Tour schedule:
Our well-trained English-speaking tour guide & private car/van will pick you up from the hotel at 8:30 in the morning. You will then drive to Tiananmen Square - one of the largest city squares in the world, which can accommodate 1 million people for public gatherings. After 30 minutes touring around Tiananmen Square, you will walk directly into the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City used to be the residence for the Emperors (24 emperors in total) in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties and occupies 72 Hectares(180 Acres).
A traditional Chinese lunch will be arranged at a local friendship store around 12 noon.
In the afternoon, you will visit the Sacred Path, lined with stone animals considered to be the guards of the Emperor's tomb. You will tour to the Changling afterwards, which is the earliest and best preserved tomb in the area. Following the tour, you will be transferred back to the hotel at about 5:30 pm.

Tour includes:                                                                                       
Entrance fee to all attractions listed above                      
Chinese traditional lunch                                                    
Well-trained English-Speaking tour guide                                
Private car/van
Free-bottled mineral water

Tour excludes:                                                          
Hotel fee
Tips to the driver and the guide                                    
Other fees not mentioned above


Kind Notice:
A. There are more than 3 million vehicles in Beijing, and it is said that approximately 30,000 cars are sold every month, so heavy traffic is constant in the city (Rush Hours from 7:30-9:30 in the morning and 16:30-19:30 in the afternoon). We will try our best to tour according to the timetable, but we cannot guarantee that traffic will not delay our schedule. Our tour guide will notify you if a delay occurs. 
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. Barack Obama, the present president of US visited the Forbidden City on Nov. 17, 2009.
D. Non-smoking in the Ming Tombs area