Tour: 8 days Beijing and water town tour

Day 1 Arrive Beijing

Our tour guide will wait you at the exit of the airport holding a brand with your name before your landing.Then transfer you to your hotel by private car or van.Our experienced tour guide would like to introduce you city summary and some tips on the way. You could have a rest to recover from jet lag after arrive at your hotel or to explore by yourself.

Day 2 Beijing Breakfast,Lunch

Pick you up from your hotel on departure time, and then drive to the famous Tiananmen Square,is the spiritual heart of the world's most populous country, occupy an area of 44 hectares (440,000 square meters),big enough to hold (half) a million people.On October 1st,1949,Mao climbed atop the ‘gate of Heavenly Peace”. which gives the square it's name, to proclaim the foundation of the people's Republic of China. On the square's north end is the Gate of Heavenly Peace, which leads towards the Forbidden City .in the centre of the square is the 40m-high Monument to the People's Heroes., chairman mao's mausoleum, on the square's east side house is Chinese history and revolution Museum, on the west is the Great Hall of the People.

From the north end of Tiananmen Square, we will enter the Forbidden City,The abode of 24 Ming and Qing emperors of the celestial Empire, the forbidden city is a fittingly awe-inspiring sight, Enclosed behind it's moat and 9.9m high walls are 980 buildings, vast courtyards and long corridors that occupy a total area of 720,000 square meters, It's alleged that as many as 1,000,000 workers and 100,000 artisans participated in the construction of this imperial palace, which began in 1406 and was completed in 1420 during the reign of Ming dynasty, the last emperor Puyi, left the Forbidden city in 1924,11 years after his abdication and the establishment of the Republic of China, after Puyi’s departure, the Forbidden city, which had long been off-limits to most mortals, was opened to the public, Hence its current Chinese name, gugong bowuyuan, meaning “the palace Museum”.

After lunch, go to visit pearl factory to enjoy pearl history in china,. teach you how to distinguish real pearl with fake pearl.Driving to Summer Palace, the Summer palace is a wonderful place to explore, as long ago as the Yuan dynasty, officials set up their private gardens in the scenic area, but the summer palace didn't take on its present appearance until the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty. He deepened the park’s manmade lake and added building to serve as a “country home” for his mother, though it would be the Empress Dowager Cixi who would have the biggest impact on the palace's appearance

Temple of heaven

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Forbidden city

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Tian'anmen Square

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Day 3 Beijing Breakfast,Lunch

Pick you up from hotel on departure time, then drive to the famous Mutian Great Wall. Sightseeing on Great Wall Mutianyu section for about 2 hours.
Mutianyu is located some 90km north of Beijing, and like Badaling, is a recently renovated section that's very popular. Mutianyu lies in rugged territory and reaching the wall from the main gate involves a strenuous climb up a steep stairway. But fortunately there's have cable car, Once on top, the views of the wall undulating down wooded canyons and up mountain ridges are breathtaking.

Driving to Friendship restaurant nearby the Ming Tombs and having typical Chinese lunch (50 minutes).
The tombs of 13 Ming dynasty emperors and their consorts are scattered in a gorgeous valley 45km northwest of Beijing, all but three of the Ming emperors lies in Nanjing, the tomb of the second emperor remains unknown as he had his throne usurped by his uncle and another emperor was considered illegitimate and wasn't given the honor of an imperial tomb.

Driving the travelers back to your hotel.

Ming tombs

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great wall

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Day 4 Beijing to Shanghai Breakfast

Transfer you fom hotel in Beijing.Take flight from Beijing to Shanghai.Pick up you from airport to your hotel in Shanghai.

Day 5 Shanghai / Zhouzhuang / Suzhou Breakfast,Lunch

Drive to Zhouzhuang from Shanghai in the morning. Then visit to the Ancient Memorial Archway, Quanfu Temple, the Hall of Shen's Residence and the Twin Bridge.

Drive to Suzhou after the tour (about one-hour on the way,30km away from Zhouzhuang).

Zhouzhuang

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Day 6 Suzhou / Hangzhou Breakfast,Lunch

Suzhou,its 100km away from Shanghai,which ws famous as zVenice of the Eatt.You will visit Humble Administrator's Garden, the ancient Tiger Hill Park, cruise on the Grand Canal and then the Pan Gate, and the No.1 Silk Factory.

Drive to Hangzhou after the tour.Check in the hotel.

Su zhou