| Destination |
Beijing Olympics & Sports Tour |
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As Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic committee, announced Beijing as the host for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in the World Trade Centre in Moscow, wild cheers and hearty applause ever Olympic Games for the world’s most populous nation. Beijing won in a landslide victory in the second round ballot with 56 votes from 105 voting IOC members, ahead of Toronto with a distant 22, paris18 and Istanbul 9. Osaka, which received six votes, was eliminated in the first round. The slogan for 2008 Olympic Games is “One World, One Dream”. It’s symbolizing an Olympian rooted in peace, unity and friendship. |
| Tour itinerary |
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| Day 01 |
Our English tour guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the hotel. In the evening, attend a welcome banquet featuring Beijing Roast Duck, specially prepared for you! (D) |
| Day 02 |
Visit the Badaling Great Wall (As the old Chinese saying tells: "No one is a real man unless he has climbed the Great Wall"). Then visit the famous Ming Tombs which was built from 1409 A.D. -1644 A.D, where 13 emperors of the Ming (1368-1644) and their empresses and concubines were buried. (B, L, D) |
| Day 03 |
After breakfast, you'll visit Tiananmen Square. Then you will enter the Forbidden City, the home of Chinese Emperors for more than 500 years. After lunch, we will visit the Beijing Sport University which is place to bring up the athletes, and there bring up the so many world champions like Liuxia, Zhangzengguo, Wangyifu, Luoxuejuan, Wangxu and ext. You can obtain the sign of the Olympic players. (B, L, D) |
| Day 04 |
Today we will visit the Nation Olympic Sports Centre which has the Olympic sized swimming pool. Some of the Olympic swimming games will hold in this place. After breakfast, we will visit the Asian Games Village, it was built for the 11th Asian Games, which was successfully held in Beijing 1990. We will visit the Temple of Heaven. (B, L, D) |
| Day 05 |
Visit the Summer Palace which encompasses Longevity Hill and a series of palaces, pavilions, terraces and covered walks strung out along the northern shore of Kunming Lake. Finish the happy tour in Beijing. We hope you are not only satisfied your eyes and your stomach, and also have a well know about Beijing Olympic Games. |
