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Beijing Layover Tour: Highlight Visit with Local Guide
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7 Ratings
Beijing
Maximize your layover in Beijing with a private tour led by a local guide. Explore top attractions, indulge in local cuisine, and even visit the Great Wall. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - Located just 32Km from Beijing International Airport, Beijing city makes for an easy-to-do layover tour. Start your private tour of Beijing with airport pickup in the morning or afternoon, depending on your flight arrival. Your knowledgeable guide transfers you by private vehicle and introduces you to several landmarks,shopping area and things to do in Beijing City, discuss with your guide then decide the places you want to go.
Here are some places you may interested:(Please pay your own entrance fee at the ticket office )
You can choose to start the tour from Tian’anmen square
- Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - From Tian’anmen Square, you will walking pass by Tian’anmen Gate and Meridian Gate to explore Forbidden city.
- Temple of Heaven - You can choose to visit The Temple of Heaven to check out how emperors worship the God in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
- Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan) - You can choose to have a bird view of the Forbidden City from the Coal Hill Park
- Beihai Park (Beihai Gongyuan) - Maybe spend some leisure time at Beihai Park
- Lama Temple (Yonghegong) - Lama Temple ( top sell tickets at 16:00)
Beihai Park (Temples, Gardens inside close at 17:00, park close until 21:00)
Houhai Lake area
Drum tower and Hutong Tour on rickshaw
Pearl Market (Close at 19:00)
Silk Market (Close at 21:00)
- Red Theatre Beijing Kung Fu Show - Wangfujing Pedestrian Street and Food Street (Close at 21:00)
Night Shows (such as Chinese Acrobatic Show Peking Opera, Kongfu Show 7:00-8:30pm show or 5:30-6:30pm show)
- Back Lakes (Hou Hai) - City lights tour (such as The CBD area, CCTV building, Olympic sites ,The National Theater and etc.)
- Silk Street & Pearl Market (Xiushui) - Feel free to choose the sites you want to go, and your guide will put together an itinerary for you,have the option to add a lunch or dinner in the local restaurant, to try an authentic Chinese meal ,because Chinese food are so variety and so delicious !
The tour last between 4-8 hours depending on your departure flight,at the end of the tour,we will send you back to the airport by private car,We can send you to any hotel in Beijing city center if your destination is not the airport.
- Pearl Market (Hongqiao Market) - Please note: This private sightseeing tour of Beijing can be customized to your interests; please list any special interests you have (e.g. art, architecture, history, culture, shopping) at the time of booking to alert your guide, so that he or she can better prepare for your private tour.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Entrance fee to 2-3 attractions
- Lunch or dinner depending on the start time
- Cable Car Round Trip (if you choose the Great Wall option)
- Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Enjoy a private 6-8 hour tour of Beijing that includes pickup by your experienced private guide upon your arrival at Beijing International Airport PEK or Beijing Daxing Airport. See more of the city with a local guide who shows you the sights that you select to visit. Possibilities include the Qianmen Snack Street, Tian’anmen Square, Forbidden city, Temple of heaven, Houhai lake, Lama Temple, Drum tower, Shopping or nightlife. You also can choose to add the Great Wall into the itinerary when make booking. This is an ideal option for people who have limited time in Beijing and want to taste great local food, shopping and see all the highlights on a tour with a flexible customized itinerary, including a restaurant lunch or dinner plus round-trip airport transport (or hotel drop-off) by private vehicle.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- 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
Location
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
West Changan Street, Dongcheng District,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Erdwytraveler251
Dec 8, 2019
Private city tour in Beijing - Punctuality, good and friendly service. Special thanks to Mark Yu, very good English speaking, excellent knowledge about the history of the dynastys in China. Hope we can come back soon.
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Brianel3252fp
Nov 29, 2019
Quick guided tour of Beijing - Linda was fabulous! We could not have had a better guide. Our stay in Beijing was very short, only a partial day, but Linda made the most of our time. She gave us an excellent tour of the Forbidden City, and still managed to take us to 2 great street food places, which the kids really wanted to experience. The hot pot food was amazing! Linda, thank you so much.
Brian
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Cyndyrella8888
Nov 29, 2019
Transit Visit to Beijing - Linda, our tour guide, wanhis a most welcoming host to Beijing and China, especially in the confusing flurry of travel schedules, visas, and documents. We only had a 6 hour window during our transit to get a glimpse of Beijing, and Linda helped us make the most of it. This would be our one and only time to see China (and my original family roots). Her English was very understandable, her comprehension of the questions that we asked was very evident, and she knew most of the answers. She gave us little facts about the architecture of the Forbidden City that gave is insight to what it was like in Imperial China. She also answered personal questions about life in present-day China. As it was a cold, breezy day, she even helped to keep me warm by insisting on wrapping me up in her own scarf. The transport to and from the hotel also eased our minds, since we could leave our carry-ons with the driver. Everyone in our family was quite impressed with her skills. Afterwards, she gave us a little foodie tour of her personal favorites, which in and of itself was a highlight. If you have a layover in Beijing, this tour is well worth every penny, and this company is very lucky to have a guide such as Linda representing it.
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B292izsarad
Nov 18, 2019
Bejing layover Tour - We loved our tour. It was very cold outside so being able to customized let us get in and out and see what we wanted while adjusting to the temps!
We very much enjoyed it and would do it again! Highly recommend
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Lincoln218
May 19, 2019
Fabulous tour - highly recommended - Lucy was highly informative and it was a pleasure to spend time with her on my private tour. I saw the Forbidden City, rode a rickshaw through the Hutong, ate dumplings and even rode the subway!
Thank you so much Lucy - I would highly recommend Lucy to anyone.
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Julius190394
Apr 17, 2019
Well organized layover-tour with a great guide! - We had 15 hours layover in Beijing. So we decided to do this private city tour. We we're picked up by the driver and went to see the Tian'anmen square and the forbidden city. After that we saw a kung-fu show which was recommended by our guide Linda. The performance was very exciting. At last we walked through a local food market.
We had a great time during our layover. The tour was well organized and Lindas English is excellent.
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Sarak2393
Jan 6, 2019
Perfect way of using transfertime! - Linda was an excellent guide, she speaks very good english and told us a lot of interesting things when we visited the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, chairman Mao memorial hall and more. She also arranged so we could have Peking duck for lunch!
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