Code | GWTC-11J | Activity | Great Wall Trek |
Duration | 1 day | Challenging level | |
Popularity rank |
Group size | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Price(USDeach) | $ 278.00 | $ 168.00 | $ 145.00 | $ 125.00 | $ 115.00 | $ 105.00 | $ 95.00 |
The Palace Museum ,also known as the Forbidden City or Purple Forbidden City,was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties.In the feudal society,emperors had supreme power,so this residence was certainly a forbidden place.Purple was the symbolic color of the North Star,which was believed to be the center of the cosmos.
It is located in the centre of Beijing and rectangular in shape,960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west.The Forbidden City is enclosed by a moat 52 meters wide and a city wall ten meters high.At each corner of the wall is a magnificent watch-tower.
The Greatwall was a gigantic defensive project and its construction first began in the seventh century BC.During the Warring States Period,the rival kingdoms of central and northern China built walls around their territories for self-protection.The main kingdoms were Qi,Chu,Yan,Han,Zhao,Wei and Qin.The high walls and fortresses constructed by three kingdoms of Qin,Zhao and Yan as a defense project against the nomadic tribes.Massive contractions of the Greatwallwere concentrated in the Qin,Han and Ming dynasties.Mutianyu Pass was built in 1404.The unique features of this section are the “double sides battlements” and “branch walls”.Another unique feature is that this area has dense woods and rich pastures with beautiful landscape all year round.
Start at 8:30 o’clock from your hotel,Driving to Tian’an men Square ,walk to the Forbidden City.And then drive to the restaurant which is by the great wall ,we have lunch there.We are going to Mutianyu Greatwall after lunch.And move back to Beijing after the wall,Finish the happy tour.
Tips
We could not do this tour on Monday because The Forbidden City is closed.
1) High standard of service
2) No shopping stop, no hidden cost
3) Very experienced guide and driver
4) Comfortable air-condition vehicles with official license
5) Unlimited bottle water
Sunglasses, sun cream, backpack, comfortable running shoes. raincoat or umbrella(it’s raining season in June and July in Beijing)
Transport and the driver, Entrance tickets, English speaking tour guide, meals as mentioned, drinking water.
Travel insurance, other personal expense (cable car, slide rail and so on), gratuities to guide and driver (2:1) .
We make our hike fit what our clients are looking for, whether it’s an easy hike or challenging or somewhere in between.
Trek club knows a large variety of hikes and avoids the busy touristy areas. We are always finding more areas to explore.
© 2024 Greatwall Trekclub. All Rights Reserved.