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Beijng Discovery
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Day 1 FLIGHT TO BEIJING Depart for Beijing. During the flight enjoy the in-flight service including meals, bar service and the latest feature films. Day 2 BEIJING Morning arrival in Beijing where you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure. Day 3 BEIJING Today enjoy a full day tour including Tiananmen Square, the largest public square in the world, and the Palace Museum, known as the Forbidden City. This was the former Imperial palace, surrounded by walls 11m high and a wide moat. Our tour also includes a visit to The Temple of Heaven. This was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests. Day 4 BEIJING Drive north today to the Great Wall, 50 miles from Beijing. The Great Wall stretches almost 4,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the sands of Central Asia and is crowned one of the wonders of the world. It is one of the most amazing feats of human labour. We also visit the Changling Tomb Museum, these Ming Tombs are the burial grounds of thirteen Ming Dynasty emperors. Changling, the largest and the oldest of the thirteen, is Emperor Zhu Di's tomb. Day 5 BEIJING Today we visit the Summer Palace, twenty kilometres north-west of Beijing, which has a history of over eight hundred years and is the best preserved of all Imperial Palace gardens. We also visit Beijing Zoo, which exhibits wild and rare animals in China, such as the Panda and the Golden Monkey. Our tour also includes a visit to an elegant and ancient temple known as the Lama Temple, which is the largest and most perfectly preserved lamasery in present day China. Day 6 BEIJING This morning enjoy a Hutong tour (the narrow backstreets) to catch a glimpse of daily life before viewing old Imperial City relics. Our tour today will also include a visit to the Century Altar. Day 7 BEIJING Enjoy today at leisure in Beijing, the cultural, political and intellectual centre of China. Beijing is a fast-growing, dynamic metropolis just waiting to be explored. Day 8 BEIJING Time for some last minute shopping and sightseeing before transferring to the airport for your flight home. |
Holiday Details
| Duration |
8 days |
From |
01-04-2007 to 31-05-2008 |
Accomodation
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First class hotels |
Depart
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Dublin
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Prices From
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€ 1,246 Jul & Aug
€ 1,189 dec
€ 1,149 Apr & May
€ 1,149 Sep – Nov
€ 1,119 March
€ 1,119 Jun
€ 1,049 Jan & Feb
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| Includes |
Flights, Hotels, Breakfast daily, 4 lunches.
For further information, please call Orla on (01) 2412309 |
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