Trip Highlights
Our three tour itineraries offer a choice of unique and insightful experiences for students and visit some of the most iconic places in China:
- Forbidden City, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties it is an architectural wonder
- Temple of Heaven, among the best known religious sites in the city of Beijing
- Tiananmen Square, the world’s largest city square and the site of many important events in Chinese history
- Summer Palace with exquisite gardens, magnificent buildings and wonderful views
- Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, snaking across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus it stretches for 5,500 miles
- Ming tombs, the perfectly preserved mausoleums of 13 emperors of significant historical value
- Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayan Pagoda), a well-preserved ancient pagoda built to house Buddhist artefacts from India, a sacred place for Buddhists
- Terracotta Army, one of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries, features life size terracotta figures of warriors and horses dating from 210 BC
- Shaanxi History Museum, showcasing ancient civilizations and cultural relics
- Chengde, best known for its Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden city formerly used as the summer residence by the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty
- Capital Museum, with its imposing building, exhibitions, technology and collection of cultural relics unearthed in Beijing, is one of the world’s leading museums
- The Bund, Shanghi’s famous waterfront and regarded as a symbol of the city for hundreds of years
- Jade Buddha Temple, home to two precious jade Buddhist statues in Shanghi, rare cultural relics and porcelain artworks
