Page 8 - China 14 Day Sample Itinerary

This afternoon drive outside the city to the fabled DAY 04 BEIJING Summer Palace, resort of the Empress Dowager. Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch Royal families as far back as a thousand years ago came here for rest and recreation. Walk slowly along the famous Long Corridor with its Painted Gallery At 8:30 AM be ready in the lobby of the Regent Hotel (each archway depicts a different scene) and enjoy the in preparation for a full-day of exploring. peacefulness of Kunming Lake, Seventeen-Arch Bridge, Longevity Hill, and the famous Marble Boat, Visit the Mutianyu section of the extraordinary 2000 - year-old Great Wall of China, one of the most commissioned in 1888 by the Empress Dowager Cixi spectacular structures ever built by man. The wall (using foreign aid intended to modernize the Chinese Navy). The reconstructed Suzhou Street, with its snakes its way from east to west for nearly 4,000 colorful shops and tea gardens, following the old miles. The Great Wall was built and rebuilt by a traditions of service, takes you back to China's succession of Chinese emperors to keep out the imperial past. marauding hordes of nomads who from time to time swept into China - in much the same way as the wind from the Gobi still sweeps in seasonal sand Overnight: Regent Hotel – Executive Room storms which suffocate the city. Enjoy a cable car ride to the peak where you will have spectacular views of the area. You will also have time to climb the wall at your own pace.