Tour schedule:
Day 1 (Feb 11): Beijing Arrival
Our English-speaking tour guide and private vehicle will pick you up from the International Capital Airport and then transfer to your hotel. You can recover from jetlag in the remaining time of the day.
Meal: none
Day 2 (Feb 12): City tour
Hotel pick-up by your guide and driver at 8:30. Then take a full day tour to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven. Be transferred back to the hotel afterwards.
Be picked up again at 6:30 pm to enjoy the famous Peking Duck dinner. Go back to the hotel afterwards.
Meal: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Day 3(Feb 13): Great Wall + Festival Activities
9:00 am: Hotel pick-up by our guide and driver, then transfer to the famous Great Wall at Mutianyu where you will become the "hero"at the last day of year OX (2009 is the year of OX). After climbing the wall, be transferred back to the city at Hutong Area, where many traditional dwellings still stand today.
12:30: Visit a local family first and enjoy a festival lunch with the host and hostess.
1:30 pm: Hutong rickshaw tour, you'll ride on a rickshaw(2 persons per rickshaw) to travel along these hundreds-year old small alleys while listening to the stories told by your guide. You will also make a short stop at the bell tower, which offers a view of the entire Hutong area.
2:30 pm: Enjoy shopping with the host/hostess to the local markets, as well as at a silk store to find a Festival dress called a "Tangzhuang".
4:00 pm: Back at the home of the family, enjoy writing Chinese Couplets and making dumpling with the family.Say good bye to the local family and leave for your hotel.
6:00 pm: Arrive at your hotel and take a short rest. Put on your newly-bought Tangzhuang and leave for the CCTV tower to attend the big New Years Party.
8:00 pm: Arrive at the CCTV tower and enjoy a big festival dinner at the revolving restaurant.Then experience a fabulous festival performance(singing, dancing,comedy,etc. organized by CCTV Tower) with hundreds of other local and foreign guests.
00:00 : enjoy a breath-taking view of the fireworks and the city from the top of CCTV tower. Later on, be transferred back to the hotel.
01:00 am: arrive at your hotel, say good-bye to your guide and driver, and enjoy a lovely New Year!
Meal: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Day 4 (Feb 14): Temple Fair
Hotel pick-up at 9:00 am, then enjoy a 2-hour tour at Temple Fair at Ditan Park (Temple of Earth) – which used to be the place where the emperors to performed their worship to the God of Earth in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties. This Temple Fair is very traditional and holds a high reputation in Beijing.
Lunch will be arranged in a restaurant called "Jindingxuan" next to the Ditan Park.
In the afternoon, visit another Temple Fair at Chaoyang Park,the largest park in the city. In 2010, Chaoyang Park joins hands with Athens to features on "Romance & Love", which will make this Temple Fair more international and fashionable and adding the colors to Valentine's day.
Be transferred back to your hotel at 5:30 pm. Dinner on your own.
Meal: Breakfast + Lunch
Day 5 (Feb 15): Leave Beijing
Hotel check-out & Pick-up based on your flight information. Be transferred to the airport to catch your flight from home/next destination. The lovely tour ends!
Price: From US $509/RMB 3360
Tour Includes:
4 nights Hotel accommodation with breakfast include daily
Entrance fees to attractions listed in the itinerary
Hutong tour fee (including rickshaw, bell tower visit, local guide)
Hutong family visit and related expenses (lunch, drinking, snacks, fireworks)
Fabulous dinner at CCTV Tower and New Year's Party fees in it
*Well-trained English-Speaking tour guide
Private car/van
Free-bottled mineral water
Tour Excludes:
Cable car of the Great Wall
Tips to the driver, guide, local family, waiter or waitress at TV Tower(optional)
Personal expenses
Fees not mentioned above
Featured Hotels:
| Hotel Level |
Five Star |
Four Star |
Three Star |
Two Star |
| Hotel Name |
Crowne Plaza Wangfujing |
Howard Johnson Paragon |
Harmony Hotel |
City Youth Hostel |
| Second Option |
Beijing Hotel |
Jinqiao Apartment Hotel |
Xuanwumen Business Hotel |
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Kind Notice:
A. On Feb 13, considering that the party fee on the top of CCTV Tower is too expensive, our guide will not stay with you through the dinner and party, but she/he will stay not far from the tower, should you have any questions or need any help, please don't hesitate to place a call to him/her. In addition, the staffs at TV Tower may speak simply English, and there're also some English-speaking foreigners attending the party, we bet you will enjoy this fabulous dinner and the party show very much.
B. There will be an extended amount of walking during this tour, therefore it is recommended that you wear sport shoes and clothes which are suitable for outdoor activities.
C. Winter is cold in Beijing, the temperature during the period of Spring Festival is low, it is roughly between 3℃ ( 37℉,day time) to-10℃(14℉ night time, ), please select your warm clothes accordingly.