Worldwide Tours: China
Beijing Tour
Summer Palace and Hutong Tour
Duration: 4 hours
Visit the Summer Palace, the largest ancient preserved garden in China and a former summer retreat for emperors and the chosen few! The site includes more than one hundred ancient style pavilions, mansions, towers, halls, temples, bridges, and an enormous clear water lake. Then take a Hutong tour, which helps you understand the history and culture of Beijing and to plug into the seven hundred year old narrow streets – hutongs, to visit the old quadrangles by the old fashioned pedicab and to learn about the daily life of ordinary Beijing residents.
- Professional Chauffeured Service
- Foreign Speaking Guides (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Russian)
The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square
Duration: 4 hours
This tour starts at Tiananmen Square and China’s more recent history influenced by Chairman Mao and the rise of communism. From there it’s on to the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong in Chinese, and was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It has been the seat of power for centuries and has seen countless battles and reconstruction. The architecture seen today dates from the 1700’s.
- Professional Chauffeured Service
- Foreign Speaking Guides (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Russian)
The Great Wall and Ming Tomb
Duraction: 7 hours
Explore two of our most popular destinations north of Beijing into one unforgettable tour. First, we drive to the Great Wall, the very symbol of ancient Chinese engineering. You will have the opportunity to climb up either the north or south face of the wall. From here, it is on to the sacred Ming Tombs, burial grounds to thirteen of the sixteen Ming emperors. You’ll explore the largest of the excavated burial sites, which is divided into three separate, impressive courtyards. A shopping spree takes place at the world renowned Jade Factory our cloisonni factory.
- Professional Chauffeured Service
- Foreign Speaking Guides (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Russian)