Tour code: BJ-PH-35-A
Focus: Badaling Great Wall , Badaling Great Wall tour, Excellent Hotspring, Dingling Underground palace, Sacred Way, a Private museum Museum, Olympic Park, One night in Hotspring resort near Great Wall
Be picked up from hotel at 08:30 am.
Visit Dingling Underground Palace.
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 hall.
Move on to visit Sacred Way.
The Sacred Way stretches 7 kilometers from south to north through the center of the tombs area. It was originally built for the first tomb Changling - the tomb of Emperor Yongle, the most powerful emperor in the Ming dynasty. But as the later tombs were built either to the right or to the left, it became the main road to all of them. They formed one group, but each tomb is independent of the other. Each lies at the foot of a hill.
Then we will drive to visit a private Museum, which mainly show you Chinese ancient furniture and porcelain of Ming and Qing Dynasty,
There are totally five halls in the museum, including Ceramics Hall, Furniture Hall, Doors and window frames Hall, Oil Painting Hall and Handicraft Hall.
Wile visiting the museum, you will touch the culture of Chinese folk and daily living.
Move on to visit the Olympic Park.
As the major venue of the 2008 Olympic Games, the Olympic Park contains three areas including the Forest Park in the north, major venue and supporting facilities area in the center and the completed stadiums and the reserved area. The completed stadiums contains the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), National Swimming Center (Water Cube) and the National Indoor Stadium (Folding Fans). Have an outside view of the venues.
Be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing after the tour.
(Breakfast, Lunch)