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Forbidden City, Summer Palace & Temple of Heaven: Visa-free Layover Tour from Beijing
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6 Ratings
Beijing
Experience the wonders of Beijing’s Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and Temple of Heaven on a visa-free layover tour. Enjoy the convenience of pick-up and drop-off at the airport or your hotel, with a professional driver and English-speaking tour guide to ensure a safe and informative journey.
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - Pick you up in time from Beijing airport arrival hall or your hotel by our private tour guide and driver, and then transfer you to Tiananmen Square, stay at there about 30 mins. And then go to visit the Forbidden City.
- Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - Visit the Forbidden City, the world famous majestic palace of Chinese emperors. Then transfer you to Temple of Heaven.
- Temple of Heaven - Visit Temple of Heaven about 2 hours. And then go to Summer Palace.
- Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) - Visit Summer Palace about 2-3 hours. Transfer you back to airport or hotel after the tour.
What's Included
- China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.
- Entrance tickets to the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and Temple of Heaven.
- Licensed English-speaking tour guide.
- Professional driver with air-conditioned vehicle.
- Warm coats provided in winter.
- Complimentary bottled mineral water.
What's Not Included
- Personal expenses.
- Meals. We can take you to have lunch if you have time, please pay the meal cost on your own.
- Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.
Additional Information
We can pick you up from Beijing Capital Airport or your hotel. We will guide you to get Visa-free permit step by step, and make sure you get back to airport in time. We supply a professional driver and a car with licence as well as a professional English speaking licensed tour guide, both of them work for you. We will make sure you can enjoy a safe tour with professional English interpretation both during driving and in attractions, and would not waste your time for parking. Our driver will make sure your luggage is safe while you are not in the car.
- Our earliest pick-up time is 6:30am. You will need 1.5-2 hours to be get out of customs after your flight arrives. You shall go back in airport at least 1.5-2 hours before the flight departure.
- We do not recommend you book this tour, if you arrival Beijing capital airport after 9am.
- Countries qualified for the 24/144-hour Visa-free Transit in Beijing Capital International Airport: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Republic of Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.
- The 24/144-hour Visa-free Transit only applies to passengers who transit through Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. The destination and place of departure cannot be the same.(e.g Auckland – Beijing – Auckland)
- As a tour company, if we agree to arrange tour for you that is means your flights information, layover time and your nationality fit the visa free policy requirements. But there are still some other issues might happen that might cause you can not obtain the visa-free or can not get out of the airport. We don’t take any responsibility if you are not able to get visa-free for any reason.
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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Tom_v141ju
Jan 10, 2024
Great layover tour in Beijing with Herbie - We want to give our gratitude to Herbie, our tour guide, as his knowledge and enthusiasm made our day in Beijing.
Informative commentary, great English, interesting places and facts, tasty lunch in local restaurant.
Highly recommended.
Thank you!
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60oliverv
Dec 12, 2023
A great experience - We made a very long layover in Beiging. And we took the opportunity to visit several things.
Herbie guided us perfectly, always with a smile and very attentive and explaining everything throughout the day. He also had some coats ready for us, to withstand the cold winter of the city.
It is highly recommended to choose him to show you his culture and monuments.
Thanks for everything.
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339roc_oc
Dec 11, 2023
Best guide - Herbie is the best guide you can imagine, fun and interesting. We made two tours with him and both of them were perfect.
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38livj
Jun 12, 2023
Great Layover Tour! - I did a private tour with Herbie to the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and Summer Palace, and could not recommend it highly enough! They were very accommodating to delays getting out of the airport and even drove all the way back to my hotel when I realised I stupidly left my sunglasses in the backseat! Herbie was very friendly and knowledgeable about the historical background of the sites. Mrs Cheng, the driver, was so kind and came prepared with water, umbrellas just in case, and always made sure I was comfortable. I also really appreciated how thorough and fast-responding Daniel was with all my enquires and through the booking process. Overall, a great way to see some amazing sites in Beiiing on a short time frame, and the team really made my experience seamless and unforgettable.
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Javier2828
Jan 12, 2020
Highly Recommend this Life-changing tour! - 14 hour layover in PEK turned into a tour of Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City. Incoming flight was delayed by two hours and tour company responded quickly with the schedule change...highly accommodating. Tour guide, Nina, met me at arrivals and had me on my way to the city. Nina was amazing with her knowledge of the history and city’s attractions. Started at the Temple of Heaven, then made our way to Tiananmen Square and walked to the Forbidden City. What an amazing place! Nina and her driver (Mr Lee) were nice enough to provide a coat for the walk, which was super warm and comfortable. Nina’s knowledge and engagement made the tour worth it, and I would highly recommend!
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Ilgianlo
Jan 1, 2020
Layover tour Forbidden City and Summer Palace - On the 28th December me and 3 friends had a fantastic layover tour with our guide Alice. We had a 13 our layover and decided to book a tour of Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Everything was good. Alice and the driver have waited for us at the airport before leading us through Beijin traffic jam. Alice was super, telling us all the information about places, allowing my group to take photos and take proper time to look around. She also suggested a very good place to have tipical lunch. Ps. We also had extra coat to use during the tour!
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