Beijing Discovery 

This holiday concentrates on Beijing, a city that has truly seen it all. Your Beijing sightseeing will leave you with a special appreciation for this ancient city that tells its story with matchless grace and beauty.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTSTiananmen Square - The Forbidden City - The Great Wall - Summer Palace

DEPARTURE DATES: Daily departures.

WHAT THE PRICE INCLUDES:
• Scheduled flights from Dublin to Beijing. (The tour price is based on a specific airfare. A surcharge may apply if this fare is unavailable)
• Transfers to and from hotels.
• 6 night’s accommodation in first class hotels. • In some areas, such as National Parks and small towns, this standard may not exist and accommodation may be more simple or rustic.
• Professional local guides.
• Breakfast daily and four lunches.
• Sightseeing as described.
• Entrance fees where applicable. Connections may be available from other Irish airports. Please call for details.

NOT INCLUDED:
• Taxes
• Insurance (From €40 per person)
• Meals other than those listed, gratuities to driver and guide.

VISAS: A visitor’s visa is required to enter China.

BEIJING EXTENSION: Extend you stay in Beijing for a few days. From €45 per person per night. Single supplement €45.

HONG KONG EXTENSION: Prices from €529 per person (Single Supplement €135). The price includes flights to and from Hong Kong, airport meet and greet, return airport transfers, city sightseeing tour and two nights accommodation in a 4* Hotel.

No Pricing available for August due to Olympics.

Prices:

Jul...................1,249
Sep – Nov.........1,169           
01 – 14 Dec......1,099           
15 – 24 Dec......1,199       
25 – 31 Dec......1,099

TOUR HOTELS

Grand View Garden hotel or similar Above hotel subject to change, confirmed list of hotels will be given on confirmation of booking

ESCORTED FACILITIES

This is an independent tour with private arrangements. On all departures you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel by airport shuttle bus. There will be a local guide/driver on all sightseeing tours. These tours are not exclusively for our passengers. Commentary on all tours is in English only.

Holiday Details

Duration 8 Day Tour From 23-07-2008 to 31-12-2008
Accomodation
 First class hotels Depart
 Dublin/Cork/Belfast
Bedroom
 Twin Prices From
 € 1,099 Per person excl. taxes
Includes Please contact Carlota on
+353-1-2412347 or email: cmexia@gohop.com for more information and availability.

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Itinerary

Introduction

On our Independent Touring Holidays, you will be picked up at the airport and you will be taken on guided sightseeing and city tours but you may not be part of a group. You will have local contact numbers for the relevant local representative if assistance is required at any stage.

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, 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.

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