2-Day Private Imperial Beijing Trip from Shanghai by Fast Train

Day 1: Bullet train to Beijing from Shanghai

1. The Palace Museum
   1h 30m · Admission ticket included
   You will be picked up by our driver and take a morning bullet train from Shanghai,you can enjoy the scene and experience the difference landscape from south to north. once you arrive, our guide will meet you at Beijing railway station(Lunch at your own arrangement in the train).
   
   Your Beijing trip start to explore the UNESCO-listed sights Forbidden City , see the 600 hundred years Old Royal Palace, visit 24 emperors lived rooms accompanied by your professional guide. Learn about the life of the ancient emperors and the stories of the concubines, explore the unknown stories from the Forbidden City.
2. Shichahai Scenic Resort
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Then take a Hutong Tour to Shichahai area, it’s a famous scenic area in the northwest part of Beijing, surrounding places of historic interest and scenic beauty, and combine old-style local residences, Hutong and Courtyard. You can relax yourself to enjoy the view and architecture. Need to mention the charming Houhai Bar Street in the area, it attracts a lot people coming here for leisure. Having a dinner in Best Peking duck restaurant--DaDong. Later you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.

Day 2: Great wall experience with temple of Heaven

1. Mutianyu Great Wall
   2h 30m · Admission ticket included
   Meet your guide at Hotel lobby in the morning, then drive to Mutianyu Great Wall directly. You will take a cable way to visit one of the best-preserved and best-known Great Wall sections-Mutianyu Great Wall. Enjoy the marvels surrounding natural scenery and the tensely distributed Watchtowers. It will take you 3 hours to see whole scenic area. You will have a lunch there.
2. Temple of Heaven
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Afterwards drive back to city then go to visit Temple of Heaven,which was originally used by the Ming and Qing emperors to pay homage to Heaven and to pray for a year of rich harvest, it is the largest worshipping consrtuctions from Ming and Qing dynasty, you will also see many locals play Taichi, sing songs, or dance here. It's now a very popular place particularly for Beijing's seniors. You can experience the local people retired life.
   
   At the end, transfer to Railway station, take bullet train back to Shanghai, our driver will pick you up and send you to hotel.

Pickup details

Any hotel in Shanghai city center

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness