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Beijing Layover Tour: Explore Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and Summer Palace
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Beijing
Make the most of your Beijing layover with a tour of Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and Summer Palace. Discover the city's iconic landmarks and delve into Chinese history in just 12 hours!
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) - The Summer Palace served as the Qing dynasty’s imperial family’s seasonal retreat. It is the most intact and expansive imperial park in China, featuring picturesque landscapes with hills, a lake, temples, and palaces. (Recommended duration of visit: approximately 1 hour.)\n\nNote: Should you feel peckish during your tour, we are acquainted with an excellent Chinese eatery in Beijing. Please consult your tour guide regarding dining options (additional charges apply).\n- Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - A 30 to 40-minute stroll and exploration of Tiananmen Square is planned.\n(Important notice: Due to rehearsals and ceremonies for the National Day celebration, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City will be inaccessible to visitors from September 21st to October 1st, 2019. Instead, we will guide you to the Temple of Heaven and the silk market during this time.)\n- Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - A walking tour of the Forbidden City is scheduled to last between 1 and 1.5 hours.\n(Important notice: Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City will be closed to tourists from September 21st to October 1st, 2019, due to the National Day show rehearsal and ceremony. As an alternative, we will arrange visits to the Temple of Heaven and the silk market during this period.)
What's Included
- Local tax included
- Complimentary bottled water in vehicle
- Experienced English-speaking guide
- Admission ticket for first entry
- Private, air-conditioned vehicle
- Airport pickup and drop-off service
What's Not Included
- Meals
- Gratuities (RMB100-200 if you enjoy our service)
Additional Information
This tour will make you to see the most famous places in Beijing city. Inlucding three must-see places: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden city and Summer Palace. Except having beautiful photos, you will also learn history background. This tour fit for people who have 12 more hours layover in Beijing and want to know some information about Chinese history.
Note: Making such trips possible,your layover time has to be at least 12 hours or longer (between two flights).
- As Summer Palace opens from 6:30am to 6pm and Forbidden City opens from 8:30am to 3:30pm, so please make sure your flight arrival time to Beijing is no later than 10am and the flight depart Beijing no earlier than 16:00.
- A current valid passport is required for security check to Tiananmen area
- It require at least 11 more hours layover between the two flights to make this tour availabe.
- If you are not able to go through customs for any reasons, please take your own responsibility. There is no refund for the same day cancellation
- Visa Process: 1) Arrive in Beijing and get off the plane. 2) Follow signs to baggage claim, then you will find China immigration inspection. 3) Apply 24-144 hours visa(fill out a long white form beforehand) 4) After get visa, walk back to the regular line for immigration clearance. 5) Walk outside baggage claim to find your driver. 6) Driver will hold your name sign outside baggage claim.
- Since it is difficult to book tickets for the Palace Museum after the epidemic, as only 30,000 tickets are sold every day, so we will try our best to help you get tickets. If we really can’t get tickets for you, we will take you to Tiananmen Square and Temple of Heaven as an alternative, thank you for your understanding.
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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349giambe349
Jan 16, 2020
Perfect tour for long stop in PEK airport - Fantastic tour, with perfect organization. Jessica (tour guide) was extremely helpful, meet her out of Arrivals gate, car and driver service very precise.
All tour and experience was great... after this tour we decided to book a second one for GREAT WALL and PALACE OF HEAVEN.
Thanks Jessica and Tony.
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Colin
Jul 30, 2019
Great tours and people - We had 2 tours with the first a layover tour to the Mutianyu part of the Great Wall. Tony our host was on time and a very good guide. No trouble to show us where to go and how to do it. Very easy and plenty of time to be take in the wall and back to airport.
Because Tony was so good we organised a day trip on our return leg to take in the 4 sites we wanted to do in Beijing. Jessica was fantastic on a very hot day.Driven to all the sites by a very good driver.Loads learnt and very organised through all the entrances. A great authentic peking duck lunch from a local place. Thoroughly recommend this tour as we would not have got to see it all on our own.
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Anamezao
Dec 3, 2018
Best short tour option! - This was a great option!
Tony made the process very easy from the start, he even helped explain the process for the visa.
Our tour guide was amazing, Jessica was right on time at the agreed place. She was very good with the explanations and she was very knowledgeable about the places we were visiting. She also made everything to make our tour as memorable as possible, even sugesting great photo poses and locations. She also took us to a delicious local place for lunch.
I recommend this tour to anyone that has a long layover in Beijing.
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