Beijing Layover Group Tour: Visit Mutianyu Great Wall and Forbidden City (7AM-3PM)
5.0
49 Ratings
Shunyi District

From 7am to 3pm, embark on a small group excursion during your long layover in Beijing, visiting iconic sites like the Mutianyu Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City. This is an optimal choice for those with extensive stopover time in Beijing airport.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mutianyu Great Wall - Be met our tour guide at Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 3 Arrival Hall Starbucks Coffee (right beside the international exit B) at 7am. Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall. You will visit the Mutianyu Great Wall about 2 hours (8am-10am)
  • Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - After visit the Great Wall, drive to Tiananmen Square. You will visit the Tiananmen Square about 30 mins. Then go to visit the Forbidden City.
  • Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - Visit the Forbidden City about 2 hours (12pm-2pm). Then transfer you back to Beijing Capital airport (2pm-3pm). End of our service.
  1. We will guide you to get Visa-free permit step by step after you booked the tour. And we will make sure you will back to airport in time. We also provide warm coats, wheel chair and baby seat free of charge.

  2. We supply a professional driver and a car with licence as well as a professional English speaking licensed tour guide, both of them work for you. We will make sure you can enjoy a safe tour with professional English interpretation both during driving and in attractions, and would not waste your time for parking. Our driver will make sure your luggage is safe while you are not in the car.

What's Included
  • Entrance tickets to the Great Wall and Forbidden City.
  • China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.
  • Service charge & government taxes.
  • A licensed English-speaking tour guide and a professional driver with air-conditioning vehicle.
  • Free-bottled mineral water.
What's Not Included
  • meals.
  • Cable cars/toboggan at Great Wall.
  • Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.
Additional Information
  • This tour is suitable for your arrival at Beijing airport at Beijing time before 5AM and departs at 5PM Beijing time or later.
  • The pick-up address is Starbucks coffee shop at terminal 3 arrival hall (beside the international exit B). If your flight arrive at terminal 1 or 2, please take the airport shuttle bus to terminal 3. But we can transfer you to terminal 1 or 2 to catch your next flight after the tour.
  • If you stay in a hotel, please go to the pick-up address on your own.
  • The tour duration is fixed, if you would like to stay longer or shorter time at Great Wall. Please choose our private tour.
  • If you did not show up on time at the meeting point at 7am, we will go on with our tour.
  • Countries qualified for the 144-hour Visa-free Transit in Beijing Capital International Airport: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Republic of Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.
  • The 144-hour Visa-free Transit only applies to passengers who transit through Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. The destination and place of departure cannot be the same.(e.g Auckland – Beijing – Auckland)
  • We don’t take any responsibility if you are not able to get visa-free and get out of airport for some reasons.
Location
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Airport Terminal 3 Arrival Hall Starbucks Coffee (right beside the international exit B)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(49 Ratings)
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Northstar26666819259
Mar 28, 2024
Awesome way how to spend your layover time in Beijing - We had like 15 hours layover in Beijing. Getting the transit visa was quite easy. We met our guide Lisa at the airport as agreed before and she had a minivan with a driver outside that took as to the Great Wall. It is relatively far so it was about 1 hour ride but it gives you nice chance to see surroundings of Beijing so it was totally alright. The wall is awesome and you can go down with a bob ride. Then we go to the Forbidden City. Awesome historical site. Lisa knows basically everything about the history, all the dynasties, buildings etc. So you get whatever info you are interested in. After that we asked for some nice lunch and Lisa took us to a very authentic Chinese restaurant where we had some really nice Chinese food. She also paid for us with the Ali Pay QR code and we then paid to her the equivalent of USD so we did not have to exchange cash at the airport. This was very nice and super convenient. Then we went back to the airport. Everything was super smooth and easy. If you have a long layover in Beijing you must do this.
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David_karas24
Mar 25, 2024
Amazing layover tour experience with Herbie - My wife and I had a 13 hour layover in Beijing and booked this tour so we could do some sightseeing. We booked with Beijing tours and met our guide, Herbie (English name) as we left the terminal. Herbie was amazing from the beginning, explaining the extensive history of the city and each attraction in depth. He provided great insights, enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere and amazing photography skills. I would recommend this company and Herbie to anyone travelling through Beijing!
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Djdolly15
Mar 20, 2024
Fantastic Great Wall & Forbidden City Tour - We were short of time but Helen our guide arranged our visit to the Great Wall & Forbidden City beautifully. She kept an eye on the time constantly and our driver was amazing. A truly professional driver who got us through the traffic with ease. Helen told us so much about the chinese history as well as interesting information about the Wall & Forbidden City. I learned so much, it was great. We got to the Wall early and were the only people on the accessible part of the wall which was lovely and unexpected. I thought it was going to be crowded with little space but it was the completely the opposite. Would definitely book again if we have another layover in Bejing. Thank you for a great day!
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Yiannisp805
Mar 20, 2024
Great day on the Great Wall - We were lucky enough to visit on a great weather day, our lovely guide was very friendly and helpful, also very experienced! Thank you for a wonderful day!!
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290nellia
Mar 11, 2024
Worth it!! - We had a 10+ hours layover in Beijing and wanted to make some use of the time. Thank god I found Beijing Layover tours! Our guide Herbie was the best! We went to the Chinese wall, where he took the most amazing pictures. Our request was to go to a restaurant to eat Peking duck where he took us and man.. the duck was amazing!!! After that we visited the Tiananmen Square. Overall I can totally recommend doing a tour and ask for Herbie ;-) It’s great that after a long flight, you don’t have to worry about transportation, communication, planning, etc. as everything is well planned for you and tailor-made for your needs. Thanks Beijing Layover tours for making our short stay so special!
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Rodolfoh982
Jan 26, 2024
Quickly stop in Beijing - I know about the tour in the airport during our stop to Australia, Daniel Yan explain me all the alternatives and was very clear with the options. Lisa our guide was awesome, we had a very good time! She show us a lot of interesting information around our visit. We arrived to the Great Wall very early so it was empty, that makes the experience very special. The service was great, also our driver was so profesional. I recommend a lot the tour; they now a lot about the forbidden city. I will repit the next time.
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Razvanp657
Jan 20, 2024
Best experience - We had a layover in China for about 14 hours and chose to visit the great Chinese saying. we had a wonderful experience in which our guide took care to explain in detail how this wall was born, took pictures, took us to a restaurant where we managed to taste authentic Chinese food that -impressed. we had a spacious car with which we traveled in the cleanest and safest conditions. I strongly recommend this company that made our dream come true.
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W3836kwjorgem
Jan 17, 2024
Top experience!! - Everything was perfect! They picked us from the airport up and went directly to the Great Wall. She was very helpfull all of the time and gave us a lot of tips.
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Clinton_d
Jan 12, 2024
Amazing Tour - Johnny our tour guide made the experience amazing. He was very knowledgeable and had a good humour. We loved learning about a new culture and can’t wait to do my tours like these
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Explorer707036
Jan 15, 2020
Amazing day tour - We had 13 hrs layover in the Beijing and did the great wall and forbidden city tour. Herbie was our guide for the day and he made sure we had an amazing experience. The entire tour was well organized and timed. Herbie was very knowledgeable about the history of the places we visited. He took really good pictures for us, apart from being an amazing guide, he is a really good photographer!! Herbie also sure we had good food for lunch even though we are vegetarian. Overall it was an amazing experience and highly recommended.
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