Week 1
Day 1 Airport pick-up / arrive at hotel and have a rest / Students receive cell phones / Arrival ceremony (dinner of Beijing duck)
Day 2 Chinese class / Visit Hutongs at Hou Hai Lake (Traditional homes of the Beijing people)
Day 3 Chinese class / Chinese Acrobatics & Kung Fu show or Peking Opera show
Day 4 Chinese class / Forbidden City trip
Day 5 Chinese class / Free afternoon
Day 6 Ba Da Chu Temple for hiking and Buddhist culture study
Day 7 Jing Shan Park for morning exercise / Bei Hai Park in the afternoon
Week 2
Day 8 Chinese class / Shopping at silk market
Day 9 Chinese class / Picnic at The Summer Palace
Day 10 Chinese class / Temple of Heaven Trip
Day 11 Chinese class / Calligraphy class / Unique “hot pot” style dinner
Day 12 Chinese class / Chinese Foot Massage
Day 13 Great Wall Trip (2 hours outside Beijing)
Day 14 Tea house for tea culture presentation and tasting / Shopping at Wangfujing street
Week 3
Day 22 Chinese class / Chinese Kung Fu class
Day 23 Chinese class / Depart for Xi An (overnight train)
Day 24 Arrive in Xi An / Settle in at hotel / Visit old Xi An and Wild Goose Pagoda / Traditional Shanxi dinner
Day 25 Visit the ancient Terracotta Warriors / Dinner in the Muslim quarter / Depart for Beijing (overnight train)
Day 26 Return to Beijing and rest
Day 27 Shopping at different Beijing markets / Farewell dinner of Beijing Duck
Day 28 Airport drop-off / Return home
Program Fee: $2,850
• Minimum number of students is 12.
• Minimum student age is 13.
• Program fee includes all tuition and materials for Chinese language classes, 2-3 meals per day, all trips, activities and day excursions, cell phone rental, airport pick-up and drop-off.
• Program fee does not include Airfare, medical insurance that students must have in home country prior to arriving in Beijing, passport, Chinese visa and personal expenses.
• Chinese language courses will have two sections (beginner and intermediate). The term “Chinese class” in the schedule above refers to two, back-to-back, 50-minute classes.
