BEIJING
& TOKYO IMPRESSIONS - 8 days/ 6 nights (OTP)
Daily Departure
Our Beijing and
Tokyo Impressions program features an incredible journey to
two Asia's most fascinating tourist destinations. This tour is
designed for travelers with limited time, offering six memorable
nights to sample China’s magnificent ancient civilization in Beijing,
followed by a sensational dose of modern-day excitement in
Tokyo. With a harmonious
mix of “East meets West”, each metropolis embodies its own
distinctive flavor of dynamic city life, fine cuisines and vivacious
entertainment.
In Beijing, you will have the opportunity to visit some of China’s legendary landmarks known to the world's most distinguished travelers. Our tour includes visits to the Forbidden City,
the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing
dynasties built in 1420; Ming Tombs, a group of mausoleums of
13 Ming Emperors, their Empresses and Concubines; the
Summer Palace, a grand imperial palace and a royal garden of the
Qing Dynasty built in the sixteenth century; Tian'anmen
Square, the largest city square in the world and a symbol of New
China; Temple of Heaven, the largest temple compound
and one of the most strictly protected and preserved cultural
heritages of China; and of course, the magnificent Great
Wall of China, the symbol of Ancient Chinese civilization built two millenniums ago.
Destination Tokyo, one of the
most vibrant and modern cities in the world. Its contrasts between the old and the new, the
traditional and modern makes Tokyo an exciting place for travelers
to visit the world over. Your tour includes visits to the
Imperial Palace Plaza, where Edo (old Tokyo) Castle once stood surrounded with
stone walls and moats just east of Marunouchi; Tokyo Tower,
the world's tallest
self-supporting steel tower, 13 meters taller than its model, the
Eiffel Tower of Paris;
and Asakusa, a festive and
quaint city, with the atmosphere of old Japan, that once thrived as
a Senso-ji temple town during the Edo Period.
TOUR
INCLUDES:
Round-trip air from the U.S. via All
Nippon Airways
