1-Day Side Trip to Baoding

- Shijiazhuang-Baoding Tour

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: Zhili Governor' s office Building in Baoding, Western Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty in Baoding. If you have plenty time for your Shijiazhuang sightseeing, we suggest you taking a side trip to the areas around to explore more about China. Among the nearby cities around Shijiazhuang, the trip to Baoding is convenient and worth your visiting. Baoding is about 130 kilometers from Shijiazhuang, with 2 hours' driving. So, it is quick and easy for you to combine Baoding into your Shijiazhuang tour. We sincerely provide you this one-day side trip from Shijiazhuang to Baoding.
Availability: Daily.      Pick-up Point & Time: Your hotel, 8:30am.      Finishing Point & Time: Your hotel, 5:00pm.      Duration: 8 hours.

Tour Itinerary: (Lunch)
This morning, your tour guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel with a greeting board. Then, you will be driven to Baoding. There, you will visit the most famous attraction the Zhili Governor's Office Building, which is the best preserved ancient government building in China and also has relics of the Military Academy in the Qing Dynasty. After visiting Zhili Governor' s Office Building, your guide will take you to the restaurant for lunch. After lunch, you will next be driven to the Western Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty east of Baoding. Finally, you will be driven back to your hotel in Shijiazhuang. (Service End)

Attraction Description
Zhili Governor's Office
Zhili Governor's Office is located in the center of Baoding city. It is the only completely preserved provincial governor's office of the Qing Dynasty, one of the four stations on the international special sightseeing line of the provincial governor's office in feudal China and a cultural relic under state protection.
Western Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty
Western Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are a complex comprising some 14 tombs of the last Imperial Dynasty in China (1644-1911). The tombs contain the remains of emperors, empresses, princes and princesses, an emperor's brother, and imperial concubines. Unlike previous dynasties, the Qing dynasty has two separate tomb complexes, namely eastern Qing tombs and western Qing tombs.