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2-Day Mini Group to Great Wall, Forbidden City & Top Highlights

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Overview

Available languages

English

48 hours

Mobile ticket

Explore Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in the first day and visit the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple and old Hutongs with Rickshaw ride in the second day tours. Besides, you will also stop by the bustling Nanluoguxiang Hutong at the first night.

This 2-day mini group tour with about 12 guests ensures a more personal experience. Avoid the ticket line at the entrance of all attractions. No shopping detours, no factory, no tea ceremony and no shopping site restaurant, which at least save you two hours today for a pure sightseeing experience. That's the reason why you can have more time at the attraction sites. This tour are running for guests' interests rather than the shopping commission.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

We guarantee 100% No Shopping Stops in our tours. When you check some other tours, if they don't mention no shopping, they MUST have commissioned based shopping stops as jade factory or tea ceremony. Even you don't see shopping related words in their itineraries or product introduction, it is indeed a shopping tour. Be sure to check out with them about the shopping stops and read reviews from their clients carefully to see what the real experience would be. By joining a shopping tour like that, your time spent on attractions will be shortened, and you will be pressured to buy overpriced items. Normally the so called jade factory or tea ceremony is the tourist trap. You have to stay there an hour or more for those travel agents to get the commission from the factory stores. If you prefer to enjoy the tour thoroughly, you are suggested to choose a tour without any annoying shopping stops just like ours.

We offer free pick-up within the third ring road of the Beijing city. To ensure the morning pick-up going smoothly, we suggest you choose centrally located downtown hotels. If your hotel is beyond our free pick-up range, you may need to get to a meeting point or pay extra for the pick-up. Your travel consultant is ready to help.

Travelers will be picked up in the morning according to their hotel locations. The exact pick-up time will be confirmed the day before. Please be ready at the hotel lobby at least 5 minutes in advance, which is the maximum waiting time. For travelers who are late, please go to meet the group and pay for the taxi personally. No-show is non-refundable.

Entrance tickets of the Forbidden City are usually released online 7 days in advance and could be easily sold out. Kindly advise you to book the tour 8 days before since the ticket purchase is based on the real name policy. If you book the tour within 7 days before departure, you need to line up at the entrance to buy the tickets. Since it is only for international travelers, so you need to do it by yourself. Your tour guide will let you know how to do it and give you cash.

The itinerary schedule or sightseeing order may be adjusted according to the traffic on the tour day.

Please provide the correct passport information for booking the real-name entrance tickets. And also please make sure to carry the same identification for entry while traveling. Otherwise, entry might not be permitted. If you forgot your passport and need to get back to fetch it, please pay for the transport and later meet the group by yourself.

Group Size: About 12 people. There are chances that 10% of the tour groups will exceed 12 people but we will make proper arrangements.

Departures are guaranteed with three persons.

Public Holidays: Please aware there will be large crowds and heavy traffic in Chinese public holidays like May Day from May 1st to 5th and National Day from Oct 1st to 7th. We will do the best to arrange the tour.

Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

This supplier also offers 1-day mini group tour and multi-day tours. Please search the supplier's name to check its tour list.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Pick up and drop off to hotels within the third ring road of the Beijing city.

Complimentary bottled water with unlimited supplies

Air conditioned minivan with chauffeur

Professional English speaking guide

Meals and accommodation

Gratuities

Cable car fee at the Great Wall

What To Expect

Day 1

Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall

1

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)

In the morning, your professional guide will pick you up at your hotel lobby, and then a comfortable and capacious chauffeur-driven minivan will transfer you to Tiananmen Square. Follow your guide to take a morning walk around this city square, and you can shoot distant view photos of the brilliant landmark buildings such as the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People and the Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao.

30 minutes•Admission Not Applicable
2

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

Walk through the Gate of Heavenly Peace with the great Chairman Mao's portrait on it; you come to this morning's highlight - the 600-year-old Forbidden City - the largest and the most intact imperial palace complex of the Ming and Qing Courts (1368 - 1911 AD). The majestic Forbidden City has 9,999 rooms! Which are the most essential and interesting parts? The veteran itinerary designer carefully selects the top 10 palaces for you, including major ones on the traditional central axis, and some special chambers on the east and west wings.

3 hours•Admission Included
3

Mutianyu Great Wall

After 1.5 hours driving, you will arrive at the Mutianyu Great Wall, which is the best preserved and most popular section among all in Beijing. The itinerary designer smartly choose afternoon to visit the Wall to avoid the crowds, and you’ll have at least 2.5 hours to visit the wall and take some nice photos.

3 hours•Admission Included
4

Back Lakes (Hou Hai)

At the end of this day trip, your tour guide will take you to the famous Houhai Lake Area and Yandai Xiejie Hutong, where you will find various bars, cafes, restaurants, and curio shops. It might be a good idea to spend a leisure evening there to ease your fatigue as well as to experience Beijing’s legendary nightlife. Enjoy your time leisurely at your own pace and get back to the hotel by yourself afterwards. For travelers who are not interested in exploring this Hutong area, we will drive you back to your hotel directly. Hope you have collected great memories on this trip!

5 minutes•Admission Not Applicable
Day 2

Temple of Heaven, Hutong Alleys, Lama Temple & Summer Palace

1

Temple of Heaven

In the morning, the guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel on time and continue your Beijing group tour to the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors worshiped the God of Heaven for good harvest in ancient times. Now it turns out to be a big park where you can see local people doing exercise and more recreational activities. Attention: Since the main historical sites of the Temple of Heaven are closed on Mondays, we will arrange for you a visit to the Beihai Park instead if your travel date happens to meet Monday. This park has stunning landscapes and profound cultural significance.

1 hour 30 minutes•Admission Included
2

Hutong Tour

Next continue your tour to Beijing Hutong. There you will take a rickshaw to go through the old alleys and pay a visit to a Hutong family to see how the old Beijingers live. There are many popular restaurants, cafes and local food stores in the area. It should be a good chance to taste the local food if you want to have a try. Your guide will offer you suggestions. After lunch, you could stroll around Houhai Lake and explore more of the Hutong area.

1 hour•Admission Included
3

Lama Temple (Yonghegong)

Lama Temple, also known as Yonghe Lamasery is a beautiful old temple in the center of Beijing. It was initially built in 1694 as the residence Emperor Yongzheng when he was just a prince. Now it is considered as the largest and most perfectly preserved lamasery in present day China.

1 hour•Admission Included
4

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

An about 30-minute drive will take you to the Summer Palace, which is reputed as the museum of ancient royal gardens. Your expert guide will show you around. Centered upon Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake, the Summer Palace boasts a perfect combination of natural landscape and royal garden. It is a fantastic resort for travelers to admire the peaceful landscapes and magnificent architectures. After that, you will be escorted back to your hotel. Important note: A private tour will be offered exclusively for you if you have 9 people or more.

2 hours•Admission Included

Options

2 Days Mini Group Beijing Tour

2-day tour service: Includes: Entrance tickets, English-speaking tour guide, driver. A private tour will be offered if you have 9 people or more
Pickup included

Reviews

4.95

486 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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  • Great guide for the Great Wall!

    Adrienne M,

    Jun 27, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    We had a terrific day with Lisa Liu as our guide to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall at Mu Tian Yu. She kept us informed and gave us a lot of flexibility to determine meal options. We hope to see her again on future trips!

  • Don't hesitate! Just book it!

    Shannon P,

    May 27, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    Amazing tour! Helen is the best! The tour was well organized and the communication was great. I met some amazing people and had a great time.

  • We had Tom as our guide...

    Samuel D,

    Mar 26, 2025

    - Viator

    4.00

    We had Tom as our guide for both days of this tour, he was very knowledgeable on the sights visited & history. The first day was a very long day travelling out to the Great Wall, not helped by Beijing traffic. Tour is a great way to see all the major sights of Beijing, there is limited time at each stop however we felt this was sufficient when there is so much to fit in to two days. I’d suggest leaving yourself a free day after this tour in case there is anywhere you wish to re-visit to spend more time. However I would recommend this tour to others

  • Overall worth the money

    Stiofain F,

    Jan 22, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    On day 1 we had Lucy, she was great, very informative, helpful and flexible. On day 2 we had Kevin who was very informative but totally inflexible: apparently getting 5 minutes to visit a gift shop was impossible etc. His attitude was just bad and another day with Lucy would have been more preferable. Overall the tour was worth it as I very likely could not have organised and traveled to everything we did in these 2 days on my own, just make sure you ask for Lucy.

  • Great 2-day itinerary

    Michael R,

    Oct 17, 2024

    - Viator

    5.00

    If in doubt, 5 stars. It's a great 2-day itinerary. You see the most important sights. You have to bear in mind that there isn't much time to visit the each sight in detail. One should plan an additional day for what interests most. The visit to the Forbidden City is more of a slow, continuous walk through. What we didn't like was that there were two separate one-day tours, each with a different guide and a different group. The agency also swapped the daily program, which we didn't like. Neither of these was communicated in advance. Both guides spoke good English, Linda was much easier to understand. The guides were very helpful with our vegan diet. Lunch in a restaurant in Beijing on the first day cost 6 USD for two people, the lunch buffet at the Great Wall of China cost around 30 USD with travel agency discount. The vehicle on the first day for 4 guests was very luxurious, the bus for 10 guests on the second day was OK, although it smelled strongly of petrol at the beginning.

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4.95
486 reviews
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