1 day

Private

Full Day

Instant confirmation

About this activity

Your private guide will meet you in your hotel lobby by 9am.

From here, you'll drive to Tiananmen Square, the world's largest city center plaza and the place where Chairman Mao announced the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Your guide will point out highlights of the square as you walk to the UNESCO-listed Forbidden City, home to China's emperors for almost five centuries, and the best-preserved imperial palace in China. Explore the highlights of its halls, galleries, museums, and gardens as you learn how Chinese emperors and their households lived.

From here, it's another short stroll to Jingshan Park, once an imperial garden. Climb the small hill at the heart of the park for bird's-eye views across Beijing and over the Forbidden City: pose for pictures as you capture the stunning panoramas.

Your guide will recommend a restaurant that suits your tastes for lunch: feel free to request specialties from Beijing duck to dumplings!

After lunch, hop into your private vehicle for the 40-minute drive to the UNESCO-listed Summer Palace. With its stunning lakeside gardens, pavilions, and pagodas, this is the most famous imperial garden in China and possibly the largest walled palace in the world.

You'll leave here a little after 4pm, returning to your hotel by 5pm.

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Included

Private guide
Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Entry/Admission - Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
Entry/Admission - Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
Entry/Admission - Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
Entry/Admission - Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan)

Not included

Gratuities
Lunch

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Children must be accompanied by an adult: age under 2 goes free
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Guests passport number and full name need to be provided

Features

Tourism

95%

Cultural

70%

Reviews

3.0

1

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Philip B

3 | 2017-08-01

The tour and the tour guide were great. We managed to squeeze a lot into quite a short amount of time. The cost of the tour was in my mind not warranted. I can understand why it was expensive given that it ended up being a completely private tour however, as the tour cost me in excess of 150 for my wife and I, I do not think the cost is appropriate.

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