1: Note: Tickets to the Forbidden City are always tight, once we can't book tickets to the Forbidden City, we will go to Jingshan Park near the Forbidden City instead, standing on the top of the hill of the Park, you can still see the overall layout and architecture of the Forbidden City. The group tour guide will meet you around 7:00 am at your own most centrally located Beijing hotel lobby within the second ring road of Beijing. Your first destination is the Forbidden City, which is one of the largest and most impressive ancient imperial palaces with 600 years of history in the world, then explore the Forbidden City along the central axis from south to north for 1.5 hours. Later on, you will learn about some Chinese traditional medicine culture by going to the local health center.

After having a short break, you'll visit the Temple of Heaven -- the largest ancient imperial worship architecture group in the world where the ancient Emperors prayed for good harvest for local farmers. Your lunch will be taken place in an authentic Chinese restaurant.

After Chinese lunch, enjoying a short visit to a pearl gallery and learn about the interesting pearl culture and knowledge. Afterwards, driving about 30 minutes to the Summer Palace, which is the most famous and beautiful Chinese imperial garden. It is regarded as a museum of gardens in China. At the end, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing. Note: Tickets to the Forbidden City are tight all year round, once we can't book tickets to the Forbidden City we will visit Jingshan Park on the south side of the Forbidden City instead of the Forbidden City, standing on the top of the hill in Jingshan Park you can still see the whole layout and architecture of the Forbidden City.