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Beijing Private Day Tour: Explore the Forbidden City and Badaling Great Wall
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Dong Cheng Qu
This one day private Beijing tour starts and ends at your hotel in Beijing downtown area. The 8 hours tour offers opportunity to visit: Tiananmen Square-the heart of Beijing city, Forbidden City-the imperial palace of the last two feudal dynasties in Chinese history, and Badaling Great Wall- one of the most beautiful sections of Chinese Great Wall.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - At 08:00 our guide and driver will greet you at your hotel in Beijing city area. First, we will take a walk on the Tiananmen Square, the heart and symbol of Beijing and the largest city square in the world. The spacious square has been used for many public celebrations, ceremonies, and demonstrations for over a hundred years.
- Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - Then you will pay a visit to the Forbidden City(closed on every Monday), one of the largest and most completely preserved palace complexly built with wood. It functioned as the imperial palace in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1912). There were 24 emperors of the two dynasties lived in the Forbidden City.
- The Great Wall at Badaling - After lunch, we will drive about 45 minutes to visit the Badaling Great Wall, the most famous and the best-preserved section of the Chinese Ming Dynasty Great Wall. The mountain slope is very steep and the roads are tortuous, which makes it an important military stronghold in ancient time. The wall is like a strong dragon winding its way along the mountain ranges. If hiking is too much for you, cable car is available and optional.
- Beijing - On the way back to city area, we will make a stop at Bird’s Nest and Water Cube to pay an outer visit and take some pictures.
After visiting, you will be escorted back to your hotel in Beijing city area at around 5:00 pm.
- Beijing - Special note: Forbidden City is closed on every Monday, so please try to avoid visiting it on this day. If your travel day must be Monday, there are two options: First we will adjust the itinerary and replace it with another site. The second is that we can directly refund the ticket fee to you and cancel this spot based on your willingness.
What's Included
- English-speaking tour guide service
- Private, air-conditioned vehicle transfers with a licensed driver
- Complimentary daily bottled water
- All entrance fees included
What's Not Included
- Cable car of Great Wall
- Gratuities
- Entrance fee of Bird’s Nest and Water Cube
- Any Meal
Additional Information
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Please leave a note when booking if you have any special requirement about the tour, such as diet.
- You will be contacted at least one day ahead of the travel day via email to advise the pickup info. The tour guide will also call you or leave you a message through your hotel room the night before tour about pickup time.
- Offered pickup/drop-off service is available for hotels within 3rd ring road of Beijing city. If your hotel beyond the range, please expect it might occur additional transfer fee accordingly.
- You are suggested to wear comfortable shoes on tour day.
- Forbidden City is closed on Mondays. We will adjust the visiting order if necessary. But we promise you will visit all the sites listed in itinerary.
Location
Wangfujing Avenue
Wang Fu Jing Da Jie
Offered pickup/drop-off service is available for hotels within 3rd ring road of Beijing city. If your hotel beyond the range, please expect it might occur additional transfer fee accordingly.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Eric
Jun 18, 2018
Great service, fun trip! - We had a great time on this tour. Our guide, VIK, was at our hotel promptly at 8 AM and was friendly. He led us to a van waiting out front with a driver, which was nice as VIK could then talk to us about the sights and didn’t have to deal with parking.
Forbidden City was very interesting, as was Tienemen Square, and VIK did a great job of both explaining the sights and also letting us move at our desired pace (I’m not a fan of tours that make you suffer through a deliberately throttled pace.)
The jade factory was interesting but the products were pricey and the salespeople obnoxiously pushy. Not our favorite part of the trip but at least the lunch there was good.
The Wall was fantastic. Absolutely breathtaking and VIK was very helpful in getting us in and mapping out a route. We ended up switching to the Mutianyu section and are glad we did. We seemingly had the Wall to ourselves! VIK and the travel company were very accommodating of the change and up front about the slight increase in costs.
All in all a wonderful day. I appreciated the service!
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