Explore! Beijing Summer Vacation Tour and Study Program (candidates of all ages and nationalities welcome!)

  China

• Beijing: 
Beijing
• All Other Areas in China: 
Shijiazhuang

Term: Summer 

Description: Join us this summer as we explore Beijing in our Tour and Study Program! Teach Abroad, Inc. is offering current college and high school students a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to Beijing and experience all that Beijing has to offer. Climb the Great Wall, tour the Summer Palace, visit Mao's tomb at historic Tiananmen Square, as well as many other famous sites (listed below). Take the time to sample the traditional and delicious Chinese cuisine, and travel the city and immerse yourself in Chinese language and culture as never before!

After the 5-night tour is complete, travel to Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province, to participate in our Chinese Language and Culture Program. Immerse yourself and explore a traditional Chinese city, significantly and rapidly enhance your understanding of both Chinese language and culture, listen and learn from special guest speakers, and enjoy a number of smaller excursions to explore the Chinese countryside and experience the real China, outside of the major, more westernized Beijing.

Your final night will again be spent in Beijing so you can enjoy all that this city has to offer one last time before your return home the next morning. Please, come and join us in this unparalleled opportunity to Explore! the world in our Explore! Beijing 3-Week Tour and Study Program!.

Want Academic Credit? Please ask, this is an option that we can help you with!

Highlights: Explore! Beijing Highlights / Services Included
- English-speaking local guide
- Full-day sightseeing tour of Beijing featuring the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace
- Delicious Peking Duck Welcome Dinner
- Enjoy a day-long excursion to the famous Great Wall and the Ming Tombs
- Take a morning rickshaw ride through the Hutong area on our "Make-A-Friend" program
- Free time to enjoy Beijing on your own
- 10 nights stay at College hotel in Hebei Province capital city (Shijiazhuang City)
- Course text books and CD Tuition for the 10 day Chinese Language and Culture Program
- Local tours and guest speakers in Shijiazhuang
- 30 day tourist visa
- 3 - week international emergency medical insurance through International Medical Group (IMG)
- Porterage of 1 bag per person
- Membership in GeneralAssist, a network of around the clock emergency on-tour assistance
- General Tours travel bag, document folder, and luggage tags
- Transportation Roundtrip international airfare from San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY on United Airlines based on "W" class of service
- Motorcoach: deluxe air-conditioned Group Airport Arrival & Departure
- Transfers with Assistance Bus (or train) travel to and from a college in Hebei's capital city where 10 day Chinese Language and Culture Program is hosted
- Hotel Accommodations 5 nights at Xiyuan Hotel Beijing, and afterwards hotel accomodations in Shijiazhuang.
- Hotel taxes and service charges
- All accommodations with private bath or shower
- Dining (Tour Segment) Breakfast:
- Daily Lunches: 2
- One Peking Duck welcome dinner
- Study Segment - purchased at on-campus dining facility or local restaurants for $5+ per day

Cost in US$: $3000

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to China in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Teach Abroad, Inc.'s Mission Statement: Teach Abroad, Inc., the leader in international educational placements for China, offers qualified candidates the opportunity to teach in China, study in China, and travel and explore China as never before.

Year Founded: 2005