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One Day Badaling Great Wall & Ming Tombs
Tour code: BSIC01
Duration: 1 day
Route: Beijing
Attractions: Badaling Great Wall, Ming Tombs
Itinerary:
Pick-up from your hotel between 07h20am and 08h30, and then drive to Ming Tomes (50 miles away from downtown about one hour driving).
The thirteen Ming Tombs are the best-preserved Chinese imperial tombs with 500 years history. You will visit Changling, the head and the largest tomb of Ming Tombs, where Emperor Yongle (the first emperor in Beijing) and his Empress Xu were buried. The sightseeing on the Ming Tombs takes about 1 hour. The visit to Ming Tombs finishes at about 10h45.
Before having lunch (11h30), you will have 45 minutes for a short visit of Friend Yongsheng Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is a famous special Chinese product, a blend of the excellent skill on carving and Chinese traditional cultures.
Having traditional Chinese lunch at Jindian restaurant. After lunch, driving to the Badaling Great Wall. The hike on Badaling Great Wall takes 2 hours. Badaling section is the most famous and best-preserved wall. Its highest point at Badaling is some 800 meters above sea level. Cable car is available and optional.
On the way to your hotels, we also arrange a short visit to "the Birds Nest"---the main Olympic Stadium now being built for the 2008 Olympic Games.
After that, you will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional Silk arts. After the tour, transferred back to your hotel.
Service ends.
Service Include:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off, air-conditioned coach, transportation tax, parking fees, English-speaking guide, lunch, and all admission tickets.
Infants aged 1 year and under are free of charge, providing they sit with an accompanying adult.
Informations of our group tours in Beijing:
Our English speaking tour guides pick up passengers from different hotels at about 8:00 to 8:30 am, take them to see the most famous attractions, and take them back to different hotels at 17:00 pm in the afternoon. Chinese lunch en route will be included in local Chinese restaurants. One big coach goes to Great Wall and Ming Tombs every morning, other coaches go to other attractions like Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, etc..
The difference of private tour is:All of our private tours are tailor made for every customer, lots of local activities available, and you have private vehicle and private tour guide, save you time on waiting for other passengers (Sometimes it happens).
The benefits of group tours are: less expensive than private tours, especially when you are travelling alone, and you have chance to share your experience with friends with multipal background from different nations.
Days Available: Daily