Details

Beijing Private Summer Place& Tiananmen square/Forbidden City Layover Tour

Tour code: LY-SPF-1

Available: Daily

Duration: 8 hours

Starts/ends: Any reasonable time

Attractions:Summer Palace/Tiananmen Square/ Forbidden City/Hutong Area.

Suggested itinerary:

According to the your flight landed time that you need through the immigration office and get your visa normally it will take 1.5-2hours, your private guide and an experienced drive with a comfortable vehicle (non-smoking)  will pick you up at airport (normally meet you at the Starbucks where between international arrivals exit A and B).

Tiananmen Square

After adventuring on the Wall, we will rest for an hour and visit a local Chinese restaurant where you can try diverse, local flavors. When lunch is complete, we will return to the city center.Once back in the city, we will visit Tiananmen Square. In this area, you will find a monument dedicated to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong.

Many historical activities have taken place here. While you walk the square, your guide will provide you with information on the history and architecture of the square, as well as some interesting anecdotes.

Forbidden City

After a short walk from the square, we will arrive at the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum. This ancient city was home to 24 emperors throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties (1420-1911).

Throughout the two-hour walking tour, your guide will take you to 12 carefully selected places in the Forbidden City. In addition to information about the history and architecture, your guide will help you unlock the secrets of the emperors and concubines of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

After Forbidden city we have 1 hour take rest and enjoy the very delicious local Beijing food for lunch.

HuTong Area

Drive 15 minuets to Old HuTong ( HouHai area) , HuTong has over than 700 years history.  Lots of local people still live in this area for generations to generations. You will take rickshaw to visit this old part Beijing.  We call it 1 hour rickshaw tour.( Include walking)  The rickshaw tour company will arrange local guide for you . Some of them English not excellent , but they all local guide . They know lots of local history .(If the Hutong local guide is not available, our guide will be your Hutong guide as well) . After Hutong tour we have 1 hour take rest and enjoy the local Beijing delicious food for lunch.

Summer Palace

Situated in the western outskirts of Haidian District, the Summer Palace is 20 kilometers (9.3 miles) from central Beijing. Having the largest royal park and being well preserved,  it also has graceful landscapes and magnificent constructions. The Summer Palace is the archetypal Chinese garden, and is ranked amongst the most noted and classical gardens of the world. In 1998, it was listed as one of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. It is also possible to take a ferry boat across the KunMing lake, which takes 10 minutes. Visit some mainly of attractions some like long corridor, Buddha incense.

After exploring the city, your driver will drop you back off at the airport.

Price

Included

Hotel pick up and drop off

English-speaking tour guide service fee

Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver

Gas, toll , parking  fees

All entrance tickets to the sights listed above

Excluded

Accommodation

Delicious Chinese cuisine for lunch

Gratuity to the guide and driver （For good service)

Personal Costs

Children's Discount：

Children are below 1.2 meters are free of charge

Children are between 1.2 -1.4 meters . Please let us know how many children total !!!

Children are above 1.4 meters will be the same price as adult.

Tour Tips

The pricing is per person, not per vehicle. We always try to match the appropriate vehicle with the requirements of each group based on the number of guests, their ages, any mobility issues, etc.

The price presented assumes your hotel is located within the fourth ring road of Beijing. The price may vary according to the location of your hotel. And there will be extra cost if your tour start or end from the airport.

The quoted price is for a-8 hour tour per day. If you use more than 6 hours or less than 8 hours per day it will still be considered a full day. Additional hours are billed at 100CNY for the guide and  100CNY for the driver.

Our vehicles are climate controlled so our driving tours go out in rain, snow or heatwave! We require that any cancellations take place 48 hours prior to the tour. If you cancel within 48 hours of your tour you will be responsible for the total amount of your tour.

We offer tours in other languages! When you send us your booking form you will be asked if you need a guide who speaks a language other than English.

Tipping is always optional. If you had a great time and want to thank your guide and driver, a gratuity is always appreciated.

SO BUCKLE UP AND ENJOY AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER!