Capital Airport Layover Private Tour to Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Your assigned guide will meet you at Capital International Airport ( PEK) . The meet point is Starbucks which close by arrival gate. It will take about 1.5 hours through immigration for your first time layover. Your guide will have sign with your name wait for you at meet point, and if you can not find your name, please go "Information Center "to call us , it is free service and close by arrival gate either.

  1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)

  After your private guide meet you, lead you to your private car , it just takes 5 minutes . Then heading to Tiananmen square , it will take about 1 hour riding. The largest square in the world which located in the heart of modern China and the site for massive parades and rallies, this was the site when in 1949, from a rostrum on the Gate of Heavenly Peace, Chairman Mao announced the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Your private guide will accompany you through Tiananmen square to Forbidden City and share some histories which we can say about Tiananmen square.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• Great Hall of the People (Renmin Dahuitang) (Pass by)

  Take pictures only , not visit inside

  Admission ticket free
• Chairman Mao Memorial Hall (Maozhuxi Jiniantang) (Pass by)

  Take pictures only , not visit inside

  Admission ticket free
• National Museum Of China (Pass by)

  Take pictures only , not visit inside

  Admission ticket free
• Monument of the People's Heroes (Pass by)

  Take pictures only , not visit inside

  Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Take pictures only , not visit inside

  Admission ticket free
• 3
  Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

  Through Tiananmen square heading to Forbidden City , you may feel confused about the special designs and totems of the palace, especially the cultural meaning behind them. 
 Why there are 9 sculptures of mythical animals on the roof ridge of Hall of Supreme Harmony but not 8 or 10; why there are 9999.5 but not 10000 rooms in the palace; Why the eyes and ears of the stone lions in front of the Palace of Tranquility and Longevity blocked… 

With the historical knowledge from your guide, you will gradually uncover these cultural secrets and explore a more different Forbidden City you’ve ever heard about.



  2 hours • Admission ticket included
• 4
  Hall of Great Harmony (Taihe Dian)

  Inside Forbidden City

  10 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5
  The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum

  Take pictures only , not visit inside

  10 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 6
  Jingshan Park

  After a close insight of the Forbidden City, ( If you still have time and energy ) , you are going to exit in the north and then climb up to Jingshan Park which is the best spot to overlook the panorama of the Forbidden City. Just prepare to embrace the stunning scenery.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 7

  After tour, we will take you back to airport (PEK), or drop you off in hotel in Beijing.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• If you are not able to go through customs for any reasons, please take your own responsibility. There is no refund for the same day cancellation
• A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
• All Passport name and number is required at time of booking for all participants (for getting your Forbidden City entrance ticket in advance)
• Please provide the tour operator with your special requests at "special requirement", your tour operator will also contact you just in case

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