Route 3

Summer Palace + Lunch + Beijing Zoo (Panda Garden) + Capital Museum

Time:	08:30-17:00
Price based on	10 pax: RMB 340
	6-9 pax: RMB 490
	3-5 pax: RMB 550
	2 pax: RMB 840
Departure Date:
Gathering time:	08:15am
Gathering place:	Hotel Lobby
Itinerary:
08:30 Departure for visiting the Summer Palace
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Visit Beijing Zoo，Hall of Giant Panda
14:30 Sightseeing for Capital Museum
17:00 Transfer back to Hotel
Notes:
The Local Tour includes air-conditioning coach, English-speaking tour guide, main entrance admission fees and Chinese lunch.

Brief Introductions of Attractions in this program

In 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List and declared this former imperial garden as " An outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design, incorporating the works of humankind and nature in a harmonious whole." Covering more than 290 hectares with two third of the total area occupied by water, Summer Palace can be divided into political zone and scenery zone.

The original Capital Museum was established in 1981 inside Confucius Temple. Construction of the new site started from 2001 and the brand new museum was open to public on May 18, 2006. The museum is not only the base for the protection and study of cultural relics in the Beijing area, but also the important place for teaching patriotism, history, and science to teenagers.

Beijing Zoo is now the biggest zoo in China with the largest animal species and amount. The highlight of the Beijing Zoo is perhaps the Hall of Giant Panda which is only found in China and recognized as China’s national treasures and symbol. Due to people's love for them and its endangered status, the giant pandas always receive the "VIP" treatment wherever they go. People can tell who lives here by its unique shape of the hall with bamboo, the favorite food for the cute panda baby. In the hall the lush bushes and bamboo make the place no different from the wild habitat of giant panda in southwest China.