Avoid group excursions packed with tourists and instead discover Beijing City like a local on a private tour by subway and bus. While the city can be intimidating to explore on your own, on this tour a personal guide leads the way to top attractions and historic landmarks. During this three days tour, you don’t have to worry about navigating the public transportation systems, unfamiliar streets. Tour including English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, transportation fee and lunch in the local restaurant. To make the tour more comfortable, a private car will be used for the day trip to the Great Wall, and it can be customized to your demands.
Your tour guide will pick you up from your Beijing downtown hotel's lobby by holding your name sign, if your hotel out of the 4th ring road, will have extra cost or you can travel into city to meet your tour guide.
Your tour guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel Beijing downtown hotel, then travel either by subway or bus to Tian'anmen Square to start today's adventure
Tiananmen Square is one of the world’s largest public areas, is the home to the National Museum of China, the mausoleum of Mao Zedong and the great Monument to the Peoples’ Heroes. Stroll through the square, listen to your top-rated guide share insights about the surroundings.
Heading further north, then pass through the South gate to the magnificent Forbidden City.
Forbidden City - a 250-acre complex of courtyards, palaces, pavilions and gardens, which served as the imperial palace for emperors and their households for more than 500 years. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987. Explore different halls and courtyards, gain deep insight into the history, culture as well as the life inside the Forbidden City. Let our guide bring you back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
You will explore the major buildings inside the forbidden city, including Hall of Great Harmony, Hall of Central Harmony and Hall of Preserving Harmony.
Then move on to the inner court to get a deep understanding of the emperor, empress and concubine's life. You will explore the Hall of Heavenly purity, the Hall of Union and Hall of Earthly Tranquility.
After explore the Imperial garden, exit the Forbidden City from the North Gate.
Take a convenient bus to the Temple of heaven. Enjoy a delicious Peking duck lunch in the local restaurant, then move on to Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven, one of the holiest Imperial temples in Beijing. Follow your tour guide to stroll around the courtyards and halls, learn history and culture from your tour guide. Check out how the emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties to worship the god.
In the temple, you will explore major buildings including Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, Hall of Imperial Zenith, walking along the Danbi Bridge. While walking, your tour guide will offer detailed history, feel free to ask questions if you have.
Test how the Echo Wall works, and explore the Circular Mount Alter, get to know why the emperor worship the God of Heaven and how. Then exit the temple from South Gate. Your tour will ends here, your tour guide will bring you back to your hotel in downtown Beijing, or the places you want to go in city.
You driver and tour guide will meet you at the hotel lobby and take you to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. It's is a bit more rugged and slightly less crowded than more famous Badaling section of the Wall. Over 96% of Mutianyu is covered with trees and orchards. Upon arrival, you can choose to take either the cable car up or ski lift up to the Wall, then follow your tour guide to hike up and down, to discover different beacon and watch towers. You can decide how long you want to stay at the Wall, when you are ready to leave, heading back to Beijing city, and enjoy a delicious lunch in the local restaurant.
The afternoon tour can be customized according to your demands. These places are hard to reach by public transportation, since you have a private car for this day, you can choose to visit the Ming Tombs. The Ming Tombs were the burial site for thirteen emperors from the Ming Dynasty (1409-1645).
Or you can choose to visit 798 Art district. Feel free to discuss with your tour guide on where you want to go. After the tour about 8-9 hour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing city.
Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your hotel ,then heading to the Summer Palace by subway. The Summer Palace is a well-preserved royal garden, world-renowned for its beautiful landscape and spectacular architecture. The Summer Palace is listed as the World Heritage Site and considered as one of the most classical gardens in the world.
Follow your tour guide to explore important buildings inside the Summer Palace, including the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, the Hall of Happiness and Longevity, the Marble Boat, the Tower of Buddhist incense and more.
Stroll along the Long corridor--which is the longest art gallery and corridor in the world, get to know the stories about the paintings from your knowledgeable tour guide. Exit the Summer Palace from North Gate, then take the convenient subway to travel back to City.
Stop at a local restaurant for lunch, then continue to the Lama Temple (Yonghe Palace), the largest and best preserved lamasery in Beijing. It was converted into lamasery in 1744 and so Yonghe Palace became the national center of Lama administration. The lama temple has been one of the most influential Tibetan Buddhism temples in China. It is today not only a museum of Tibetan Buddhism but also a functioning temple where people pray. Follow your tour guide to explore different courtyards and buildings, admire the Buddhist statues, see how the locals worship in the temple, get to know the religious in China, and learn many stories behind. Finally, be amazed by the statue of the Buddha Maitreya in the hall, which carved from one precious white sandalwood log from Nepal, is the biggest wooden Buddha in the world.
Next, walking through a beautiful and quiet hutong allay to discover the Temple of Confucius and Imperial College (Guozijian Museum), where the emperor expounded the Confucian classics to an audience of thousands of kneeling students, professors and court officials – an annual rite. Built by the grandson of Kublai Khan in 1306, the former college was the supreme academy during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Finally, explore the shops, bars and hutong allays at Wudaoying area. Your tour will ends here, you can choose to explore more of the area on your own, or your tour guide will take you back to your hotel by subway or bus.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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