China Muslim Tour of Beijing and Xian

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, Temple of Heaven, Beijing Hutong.  
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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 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.
  Discover 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.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Muslim Lunch, Muslim Dinner
• Day 3. Beijing: Niujie Street and Niujie Mosque, Olympic Park, Summer Palace.  
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  Your private guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive to Niujie Street and Niujie Mosque. Niujie Street with over 10,000 Muslims is the largest Muslim settlement in Beijing. The mosque in the street has a history of over 1,000 years. It is a combination of Islamic and Chinese culture.
  
• After Halal lunch, admire the most outstanding architectures in Olympic Park, Bird's Nest and Water Cube. Have an outside view of these two venues.
  Proceed to Summer Palace. Combining lakes, gardens and ancient structures, Summer Palace is the best-preserved and largest royal garden existing in China.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Muslim Lunch, Muslim Dinner
• Day 4. 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, Muslim Lunch, Muslim Dinner
• Day 5. Take flight to Xian.  Arrive in Xian, Great Mosque, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Banpo Museum.   
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport. Take flight to Xian.
  
  Local guide will meet you at Xian airport.
  Drive 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.
• Then visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Originally built in 652 of Tang Dynasty, the pagoda is functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang.
  Move on to Banpo Museum. The museum is on the site of Banpo Neolithic Village, a stable village was built by late Neolithic people. It displays a matriarchal society based on farming.
  Transfer you to check in the hotel after the dinner.
•   Breakfast, , , Muslim Lunch, Muslim Dinner
• Day 6. Xian: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi History Museum.  
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  Your private guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive about 1 hour to visit 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.
• After lunch, proceed 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.
  . Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Muslim Lunch, Muslim Dinner
• Day 7. Departure.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport for departure.
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