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48 hours
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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.
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 of about US$30 per head 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 two persons on Day 01 and with three persons on Day 02.
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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
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
404 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Samuel D,
Mar 26, 2025
- Viator
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
Stiofain F,
Jan 22, 2025
- Viator
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.
Michael R,
Oct 17, 2024
- Viator
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.
Shana D,
Nov 18, 2019
- Viator
Very organized and a great way to see Beijing! My husband and I went in November for his birthday. A bit chilly but fun!
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