Tour Highlights

• Visit to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
• Walk along the Great Wall
• The Terracotta Warriors (Qin Emperor’s Tomb)
• The Summer Palace
• Circus Acrobatic Performance

DAY 1 DEPARTURE - Enjoy full-meal service on your scheduled flight to Beijing.

DAY 2 BEIJING - You will be met by an English speaking guide and transferred to your hotel in a good location. Dinner will be at a good local restaurant.

DAY 3 BEIJING - Beijing is one of the most fascinating cities in the world and our sightseeing will start at Tiananmen Square, the largest in the world and the centre of the capital city, very much the symbol of modern China. We will pass through the Heavenly Gate into the Forbidden City, the largest ancient palace where 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived since the 15th century. Our day will also include a visit to the Temple of Heaven, considered to be the perfection of Ming architecture.

DAY 4 BEIJING - Today we continue to one of the world's greatest architectural wonders, the world famous Great Wall, 4,000 miles long and dating back to China's first dynasty (Qin dynasty). We visit the most famous and magnificent section of the wall at Ba Da Ling. On the return to Beijing we visit the Ming Tombs, the underground palace where 13 Chinese Emperors are buried in an exquisite valley setting. An evening Circus Acrobatic Performance is on our schedule.

DAY 5 BEIJING - OVERNIGHT TRAIN TO XIAN - This morning we visit Beihai Park, popular with local residents. After lunch, we take train K55 (soft sleeper), which drives through the night.

DAY 6 ARRIVE XIAN - TERRACOTTA WARRIORS - XIAN - We arrive in Xian and will be met by a local English speaking guide. After transfer to your hotel, we have breakfast. We will then see the ancient city wall of Ming dynasty and ascend the Bell Tower on Xian's city gates. After lunch we will visit the Museum of the Qin Emperor's Tomb (Terracotta Warriors), an archaeological site displaying the life-like army of terracotta warriors and horses that guard the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi, the first emperor of China.

DAY 7 XIAN - FLIGHT TO BEIJING - We will begin our morning with a visit to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a seven-storey structure built in 652 AD. Our day continues with a visit to the Banpo Museum, which contains the meticulously restored ruins of a 6,000 year-old Neolithic village. This afternoon we take a flight to Beijing.

DAY 8 BEIJING - This morning we will visit the Summer Palace, where royal families came for rest and relaxation. Our day continues with a visit to the True Awakening Temple. Today the temple houses the Beijing Museum of Stone Carvings with a collection of over 2,000 pieces of stone carvings from ancient times. This evening we will have a special Beijing Duck dinner.

DAY 9 BEIJING - Our final day in Beijing will begin with a visit to Beijing Zoo, which contains over 550 species and of course panda bears, which have their own section of the zoo. Our day will conclude on Wangfujing Street in the heart of Beijing. The street is often called the "Champs Elysees of the East" and has recently been renovated as a pedestrian street.

DAY 10 BEIJING TO LONDON - Your guide escorts you to the airport for your return flight home. Your flight arrives back in the UK the same day.

Price Range - £1025 - £1245
Depending on month of travel and group size