299 293 287
    26 259 253 247
    Single S. 108
    Golden_Inn

Note
Above price is base double or twin sharing room.
Single S. = extra cost needed when you need one single room.
No. = Number of travelers,
P= Peak season,   April, May, September, October.
S=Shoulder Season, March, June, July, August, November.
L=Low season,   December,  January,  February.
The price of No.10 refers to price for 10 to 15 travelers.
The price of No.16 refers to the price for 16 to 26 travelers.
The price of No.26 refers to the price for 26 to 40 travelers.

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  • Include
  • Hotel accommodation,
  • Air-conditioned private car or van,
  • Admission fee of mentioned attractions,
  • English-speaking tour guide,
  • Meals as mentioned,
  • Fuel, expressway cost and parking cost,
  • Pick-up from and transfer back to your hotel.
  • Exclude
  • Cable car of Mutianyu Great Wall,
  • Gratuities to guides and drivers,
  • Personal expense.
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