Private Tour to Shilinxia Glass Platform and 798 Art District with Cable Car
Plan your Beijing excursion to escape the bustle and hustle of city life? The Shilinxia Scenic Area is a good destination out of Beijing city to touch the unique stone and rock formations in a 6-km long valley or gorge. With the newly opened glass sightseeing platform which claimed to be the largest sightseeing platform in the world, to challenge yourself! Walking out on this UFO-shaped structure provides an experience and views not found anywhere else. While 798 is the biggest space for cultural, artistic, commercial activities, fashion show ect; This private full-day tour from Beijing ensures a personalized experience, including English speaking tour guide, private vehicle, entrance fee, cable car round trip at Shilinxia, and Chinese lunch.
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Private Tour
Your tour guide will pick you up at 7:30am in your hotels lobby by holding your name sign
Pickup included
What's included in Private Tour to Shilinxia Glass Platform and 798 Art District with Cable Car
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Shilingxia Scenic Area
Your English speaking guide and private car will pick you up in your hotel's lobby, then heading to the Shilinxia Scenic area.The trip will take about 2 hours. On the way you will enjoy beautiful countryside and farmland view. Upon arrival at the Shilinxia Scenic area, spend 2-3 hours of exploring at the Scenic area and enjoy yourself without feeling like you are being rushed from one point to another. Take the cable car up to the mountain to overlook the amazing views, and hike about another 30 minutes to 1 hour to go up to the glass sightseeing platform. The glass sightseeing platform, billed as “Flying Disk/UFO”, opened to the public on April 30, 2016. The glass platform hangs 32.8 metres out from the cliff, 11 meters longer than the Grand Canyon Skywalk inside the Grand Canyon National Park in the United States. It is claimed to be the largest sightseeing platform in the world.The sightseeing platform is constructed with titanium alloys, which are widely utilized in aeronautical and space fields, but first time for daily life until today in China.The purpose of using titanium alloys to build this platform is to ensure the safety of all the visitors on the platform.
798 Art Zone
After your adventure, you will stop at a local restaurant for a delicious Chinese lunch. Then relax on the way back to Beijing, you will visit 798 art district. Located in the Dashanzi area, to the northeast of central Beijing, 798 Arts Zone is the site of state-owned factories in 1950s including Factory 798, originally produced electronics. Attracted by the Bauhaus Style buildings and convenient transportation in this tranquil area, artists began to gather to re-make the factory spaces, gradually developing them into galleries, art centers, artists' studios, design companies, restaurants, and bars. Accompanied by your friendly tour guide, you will walk around this huge area, and feast your eyes on the studios and design companies. Your tour ends with drop-off at your hotel.
Inclusions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Transport in a comfort vehicle
- Entrance fee
- Experienced English-speaking guide
- Two ways cable car
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Pickup and Dropoff
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Additional Information
We will pick you up in the lobby of your hotel if your hotel is within the 4th ring road of Beijing city, if your hotel is out of the 4th ring road, you can travel to city to meet our guide or hotel pick up may have extra cost
