Day 01: Arrive in Beijing (D)
Arrive in Beijing, greeted by local guide and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. We recommend the Beijing Soluxe Courtyard Hotel, which features the theme of Chinese traditional Siheyuan and is well located in old part of Beijing. Your students could deeply experience Chinese culture in this area. Evening transfer to have Peking Duck dinner at Century Huangshan Hotel. Stay at Beijing Soluxe Courtyard Hotel
Day 02: Beijing city tour (B L D)
Early morning visit Temple of Heaven.. There are many local persons doing morning exercise in this park. You could also do morning exercise right here.
Proceed to visit Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. Have late lunch at Yihechuntian Restaurant, which is specilized in Hangzhou Cuisine.
Afternoon, visit Summer Palace with boat cruise. Evening enjoy Kungfushow after tasty dinner at Longtan Restaurant.
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Day 03: Chinese Course (B L D)
You will learn Chinese in a well-known Chinese learning school.
Day 04: Beiing cultural tour (B L D)
This morning tour offers you an unique opportunity of visiting Mr.Bai Dacheng, the China's only craftsman carrying on the tradition of making bristle dolls (Zongren), and experiencing a 30-minute rickshaw drive through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs.
You also expect standing on the Silver Ingot Bridge ( Yinding Bridge ), a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichahai area with surrounding quiet hutongs, and then wandering along the Yandaixiejie ( Tobacco Pipe Lean Street ), a quaint 800-year-old hutong.
Ascending the 67-meter high and two-story Drum Tower dating from 1420 is sure to bring you back to the old Beijing by seeing the big drum tower and having bird's eye view of the surrounding communities of hutongs and siheyuan - existing traditional courtyards in Beijing.
You will have lunch with lcoal family in traditional courtyard.
After lunch, walk to Nanluoguxiang, the 700-year old alley running from north to south. This lane is about 800 meters long with 16 hutongs - 8 hutongs on each side of the lane. The lane is now famous for the cafes and bars and clothing and handcraft shops that line its hutong laneways as well as its traditional hutong and courtyards (siheyuan).
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Then continue to visit continue to visit Lama Temple, also called the Yonghe Lamasery, or Yonghegong. It is the most handsome and impressive Buddhist temple in the city. Lama Temple was built in the 33 Qing Kangxi year (1694) and it is now the largest and best-preserved Lamasery of Yellwo Sect in Beijing.
Finally, head to a nice tea market in the center of Beijing. There you see a tea performance and learn how to conduct your own kungfu tea ritual. The knowledge of tea, tea selection, steeping and savoring will be explained. After simple tea ceremony, you are free on your own in choosing your favorite tea, teapots and teacups.
Transfer back to your hotel.
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Day 05: Chinese Course (B L D)
You will learn Chinese in a well-known Chinese learning school.
Day 06: Beijing excursion tour to the Great Wall (B L D)
Pick up at your hotel around 8:00am. First head to the Underground Palace ( Dingling, part of the Ming Dynasty Tombs complex ). From the Yongle Emperor onwards, 13 Ming Dynasty Emperors were buried in this area. You will visit Dingling, the tomb of the Wanli Emperor, which is the only one of the Ming Dynasty Tombs to have been excavated.
After lunch at Xinshuangquan Restaurant by the Great Wall, continue to drive to Mutianyu Great Wall, which takes about one hour.
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The Mutianyu Great Wall is known for its beautiful surroundings - dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of the year. The great wall winds its way over 1000 meters to the crest of a mountain before turning sharply and dipping downhill, forming a triangle known as the Ox-Horn Wall, Two unique features of this section are the double battlements and branch walls found throughout the area. After the tour, transferred back to your midtown hotel in Beijing.
Day 07: Beijing Exit (B)
Transfer to airport for departure.
Price: USD$644.00* p/p (based on minimum 10 persons, twin sharing room)
Inclusions: six nights accommodation with breakfast; entrance fees and meals as listed; 22-seat coach transfers with experienced driver; fine English speaking guide; tuition fee of Chinese course
Exclusions: tips to the tour guide and driver
** 13 Day Growth Spurt - Combine the teaching techniques and cultural experience of both Beijing and Shanghai by putting the 7 day Learning Beijing and 6 day Learning Shanghai tours together! (10% discount)
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* Price subject to fluctuating exchange rate from USD to AUD
* Price based on 3 star accommodation, options to upgrade to 4 & 5 star available
* All prices are based on 2-4 Adults. Single supplements apply. Reduced pricing for 6+ people available
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