West Beijing Half Day Tour

Overview

Tour Type: Exclusive Private Tour

Vehicle: Car or Van

Operates: Daily

Departs: 8:00am or 1:30pm

Returns: 12:00am 5:30pm

Duration: Approx. 4 hours

Pick-up: Your midtown Hotel

Tour Highlights

Take a car tour of the west section of Chang'an Avenue

Pass through Tiananmen Square

Pass through Xidan Commercial Street west of Tiananmen Square

Stop and visit the Financial Street, the city economic center

Pass by China People's Revolution Military Museum

Stop and View the China Millennium Monument ushering in the Year 2000

Ascend the old CCTV Tower to have a bird's-eye view of Beijing

Tourist Attraction Description

Beijing Chang'an Avenue - A major through route in Beijing. With the Tiananmen Tower and the Tiananmen Square as its centers, The Chang'an Avenue extends 46 kilometers between the Tongzhou Canal Square in the east and Shijingshan District in the west. It is regarded as the widest and longest street in the world, the political and cultural hub in China. Many organizations and departments of the Central Government are located on both sides of the street.

Tiananmen Square - Tiananmen Square is the heart and symbol of Beijing and is the biggest square in the world, occupying an area of 440,000 square meters (about 109 acres), and able to accommodate 10,000,00 people at one time. Located in the downtown Beijing.

Xidan Commercial Street - It is well known for commerce, entertainment, dinning, and finance etc. It is the second modern street in Beijing just after Wangfujing Street. The street is totally 5.4 km long. Its runs through three commercial areas of Xidan, Xisi and Xinjiekou. You can find the famous Xidan Department Store, the Xidan Shopping Center, the Xiangyun Chinese Fine Goods Store, a street market and a big flower market.

Financial Street - The financial street is 1700m long from north to south and and 600 wide from east to west. Over 200 big enterprises have moved into the financial street. The financial street will become financial center of financial institutions and business buildings in Beijing. At same time it will be equipped with all kinds of service facilities like telecommunication, business, catering and cultural and entertainment etc.

Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution - The museum consists of two 4-story wings and a main building of 7 stories topped with the gilded emblem of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. It holdss over 500 photographs and over 1,000 mementos of the Chinese revolution led by Mao Zedong for a course of half a century.

China Millennium Monument - The China Millennium Monument is dubbed China' s symbolic and commemorative structure to usher in the Year 2000 the new Millennium. It is a present for the 21th century world from the Chinese people, standing in China' s capital Beiling for ever. The China Millennium Monument occupies an area of 4.5 hectares and a total floor space of about 42,000 square metres.

The China Central Television ( CCTV ) Tower - The highest building in Beijing, China. It has an observation platform at the height of 238m, and the top of its antenna rod is as high as 405m. It offers a panoramic view over the city from its revoving restaurant and watch deck. It is listed as one of the members of the World Federation of Great Towers.