Imperial Beijing — 4 days

The Forbidden City, the Great Wall and the hutongs. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & hutongs; Forbidden City & Tiananmen; Great Wall at Mutianyu; Summer Palace & departure.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival & hutongs

• 14:00 — Arrival at Beijing PEK / PKX
• 16:00 — Airport Express metro → centre — Aéroport → Dongzhimen
• 17:30 — Hotel check-in — Quartier Dongcheng
• Walk to the hutongs — Quartier Dongcheng → Nanluoguxiang
• 19:00 — Stroll through the Nanluoguxiang hutongs — Nanluoguxiang
• Taxi to Qianmen — Nanluoguxiang → Quanjude, Qianmen
• 20:30 — Peking duck — Quanjude, Qianmen

Day 2 — Forbidden City & Tiananmen

• 08:00 — Tiananmen Square — Centre Pékin
• Walk to the Forbidden City — Centre Pékin → Gugong
• 09:00 — Forbidden City — Gugong
• Walk to Jingshan — Gugong → Jingshan
• 13:00 — Zhajiangmian noodle lunch — Jingshan
• Walk to the park — Jingshan → Jingshan Park
• 14:30 — Jingshan Park — view over the Forbidden City — Jingshan Park
• Taxi to the Temple of Heaven — Jingshan Park → Tiantan
• 16:00 — Temple of Heaven — Tiantan
• Taxi back to Dongcheng — Tiantan → Dongcheng
• 19:30 — Mongolian hot pot dinner — Dongcheng

Day 3 — Great Wall at Mutianyu

• 07:30 — Private minibus → Mutianyu (1h30) — Pékin → Mutianyu
• 09:30 — Chairlift up to the wall — Mutianyu
• 10:00 — Hike along the Great Wall — Mutianyu
• 13:00 — Toboggan ride down — Mutianyu
• 14:00 — Lunch in a local village — Mutianyu
• 16:00 — Back to Beijing
• 20:00 — Dinner on Wangfujing Snack Street — Wangfujing

Day 4 — Summer Palace & departure

• 08:30 — Summer Palace — Yiheyuan
• 12:00 — Lunch near the lake — Yiheyuan
• Taxi to the market — Yiheyuan → Silk Street Market
• 14:00 — Silk Market — Silk Street Market
• 16:30 — Airport Express → PEK/PKX
• 19:30 — Return flight