Beijing and Xian 9 Days Tour by Flight

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1. Arrival at Beijing.  
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  Reach Beijing airport or railway station. Your private guide will wait at the exit and escort you to hotel for check in.
  Free for the remainder of the day.
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• Day 2. Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Olympic Park.  
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  Your private guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Take a stroll on the largest downtown square in the world, Tiananmen Square. The square has witnessed the founding of the new China.
  Then visit Forbidden City. This world's largest palace complex was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties(1368-1911).
• Proceed to Summer Palace after lunch. Combining lakes, gardens and ancient structures, Summer Palace is the best-preserved and largest royal garden existing in China.
  Admire the most outstanding architectures in Olympic Park, Bird's Nest and Water Cube. Have an outside view of these two venues.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 3. Beijing: Ming Tombs, Badaling Great Wall.  
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  Your private guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Ming Tombs in the morning. With a history of over 600 years, Ming Tombs is the final resting place of 13 emperors of Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).
  Discover the largest and the first built tomb, Changling. It is the tomb of the third Ming Emperor Zhu Di and his wife.
• Head to the famous Badaling Great Wall in the afternoon. Badaling is the best preserved and most popular section of the Great Wall of China. It is close Beijing city and featured with magnificent architectures and breathtaking nature scenery.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 4. Beijing: Beijing Hutong, Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Capital Museum.  
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  Your private guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Beijing Hutongs by rickshaws. Beijing Hutongs are narrow lanes surrounded by traditional courtyard residences. They have a history of over 700 years and represent the traditional culture and way of life of old Beijingers.
  Continue to Temple of Heaven, the largest sacrificial building complex in the world. The temple was the place where emperors came to perform worship to the God of Heaven and pray for good harvests.
• After lunch, visitLama Temple, the large and well preserved Tibetan monastery in Beijing. The Hall of Harmony and Peace is the main building of the temple.
  Move on to Capital Museum. This comprehensive museum houses 5,622 exhibitions of different kinds concerning history, cultural relics, revolutionary history and folk custom, etc.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 5. Take flight to Xian.  Arrive in Xian and hotel check-in.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport. Take flight to Xian.
  
  
• Local guide will pick you up from Xian airport and escort you to check in the hotel.
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• Day 6. Xian: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Huaqing Pool, Banpo Museum, Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Show.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive to Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Be honored as the Eighth Wonder in the World, Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a part of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Qin Shihuang(259-210BC). Over 8,000 life-size warriors, horses and chariots are arranged in battle formations.
• Proceed to Huaqing Pool. Huaqing Pool had been a resort palace for many dynasties because of its natural beauty and hot spring resources. It has become a landmark site for Chinese Tang Culture.
  Move on to Banpo Museum, the first prehistoric museum in China. The museum depicts a matriarchal society based on farming and displays the culture and social life of the Neolithic Matriarchal community of Yangshao about 6000 years ago.
• Have delicious Dumplings for dinner. With different tastes, appearances and cooking techniques, dumpling dinner become an unmissable authentic dainty for travelers to Xian.
  Enjoy Tang Dynasty Show after dinner. Tang Dynasty Show presents the essence of music and dance art of the Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the show.
•   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 7. Day 4. Xianyang Museum, Qianling Mausoleum, Tomb of Princess Yongtai.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Proceed to Xianyang Museum. 28 kilometers west of Xian City, Xianyang Museum was once a Confucian Temple. It mainly displays the cultural relics of Qin and the Western Han dynasties(221BC - 24AD). The most famous are the 3000 painted terracotta warriors and horses of the Western Han Dynasty.
• Head to Qianling Mausoleum. Located on the summit of Liangshan Mountain, Qingling Mausoleum is one of the best preserved tombs among the Tang Dynasty's 18 mausoleums. It is the tomb complex of Emperor Gaozong and his empress Wuzetian, the first and only governing empress. The design of the mausoleum replicates the Chang'an City during the Tang Dynasty.
  Visit Tomb of Princess Yongtai. More than 1,000 pieces of precious cultural relics were unearthed in the tomb, including Ceramic figures, porcelain horse and murals.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 8. Xian: Ancient City Wall,Shaanxi History Museum, Stele Forest Museum, Great Mosque.  
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  Your private guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive to Ancient City Wall, one of the most important landmarks of Xian. It was built over 600 years ago as an important military defensive system to fortify the city.
  Move on to Shaanxi History Museum. Over 1,700,000 cultural relics are displayed in this comprehensive museum to show the history and culture of Shaanxi province and ancient China.
• Then visit Stele Forest Museum. The museum is composed of three parts: Confucian Temple, Stele Forest and Stone Sculpture Art Galleries. It houses more than 4,000 steles and epitaphs.
  Continue to Great Mosque. With a history of over 1,200 year, Great Mosque is one of the oldest and largest mosques in China. It was designed with traditional Chinese architecture style and decorated with Islamic culture.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 9. Departure.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport for departure.
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