Private Tour
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Spend half day accompanied with a professional guide to explore the mysteries of the Forbidden City, visit the world's largest square -- Tiananmen Square, climb up to the Jing shan Hill, overlook the breathtaking full views of the Forbidden Palace. After either sample a authentic Peking duck lunch or enjoy a Acrobatic show in the afternoon both an unmissable try when you are at Beijing. Skip the line, Hotel pickup, drop-off are included.
Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
Your 4-hour private tour of the Forbidden Palace begins with picking you up from your downtown hotel in Beijing . Travel by a comfortable car accompany with a professional guide start explore the one of the UNESCO-listed sights. The first stop is Tiananmen Square , learn about the past and nowadays difference, admire the Great Hall of the People, the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, and watch the army guards from a close distance .
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
Continue about 15 minutes walk, you will come to the main entrance of the Forbidden City , start the exploration tour of the Forbidden City. Accompanied by your professional guide, learn about the life of the ancient emperors and the stories of the concubines, explore the unknown stories such as where is the lost half room from the 9999.5 rooms from the Forbidden City. In particular, you will have chance visit the Treasure Hall, which is not often visited by normal tours.
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Air-conditioned clean car
Mineral water
Peking duck lunch / Acrobatic show ( if related option chose )
Professional English speaking guide
Forbidden city tickets
Gratuities ( Recommeded )
Select a pickup point
Tour starts 1:00pm. You will watch the 60-minute amazing acrobatic Show at 4:00pm.
Pickup included
Pickup included
Morning Tour with Lunch: Tour starts at 9:00am. This option includes a tasty Peking Duck Lunch
Pickup included
10 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
239alenc,,Nov 17, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
Our tour guide Cathy was awesome, very experienced and knowledgable about history and current buildings, shared many interesting historic facts, all access was very quick and efficient, no waiting time, and very efficient avoiding crowds. She is very good company, shared good jokes and kept the entire tour in very friendly manner. Cathy also has excellent time management, arragned everthing in advance and minimized the waiting time. The driver was also great, picked us up timely in front of hotel as well as exactly after finishing each section of the tour. Higly recommend!
143piam,,Nov 17, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
We had a fantastic private tour with Cathy. She shared a lot of interesting historical facts during the tour, making the experience even more enriching. Best guide ever ! At the hotel, Cathy and driver Su arrived a few minutes earlier than the agreed time, showing great punctuality. The driver was excellent and always waited for us right after we finished our sightseeing stops. Overall, everything was perfectly organized, and we highly recommend Cathy for anyone looking for a great guide!
489abdulazizh,,Jul 13, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
I enjoyed the trip very much and had the most enjoyable times. The tour guide, Kathy, was very helpful and described many landmarks that are difficult for tourists to know if without a guide. I highly recommend booking an imaginative experience with her. She was also very keen to pick me up from the hotel and take me to the train station as planned in advance. We also had an ,amazing peking dyck lunch which was included, as well as a good and clean car ser Thank you. Cathy



Josie J,,May 25, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
Cathy is the best tour guide! We had some rainy weather and we were lucky to find Cathy and did last minute booking with my family. She was able to re-route us to some amazing historical places and wowed us with detailed historical knowledge. Her energy and knowledge really made our day. We enjoyed a world class acrobatic show and really enjoyed our time. Very highly recommended!






Caroline G,,May 8, 2024
- Review from Viator
We did the forbidden city tour, me, my husband and my mother. It was a very beautiful day and our guide William kuang was perfect. He knew a lot of information, he was a very pleasant company. He took us from the Tiananmen Square, through the forbidden city, passing also in a museum with imperial artefactos and ending up the hill where we could see the forbidden city from above. Perfect day !!
W8055HRbens,,May 4, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
Had a great time with Diana seeing Lana Temple, Jingshanqian Park and a tea house. Diana was very friendly and speaks good English. Great photos. Highly recommend!
Grace J,,Apr 9, 2024
- Review from Viator
Our Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City private tour was guided by Linda organized by Cathy, very excellent service and translation. Linda explained about the history of the square and the palace. Very knowledgeable and helpful. Private driver is friendly. Teahouse trip was out of schedule, interesting but of course we have to buy! Beware not to be too comfortable after the tea demonstration. We have circus show to conclude our trip. Memorable experience. Thank you Linda and Cathy!
seanbK9283MM,,Feb 4, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
Cathy was great! We really enjoyed our tour at the Lama Temple, Temple of Heaven, tea house and acrobat show. Cathy’s english was very impressive, and she always had great insights on the history at each stop along the way. Cathy was high energy and made us feel very comfortable. We will definitely be calling Cathy for our next trip to Beijing.

Todd K,,Feb 4, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
Cathy was fantastic - great communication skills and took really good care of us. She helped craft a tour that worked with our group Would highly recommend
kkkkmmnnb,,Oct 11, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
We had a great time with Cathy, we saw everything in the full morning, Tiananmen, forbidden city, and great view at the point of Jingshan park, fantastic photos, highly recommended!
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