6 night itinerary:

Day 01.  On arrival in Beijing you will be met by one of our experienced guides and transferred to your chosen centrally located hotel. You will stay at your hotel 6 nights including breakfast. Your first day in Beijing is at leisure.

Day 02. Full day excursion to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Your guide will arrange for a specialist guide from the Palace Museum to provide you with and in-depth introduction of Hutong Tour including a rickshaw ride and as well as the Drum Tower, from which you can have a panoramic view of Hutong area and the Beijing city.

The Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing and is the biggest square in the world. It is 880 meters from north to south and 500 meters from east to west, with total area of 440,000 square meters and can hold one million people.

The magnificent Forbidden City is the largest and the best-preserved imperial palace complex in the world. It has 9,999 rooms in flourishing period with just a single room short of the number that ancient Chinese belief represents 'Divine Perfection' and surrounded by a moat six meters deep and ten-meter high wall. For five centuries, this palace functioned as the administrative center of the country. Hutong: A hutong is an ancient city alley or lane typical in Beijing, where hutongs run into the several thousand. Surrounding the Forbidden City, many were built during the Yuan (1271 A.D. to 1368 A.D.), Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Day 03. Full day excursion to the Great Wall Jinshanling section where you will enjoy a picnic lunch on the Great Wall including a bottle of champagne.

The Great Wall: A great fortification in ancient China. The sections at Badaling & Mutianyu are the most famous of all, due to their proximity to Beijing City and condition of restoration; while the sections at Jinshanling & Simatai, on the way between Beijing and Chengde, are less crowded and with primitive taste of the project.

Day 04. Morning tour to Beijing Zoo where you will have the opportunity to look at our national treasure-Giant Panda, in the afternoon, a relaxing tour to Summer Palace and enjoy the afternoon tea at Aman Summer Palace hotel.

The Beijing Zoo is situated in the Xicheng District and it was the first of its kind to be opened in China. The zoo contains a diverse collection of animals, a number of exhibition halls and some sites of historical interest. The zoo is home to around 450 different species and has a population of some 5,000 animals. Some of the most popular attractions among visitors are the wild and rare animals of China itself, such as the pandas, golden monkeys, milu deer and northeast tigers.

The Summer Palace is Situated 12 kilometers northwest of the downtown and is the largest imperial garden in the world. It is a veritable museum of classical Chinese garden architecture. The initial construction of the Summer Palace began in 1750, commissioned by Emperor Qianlong as a gift for his mother's birthday. The construction took 15 years to complete.

Day 05.  You will be met by your local guide and taken to the facinating Temple of Heaven where local people practice Tai Chi early and do other exercises, if time permits, you have a chance to learn Tai Chi with local people, and a visit of a modern architecture - National Grand Theatre. Your guided tour also takes you to a Chinese cookery school before ending the day in Yonghe Lamasery & the Olympic Green. Enjoy Roast Duck Dinner in the evening.

The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 A.D., during the Ming Dynasty (1368 A.D. to 1644 A.D.) to offer sacrifice to the God of Heaven. As Chinese emperors called themselves "The Son of Heaven", they dared not to build their own dwelling "Forbidden City" bigger than that of the God of Heaven. National Grand Theatre: The spectacular glass and titanium National Grand Theater opened in 2007 in Tiananmen Sqaure besides the Great Hall of the People.

The egg-shaped Opera House, designed by French architect Paul Andreu, was controversial as many local critics felt it was not "Chinese" enough in appearance. The 2,416 seat opera house has 200,000 square meters in floor space and aims to provide an iconic building for China's capital on a par with the iconic Sydney Opera House.

Yonghe Lamasery is the Lama Temple and is the largest and most perfectly preserved lamasery in present day of China. Built initially in 1694 during the Qing Dynasty (1636 A.D. to 1911 A.D.), this building used to be the residence of Emperor Yongzheng when he was just a prince. However, in 1744 the Qing Dynasty formally changed the status of the dwelling to that of a lamasery, and so Yonghe Lamasery became the national centre of Lama Administration.

China Olympic Green Bird Nest was designed for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Olympic events of track and field, football, gavelock, weight throw and discus were held there. Since October, 2008, after the Olympics ended, the National Stadium has been opened as a tourist attraction. Now, it's the center of international or domestic sports competition and recreation activities.

Day 06. Day at leisure to explore Beijing.

Day 07.  Departure transfer to Beijing International Airport for your flight return to the UK.