Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
Meet your guide in your Beijing hotel lobby at 8 a.m., and start the from visiting the Temple of Heaven. As a Taoist temple, it used to be the place where the Ming and Qing emperors performed their ritual ceremonies. The best time to visit is in the morning to catch a glimpse of local senior citizens exercising, practicing Taichi, playing Shuttlecock, singing, dancing, or doing ground calligraphy.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Site of Ming City Wall Park, No.9 Chongwenmen East Main Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing China
Continue to see the Ming City Wall Ruins Park. Drink in the park’s peaceful atmosphere and see its showpiece: the last remaining, and restored section of the 15th-century wall that once encircled Beijing. Admire the 2-kilometer Ming-era edifice, noting its brickwork and bullet holes, and climb the Southeast Corner Watchtower to see exhibitions, the largest arrow tower existing in China with 144 windows.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mutianyu Great Wall, Mutianyu Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District, Beijing China
Lunch will be served in a fancy restaurant nearby the Great Wall, where you could overlook the whole Wall at Mutianyu. After that, continue to see the Great Wall at Mutianyu. It was built and restored in the early Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), on the remnants of a wall originally built in the Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577). You will take the cable car for both ways and spend more time on the actual wall.
Duration: 3 hours