7-day Beijing-Shanxi tour
Tour Description
7-day Beijing-Shanxi tour
Day 1: Arrival in Beijing at night
Take flight to Beijing where we meet a tour guide and be transferred to the hotel. Free for the rest of the night.
Day 2: Beijing
After breakfast at the hotel, start the tour with a visit to Tiananmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Then move on to the Forbidden City, the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. After lunch, head to the Shichahai Area. Then we will visit Lama Temple also known as the “Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple.” Enjoy a Beijing duck dinner at Century Huangshan Restaurant.
Day 3: Beijing
Morning excursion to the most beautiful section of the Great Wall — the Mutianyu Great Wall. The hike takes about 2-3 hours. After lunch, continue on to visit Dingling, one of the 13 Ming Tombs of the 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Back to downtown Beijing. Head to the Olympic Green to have an outside look at the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube.
Day 4: Beijing
After breakfast, start the morning tour with the visit to the Temple of Heaven, then visit the Summer Palace, originally a royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty. After Lunch, we will take an afternoon train to Datong. Local hotpot for dinner, transfer to the hotel in Datong.
Day 5: Datong — Taiyuan
Visit Yungang Grottoes after breakfast and walk around the downtown area where we will see the Nine-Dragon Screen and some old streets. After lunch, visit the Hanging Monastery before driving directly to Taiyuan.
Day 6: Pingyao
After breakfast, visit Jinci Temple and Qiao Courtyard Houses Complex, arrive in Pingyao in the afternoon. Visit Shuanglin Temple. After dinner check in to a hotel in Pingyao.
Day 7: Pingyao
The highlight of today will be wandering around the old town of Pingyao.