Beijing Layover Tour: Discover the Great Wall & Forbidden City with English Speaking Driver
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11 Ratings
Beijing
Make the most of your Beijing layover with a private tour to the Great Wall and Forbidden City. Airport pick-up and drop-off included. Book now!
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Mutianyu Great Wall - Your professional driver will meet you with your name sign at the Arrival Hall of Beijing International Airport. Then we will drive about 1.5 hours to Great Wall of Mutianyu.\n\nUpon arrival, your driver will assist with tickets and then leave you to explore independently. Optional extras include a ride to the top of the wall by cable car and a toboggan ride back down (both own expense). Depending on your arrival time, you typically have around 2 hours at the wall to hike and take photos.\n\n\n- Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - After visiting the Great Wall, will drive around 1.5-hour to the Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City.\n\nUpon arrival, your driver will assist with tickets and then leave you to explore independently. you typically have around 30 minutes at the Tiananmen Square and 1.5 hours at Forbidden city to walk and take photos.\n\nAfter forbidden city, your trip ends with drop-off at airport.
What's Included
- Convenient pickup and drop-off from airport or hotel
- Included Great Wall entrance fee and shuttle service
- Travel comfortably in a private air-conditioned vehicle
- Complimentary warm jackets provided during winter months
- Assistance from an English-speaking driver
- Enjoy complimentary bottled water
- Access to Forbidden City with entrance tickets provided
What's Not Included
- Meals
- Cable car / chairlift and toboggan tickets for Great Wall
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Beijing is implementing a 144-hour visa-free entry policy for 53 nationalities, and a 24-hour visa-free entry policy for all nationalities!
If your layover in Beijing exceeds 13 hours, don’t confine yourself to the airport. Make optimum use of your stay in China by arranging a flexible sightseeing tour according to your preferences. This private layover tour is designed to cater to your interests, enabling you to visit the Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, and Tiananmen Square, time permitting. Transportation services for pick-up and drop-off at the airport are included.
Please note: To make such trips a reality, your layover should be at least 13 hours or more (between two flights).
Location
Mutianyu Great Wall
Mutianyu Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(11 Ratings)
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D5036kssarahg
Apr 12, 2024
We've had the best time - We had the best time and couldn't ask for more. Everything was just perfect. Extremly good organized, very impressive detailed historical information, perfect teamwork of driver and guide, absolutely tasty in the restaurant with perfect authentic recommendations for traditional food. Melody/Maeling was the best tourist guide we've ever had. She was so smart, funny and empathic with all of us, also with the kids. She offered us options and let us choose what best fits for our group. Also Bejing itself is so impressive. So thank you for this wonderful experience. We are truly impressed about our guides' knowledge of the Chinese tradition.
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Y8152kbvaleriel
Jun 5, 2023
Great day tour - Loved our trip to Mutianyu and the Forbidden City! We were able to customize the trip slightly since we were staying at a central Beijing hotel (instead of pick up at the airport) and had an amazing day. We traveled in a private car that was spacious, clean, and super comfortable. Jack was our guide and was a very safe driver and even provided us some welcomed fruits for breakfast since we left at 7 AM. He was flexible on timing and gave us clear instructions throughout the whole day. Overall we were very happy we booked this trip and would recommend!
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Ellieread2
Jan 14, 2020
Fab layover tour - Was welcomed by our guide Jenny at the airport and was very friendly and helpful after our long flight. We visited Forbidden city first and we had enough time to see the city before meeting back up with her . At the Great Wall she guided us on the best way to get onto the wall and was kind enough to take photos of us. We had a fab time and would highly recommend if on a layover tour in Beijing.
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Mayra
Aug 1, 2019
Layover tour - Really nice trip , Jack was a friendly driver. Really enjoyed the Great Wall of China. Would recommend !!!
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Laura
Aug 1, 2019
Layover Tour - Jack was an excellent driver and guide through out our layover visit to the Great Wall and Forbidden City. Don’t hesitate to book with this tour company.
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Theresa
Jun 22, 2019
Beijing stopover - We had only had an afternoon in Beijing and Jack took care of us and we had a great time. It was well worth it as we were tired from the flight and so this was stress free and a real highlight for us.
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Tarasera
Mar 17, 2019
(most Recomend) Perfect Trip and Excellent Service by Mr.Jack - We had 2days trip with Jenny's guide &travel service..
with Mr Jack we have unforgotable moments..
Kind,Humble and Helpfull also Friendly guys..
my family trip is wonderful..
NanShan Ski Village (day1)
also Tian An Men, Forbidden city +MuTianYu Great Wall(day2).
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George_s
Dec 27, 2018
My trip was excellent! - The driver was great. He was very helpful and amiable. Both places were excellent places to visit and take pictures. The scenery in the Great Wall of China was extraoridinary. I definitely recommend these places to visist. You won't regret it.
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Bilal_b
Dec 16, 2018
The greatwall of China and the forbidden city - Jack our driver and guide was very professional courteous and knowledgeable, he made this tour very easy to do and enjoyable.
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Annnakt
Dec 10, 2018
Best tour and tour guide! - We had a layover in Beijing for about 10 hours and found this service through TripAdvisor. We booked and couldn't be more happy with our experience! We had Jack as a tour guide and he was so friendly, helpful, and cheerful. He speaks excellent English and gave us a lot of great information about the destinations. I returned to Beijing three weeks later and had such a positive experience with a Jack that I reached out to see if he could be my driver to and from the airport. Again, he was very helpful and easy to communicate with! I will reach out again if I return to Beijjng!
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