Our Price: from $119 (per person, based on double occupancy)
Available: Daily
Depart from: Beijing
Highlights: You can visit: Summer Palace, Chinese Silicon Valley, Beijing University.
You can experience: Tea house
Day 1 : |
Maybe you've been to Summer Palace before along the traditional travel route. While you may not know that the west bank of Kunming Lake is the paradise for local people. There are fewer tourists and more stunning view. In the morning, you will be escorted by your guide to the west area of Summer Palace, where you are able to see the local people doing morning exercise and you are welcome to join them!
Then you will have a chance to experience the modern side of Beijing including Zhong Guan Cun Silicon Valley as well as the Beijing University.
Zhong Guan Cun is the high tech area of Beijing. The largest Computer market is filled with various digital products and if you like, you can bargain satisfying products at the lowest price.
This district is also the education focus area. Many famous universities and the popular English training school gather here. Beijing University is the Chinese Oxford, which used to be a prince's mansion and garden in Qing dynasty, and now it becomes the top-ranking university in China. You will surely visit the garden-style campus, and have a better knowledge of the Chinese education system. You will not miss the visit of newly built gymnasium in Beijing University, which will host the ping-pong games in 2008 Olympic.
At night, if you like, you can relax yourself and enjoy the tea in Laoshe Tea House, which is the favorite tea house for local Beijing people (optional). |
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