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Beijing Seven Days Private Tour
7 Days Beijing Tour

Beijing 7 days private tour is the longest holiday in Beijing arranged by Beijingservice.com. If you are on a private holiday and want to discover Beijing deeply and leisurely, Beijing 7 days tour is a good choice. With this private tour, you have one day free for you to discover and feel this city personally. The itinerary of this tour is not rushed. You may get prepared at 09:00 am; and you have enough time to discover and take photo in each attraction.
This 7 days Beijing tour itinerary is flexible. You may inform us your timetable and we will adjust the tour itinerary according to your request.

Detailed Itinerary
Day 1. Entry Beijing
Private English-speaking tour guide will meet you in Beijing airport. Then we will transfer you to hotel. Our tour guide will help you to check in hotel. Remainder of the day is at leisure. (Please inform us when the tour reservation made if you need us to reserve hotel room in Beijing. Remainder of the day is at leisure. If time permit, you may walk around in your hotel area and find a nice café to enjoy your first night in Beijing.


Day 2. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Beijing Hutong
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Be picked up from hotel at 09:00 am. Our tour guide will hold a pager with you name in lobby.
Visit Tiananmen Square -The biggest downtown Square of the world. Walk around in the square. From the north end of the square, we will enter the Forbidden City -also called Palace Museum. Forbidden City is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Rectangular in shape, Forbidden City is the world's largest palace complex. Visit the Forbidden City from south to north along the central axis for about 1.5 to 2 hours. After lunch in nice local restaurant, proceed to visit Temple of Heaven. Built in 1420, Temple of Heaven is situated south of Beijing city. It is the best preserved and largest sacrificial building in the world. Visit Temple of Heaven for 1 hour.
After the sightseeing, we will visit a silk shop with a history of over one hundred years. The main items include Chinese silk, satin, cashmere, Chinese traditional clothes and silk clothing. Many famous people had visited this place, such as Finnish President, former British Prime Minister Magnet Thatcher, former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright and world-famous singer Lucia no Pavarotti... So it is worth to have a stop here to buy something as souvenir.
Move on to Beijing Hutong. Hutong refers to the ancient city alley in Beijing. Many of them were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming (1368-1628) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties surrounding the Forbidden City. Take rickshaw to visit the ancient Beijing Hutong including Drum tower, Local family, Shicha Lake and Bar Street. Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch)


Day 3. Ming Tombs, Badaling Great Wall
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Be picked up from hotel at 09:00 am.
Drive one and half hours to the Ming Tombs. Located 60 Kilometers north of Beijing, Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors. Changling is the most famous one. Construction of the Changling was started in 1409 and completed in 1427. Visit Changling for one hour.
On the way to restaurant, we will visit a large scale jade processing factory. There are workshop for demonstration of Jade carving; Five interpreting rooms for us to know the processes of Chinese jade carving and Chinese jade culture. You may also take photo in the huge Jade exhibition hall and buy some jade carving souvenir as you like.
Have lunch in a nice restaurant. In the afternoon, we will visit famous Badaling Great Wall - the most famous section of Great Wall. It is easy to walk along this section of defensive project of ancient China. Take sightseeing on Badaling Great Wall for about 2 hours. Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch)


Day 4. Lama Temple, Summer Palace, Beijing Roast Duck
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Be picked up from hotel at 09:30 am.
Visit Lama Temple -a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism, is the only downtown Buddhism temple in Beijing. Lama Temple is also a former imperial palace in Qing dynasty. Then we will have lunch in a nice local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we will visit the Summer Palace -20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing. Summer Palace is the largest imperial garden of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290 hectares including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions, towers, ect. Take sightseeing in this attraction for 1 to 1.5 hours.
After the sightseeing, we will visit a Chinese fresh water pearl shop near Summer Palace to do some shopping. It a nice place to buy a necklace or bracelet. It is very good gift from China.
Drive back to Beijing city to have Beijing Roast Duck for Dinner. Eating Peking duck is seen to be one of the two things you are absolutely supposed to do while in Beijing. Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch, Dinner)


Day 5. Beijing Zoo, Beijing Planning Hall, Laoshe Teahouse
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Be picked up from hotel at 09:30 am.
Drive to Beijing Zoo to see Great Panda. Then we will drive to see the Olympic project under construction. After lunch in a local restaurant, visit Beijing Planning Hall -this huge hall will show you not only the 3000 years history of Beijing, but also the future planning of this city including some models of Olympic building.
Drive to Laoshe Teahouse for dinner and show. Laoshe Tea House is a traditional entertainment place in Beijing. It is a cozy corner to invite several friends to degust tea and have a private meeting. The evening show (19:30 - 20:30) includes Beijing Opera, Acrobatic show, gramary and some local art of China. Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch, Dinner)


Day 6. Free Day
You may explore the city by yourself.
Day 7. Departure
Be picked up from your hotel and transferred to airport to connect flight.

Friendly Note from Beijingservice.com
1. The above tour is tailored for you exclusively. You will enjoy Private car, driver and English speaking tour guide.
2. Lunch is not refundable if you do not need it.
3. The sunshine is very strong in summer time. Sunglass is useful.
4. We will arrange a boat cruise on Kunming lake in Summer Palace from May to October.
5. Photograph is not permitted in some area. Our tour guide will give you notice.
6. Visit to Chinese arts shop or factory can be arranged in the itinerary. These shops and factories are registered in National Tourism Bureau. There is no fake product in these shops. You may watch closely at the arts, take some photos or buy some Chinese gift in these places. Please let us know if you are not interested in this. We will cancel the shop visit according to your request; but no refund will be made.
7. With this 7 days Beijing tour, you will walk a long distance. A pair of soft and comfortable shoes is helpful.
8. On day 3, we will visit Ming Tombs on the morning and Great Wall in the afternoon. This will insure that you can have lunch on time and have enough time on Great Wall. The Great Wall is very beautiful when the sun is on the west.
9. Beijingservice.com lists the exact cost of each person from 1 to 10 persons. This will help you to cut down cost if you have more persons. Please contact us for a special cost if you have more than 10 persons.


Cost (validity: 2008-07-31)

Number of Persons	Cost
1 person	651 USD
2 persons	388 USD
3 persons	340 USD
4 persons	291 USD
5 persons	262 USD
6 persons	257 USD
7 persons	240 USD
8 persons	226 USD
9 persons	217 USD
10 persons and above	204 USD

You may also can send us an email to inquire this tour: travel@beijingservice.com

Package Includes:
Air-conditioned private car or van,
Admission fee of mentioned attractions,
English-speaking tour guide,
Visit of Chinese arts shop,
Rickshaw of Beijing Hutong,
Meals as mentioned,
Fuel, expressway cost and parking cost.
Package excludes: Personal expense, Gratuities to guides and drivers.
Payment:
We have 4 payment methods
-pay our tour guide in cash in Beijing (USD and Chinese currency are both acceptable)
-pay us via credit card at least one week before tour date.
-pay us via Western Union at least 1 week before tour date.
-transfer payment to bank account of our company at least 3 weeks before tour date

Note:
1. We will buy Travel Accident Insurance in advance, so please provide full name on passport of all travelers.
2. Once we have your above information,, we will start to arrange tour details according to your request. Confirmation will be sent to you when all tour details arranged.

Please visit Beijing hotels page if you need a hotel.
We recommend the following hotels:
- 3 star: Beijing Redwall Hotel
- 4 star: Gloria Hotel , Jianguo Garden Hotel
- 5 Star: Prime Hotel