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$60 $58
Per Person
Ming Tombs of Dingling & Mutianyu Great Wall Bus Tour
1 day
Persons 19+
English
Destination 2
Mutianyu Great Wall & Underground Palace(Dingling Tomb) Bus Tour Departure: Daily |
Itinerary:Pick-up travelers from hotel on departure time between 7:30am and 8:00am, and then drive to the Ming Tombs (Dingling) the best-preserved Chinese imperial tombs with 500 years history. Dingling is the underground mausoleum of Emperor Wan Li. The Underground Palace Halls, a labyrinth palace building, were the first royal tomb excavated in accordance with plan in China. Sightseeing for 1 hours. End the visit of Ming Tombs at about 11:00am, before having Chinese traditional lunch 11:30am, travelers have 45 minutes to have a short visit of Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is very famous special local product, it was not only the excellent skill on carving, but also mixes many Chinese traditional cultures in the jade carving. After having lunch, then driving to Mutianyu Great Wall. The hike on Badaling Great Wall takes 2 hours. Mutianyu Great Wall is known for its beautiful surroundings – dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of a year. If you want to reach the highest point, cable car is a good choice (optional). You are returned to the downtown Beijing, you will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional Tea Ceremony. After the tour, transferred back to hotel around 5:30pm. |
Ming Tombs Travel Tips:For many visitors, the visit to Ming Tombs is not as important as the visit to Forbidden City, Summer Palace and the Great Wall of China. But generally it is quite worth having a glimpse on a combined journey to or back from the Great Wall since the location of Ming Tombs is quite accessible on the way to the bits of the Great Wall of China – Juyongguan, Badaling and Mutianyu. Of course, their accessibility is not the only reason for being worth visiting. Listed as UNESCO world cultural heritage, Ming Tombs provide people a kind of real experience. They tell why this complex is a popular place for native Chinese, especially those who are attracted by history. 1. Of all the 13 imperial tombs in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), only three are open to the public: Changling, Dingling and Zhaoling (“ling” literally means “Tomb” in Chinese). After the two-hour tour of the Underground Palace, Large dining at a local restaurant. After Chinese lunch, head to Mutianyu Great Wall. The Mutianyu Great Wall is known for its beautiful surroundings – dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of a year. This section of the Great Wall is located in Huairou District 80km on the northeast of Beijing. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, Mutianyu section of Great Wall used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs. There are three ways to get onto the Wall when you get to the base of Mutianyu Great Wall. Apart from hiking up on foot (half an hour), you can choose take cable car or chair lift (Optional). To get down the wall,you can also take Toboggan slide down (Optional). |
Mutianyu Great Wall Travel Tips:Three Ways to Go up to Mutianyu Great Wall When you get off the ferry shuttle bus going from the shuttle bus terminal near the ticketing office, you still need to walk along an accessible stone path (600 meters long) leading up first to the starting point for chairlift (or toboggan down), second to the walking path up to the Wall and last to the starting point for cable car up to the Wall respectively. So the mostly used Cable Car Station is at the end of the 600-meter stone slope. That said, there are three ways to go up to Mutianyu Great Wall. 1) Taking chairlift to the Great Wall – to the 6th Watchtower (or where you can take a toboggan down). The Most Beautiful Part of Mutianyu Great Wall Price Information: Opening Hours: Drive back to downtown Beijing and pass by the Olympic Green, having a distant view of both the National Stadium – the “bird Nest” and National Aquatics Center – the Water Cube. Then you are arranged to rewind yourself by tasting the famous Chinese tea and enjoying Chinese tea ceremony in a big Chinese tea market. After the whole day tour, you are returned to your different hotels around 5:30m. Lunch: Typical Chinese lunch |
Just a Kindly Reminder:This group day tour is available daily all the year round. Each morning, you will be picked up from your midtown hotel, then you will go visit the major attractions together with other tourists. Groups are kept to about 10-15 passengers in an air-conditioned coach or van with a professional Beijing chauffeur and a licensed Beijing English speaking tour guide on board who will pass on their knowledge of the sites including facts, stories and local information. There are none shopping stops on the tour. 1. On the evening before your tour departure early next morning, you will get a call to your hotel room or message at your hotel front desk from your tour guide to reconfirm your next morning’s pickup time which is normally set around 7:00am. |
Travel Tips:Wear casually and pay attention to the climate in Beijing. |
Special Features: Only English-speaking travelers in the coach; |
Add-ons:If you have some free time in the evening, you are kindly advised to join some of the Beijing night shows or night tours below to supplement your daytime activity. |
- Departure FromYour Hotel or Apartment
- Departure TimePlease ready by 07:30 AM for a prompt departure at 08:00 AM
- Return TimeApproximately 5:30 PM
- IncludedHotel pick-up and drop-off;Entrance tickets;Typical chinese lunch;English speaking tour guide;Two pre-arranged shopping stops;Air-conditioned tour coach.
- Not IncludedFee of the cable car;Fee of the slideway;Tips for the tour guide and driver;Traveler insurance;Any surcharges;Personal expenses.
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I really liked how she told us stories about the history of the wall and Chinese folklore. She gave us great info about the wall itself and our options of how to get up/down.