Private China Tour: 6-Day Beijing-Xi'an by Overnight Train

The tour will begin by personally being picked-up at your hotel in the morning between 8:30am and 9:00am. Your wonderful day will commence at Tian'anmen Square, with a leisurely 30 minute stroll around this world's largest public square. We then head north to Tian'anmen Rostrum with the well known and famously photographed colossal portrait of Mao. Continuing north to the Forbidden City, we will spend 1 1/2 to 2 hours exploring these magnificent ancient grounds. Then climb up the Jingshan Park where you can see the panoramic view of the Imperial Palace. After an appetizingly lunch, we proceed to the Temple of Heaven, the largest Imperial place of worship from ancient times. This special place becomes a park where the local community utilize this beautiful and enormous space for social activities such as singing, dancing, and Taiji practice.

As an optional excursion, you may choose to include the deliciously famous Peking Roast Duck Dinner and the Kongfu Performance at the Red Theatre. Please notify us if would like to take advantage of this special, exciting addition.

You will be picked up at your hotel between 8:00am for a 2 hour drive to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, the most perfect famous and ideal section of the Great Wall. Take the cable car or chair lift up the wall and spend 1 or 2 hours hiking up and down from one section to another, seeing the Watch Towers and marveling at the construction and beauty of the Great Wall. You can take the exhilarating toboggan ride back down the wall or simply return the way you came.

After delicious lunch at a local Chinese restaurant, we head to 798 Dashanzi Art District, where unique art galleries, artist studios, and delicious eateries abound. If you are not interested it then you can also have another choice for shopping at the Silk Market. Here you can find those fun knock-off brand bags, shoes, and watches as well as silk.? There is a little bit of everything here, and you will surely find some great souvenirs to bring home to family and friends. Please note: you should bargain there.

Morning, drive to the Hutongs (old residential area), walking around old Beijing hutong at the downtown area. After a 30 minute drive, we arrive at the Lama Temple, the largest and most well-preserved Tibetian Buddhist Temple in Beijing. After a delicious Chinese local style lunch, we arrive at the Olympic Stadium to visit the the unique architecture of the "Bird Nest" and "Water Cube" (outside view). After that, we take a 20 minute drive to the Summer Palace, a summer resort for Imperial Family Members~considered the best preserved Imperial Park. After dinner at your own cost, you will be dropped off at the train station for the night train to Xi'an. (Z19 four soft sleepers in one cabin 11 hours. Z19: 20:40pm-08:31am +1)

You will be personally escorted from the train station and transferred to the hotel. After check-in, we leave for a visit to the Terra-cotta Warriors Museum which will include the 3 hour discovery tour of the mystery of the Terra-cotta Warriors-widely regarded as one of the eight wonders of the world. Leaving the Museum, we will have a delicious lunch at a local restaurant. For the remainder of the day, visit the Big Goose Pagoda, a very well-known holy place for Buddhism. It is very special as the famous monk, Tan, translated the Buddhist scriptures into Chinese after his journey to India. Then walking around the Muslim Street to end our exciting tour. 

As an optional excursion: Tang Dynasty Show with dumplings. Please notify us if would like to take advantage of this special, exciting addition.

In the morning, visit the Hanyangling Museum, which is also called “JingDi's Tomb”. It is located near the airport about 30km north of Xian City. This is a burial sight for Emperor Jingdi and his wife Empress Wangzhi. This tomb could be dated back to 2,100 years ago. It is the only underground museum in China. We then proceed to tour the Drum Tower & Bell Tower. The Drum Tower was built in 1380 during the early Ming Dynasty, and got its name from the huge drum located within the building. In contrast to the Bell Tower, where bell was stricken at dawn, drum was beat at sunset to indicate the end of the day. In the afternoon, after lunch we will head to the City Wall. During the reign of Hongwu, first emperor of the Ming dynasty, the City Walls were built from the foundations of the walls of the Tang Forbidden City. Ending our exciting tour, then transfer to the train station and take the night train back to Beijing. (Z20; 19:21pm-06:58am +1)

Be picked up at the Beijing West railway station & Transfer to the Beijing hotel or Beijing airport to finish the entire trip ( just private transportation only)

There are 4 exits at the Beijing West Station, the Beijing Chinese speaking driver will meet you at the exit 1 (northwest exit).

Please note:

1) If there are any children join the tour, please email us to check the detailed update price accordingly, thanks.

2) If you would like upgrade the train ticket to deluxe soft sleeper (2 berths in one cabin), please email us to check the update price.