Private Beijing City Highlights Tour: Lama Temple, Summer Palace and Hutongs Experience
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7 Ratings
Beijing
Experience the best of Beijing with a private guide on this comprehensive city highlights tour. Visit the Lama Temple, Summer Palace, and explore the historic Hutongs. All-inclusive package with hotel pick-up, lunch, and entrance fees.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

  • Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) - your friendly tour guide will meet you in your hotel lobby. Then, you will be transferred to the Summer Summer Palace. It is the resort for Imperial Family Members, Learn about the most powerful female in Chinese history, the empress Dowager CiXi. People named her as Dragon Lady. Stroll along the Kunming Lake and Long Corridor at the Summer Palace. Enjoy the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity and Tower of Buddhist Incense (Summer Palace).

  • Hall of Benevolence and Longevity - Learn the 2nd last emperor Guanxu’s story here. enjoy the personal attention from your private tour guide.

  • Long Corridor at the Summer Palace - Enjoy The Longest corridor in the world with 14,000 beautiful paintings. Admire the peaceful Kunming Lake.

  • Tower of Buddhist Incense(Summer Palace) - A Buddhism Temple for Emperor’s Mother, It is also a birthday celebration Empress Dowager CiXi. When you are on the top you can enjoy the breathtaking views of entire Kunming Lake.

  • Qingyan Stone Boat - It used to be teahouse of royal family. it represent to stability of Qing Dynasty.

  • Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - Seeing Tiananmen Square in the car. It is the largest city plaza in the world. Learning the revolutionary period of history. Admire the Great Hall of the People (Renmin Dahuitang), National Museum Of China, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall (Maozhuxi Jiniangtang), Monument of the People’s Heroes and Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tian’an Men).

  • National Museum Of China - One of the best museums in the world. It features changing exhibits related to political themes such as the Opium Wars, the founding of the Communist Party. The Sino-French and Sino-Japanese Wars. The Ancient China relics are at the basement Floor are the most stunning with countless bronze ware, porcelain, jade..etc.

  • Lama Temple (Yonghegong) - Savor a delightful lunch. Visit the Lama Temple in the afternoon. A lovely Temple with 260 year history. The locals go there pray for harmony, peace and health. The last hall contains the giant buddha of Beijing with a height of 26 meters/85 Feet.

  • Wudaoying Hutong - Stroll through the historical alley Hutongs. This area is Beijing’s oldest hutongs, local expats enjoy hang out here. It is lined in traditional-style stone buildings that house charming cafes, bars, restaurants and handicraft shops. At the end of the tour, your tour guide will transfer you back to your lovely hotel.

What's Included
  • Entrance fees
  • Lunch
  • Taxi fare (within 4th ring road)
  • Excellent English Speaking Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (Recommended)
  • Taxi fare at your own expenses (outside 4th ring road)
  • Any other expenses that not listed as included
Additional Information

Particularly for first-time visitors who don’t speak Chinese, a private guide can transform the Beijing experience. Say no to hustlers and discover the city with your private guide on this door-to-door private tour. Check off three of Beijing’s biggest attractions—Lama Temple and Summer Palace—Stroll through the historical Alley, the Hutongs. A comprehensive package with hotel pick up and drop off, lunch, entrance fees and taxi fare are all inclusive.

Location
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District,
Cancellation Policy

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

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Davidz1148
May 21, 2024
Best tour operator we ever had! - Sunflower and the guide Maggie were the best tour operators we have ever had. I would rate 8 stars if I could! Sunflower was very flexible in working with us to adjust the itinerary to our preferences. We saw Tiananmen, the Forbidden City, Lama Temple, Wudaoying Hutong and Houhai Hutongs. Maggie was a fantastic guide, she was knowledgeable, competent, and kind. Maggie was an expert in both the history and cultural background of the sites, as well as all the best places to take photos. It cannot be overstated how valuable that is — tourist spots in Beijing will always be very busy and Maggie knew the best places and moments to snap a good picture. She was also incredibly hard working, we started at 8am and finished around 5pm, both at our hotel. Maggie would have had to commute to and from on both ends! I have never encountered a tour guide so generous with their time. I hope Maggie got a good day of rest the next day! We had lunch at a local Beijing restaurant and Maggie helped us order to our tastes, including accommodating a vegetarian in our group. The lunch, admission, and all car rides were included in the cost. Maggie handled all the car hailing, always in a premium private car. We were very lucky to have found Sunflower and Maggie. While we are outsiders to Beijing, we are familiar with China and the possibility of being taken advantage of as tourists. It can be hard to know, even from carefully reading reviews, whether a tour operator is quality. We even had this happen with a different tour operator in Beijing who cheaped out on the included lunch, and wasted our time trying to sell us tea, not to mention having a far worse disposition and attitude. And this was in spite of seemingly positive reviews! I feel that with Sunflower and Maggie, because they are a small business with a personal brand, they hold themselves to a higher level of accountability. They also don’t have any kickback schemes with expensive shops for gullible foreigners. They make money only from you, and their continued business depends on their good reputation. When we come back to China in the future, we will be working with Sunflower and Maggie for all our tours/experiences.
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Yaakov_k
Jul 4, 2023
Our guide Nana is... - Our guide Nana is amazing! She is the best at showing us everything! She explains it super well! She is so so kind and always willing to take us somewhere we want to go!
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Voyage480060
May 30, 2019
Sensational Sunflower! - We highly recommend Sunflower's Tours! My husband and I booked Sunflower for 2 days of private tours. The first was Tian'namen Square and The Forbidden City. We were immediately taken with Sunflower's warm friendly personality, her knowledge of Beijing and her love for her city was infectious. We appreciated the high quality of cars and drivers on both tour days. At The Forbidden City having her as our guide we whizzed passed the very long lines and she was able to take us to the best vantage points to see all on offer as well as tell us all about the history. The Great Wall, Mutianyu, was our highlight and once again Sunflower tailored the tour as she knew we wanted to get to the highest point we could go, Gate 20. She knows the Wall so well, so we got taken to the best view points and as a result got some incredible photos. It was a pleasure to spend two days with such a lovely person, we feel as if we have a friend in Beijing when we next return and look forward to seeing more of Beijing next time.
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Paul
Apr 15, 2019
Mr - Sunflower is the most informative and energetic and professional tour guides. She knows so much about about the history of China as well as current information. We really enjoyed spending time with Sunflower and had a great time. Highly recommended.
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Sherpa814894
Nov 10, 2018
Sunflower Rocks! - Myself and a few work colleagues used Sunflower for a 2 day tour package of Beijing while we were in town for business meetings. Sunflower exceeded all of our expectations! She has an infectiously positive attitude, a great knowledge of the city of Beijing and history of China, knows the geography, and was very organized with respect to timing of transportation (her driver was great too), meals, shopping, etc. She speaks very good English, which is helpful in a country where most people do not speak the language. Sunflower was also very reasonably priced. We had a great time and would highly recommend Sunflower for your tour guide needs. I would absolutely use her again!
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Sherpa828171
Nov 3, 2018
Best guide EVER - We had the pleasure of touring with Sunflower. She was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Helpful in every way! I have significant food allergies; she ensured that I was not exposed to anything that would cause an issue! She went above and beyond on every level for our 4 person group! Highest recommendation!
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Krispr1
Sep 13, 2018
Best decision we made!! - A friend of mine had recommended tours with Sunflower and it was the best decision we made to make our trip amazing. Sunflower picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel, giving us information and directions to nearby restaurants and shopping before our tours the following day. We started our tour at the Tiananmen square/Forbidden city and temple of heaven. The following day we the did the great wall and summer palace. Her motivation and passion for what she does made us feel really comfortable having her as our tour guide. Sunflower is very knowledgeable and is very happy to give you all the history you want to know about her beautiful city. We even had train reservations to travel from Beijing to Xian and she went out her way to take us and assist with obtaining train tickets. She was consistently making sure we were having a good time and made us feel like home, she knew every best spot for nice and awesome pictures!! We are so glad we went with sunflower! Thank you once again!!
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