Private Day Tour to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Hutong by Public Transportation
Overview
Available languages
6 hours
Mobile ticket
This 6 hours tour will take you to explore the culture heritages by Beijing's public transportation, such as subway and bus. Since there are total 17 Lines of subway in Beijing, and you can easily to get to most of places and attractions in Beijing. No more worry about the traffic. Your English-speaking tour guide will company with you and share the local tips and interesting history to you along the way.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Tourists holding foreign passports can make reservations within 7 days (not applicable to Chinese tourists, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan)
What To Expect
Tiananmen Square
Your tour guide will come to meet you at your hotel lobby. You will take subway to sightseeing. Which is faster than any cars in the rush hour. The first place you will visit the Tiananmen Square which is the biggest city center square in the world. Moreover, along famous Chang'an Street, you will see The Great Hall of People, and The National Museum (used to be named Chinese history and revolution museum). In additional, the center of the square is the Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum.
Great Hall of the People (Renmin Dahuitang)
Visiting
Options
Public transportation day tour
Private tour: Your private tour guide will take you exporing the city by public transportation. Pickup included
What‘s Included
Professional guide
Entrance ticket
Hotel pickup and drop-off with public transportation
Local taxes
Lunch
Gratuities
Hutong rickshaw ride
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
8 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Awesome tour with Bruce Wei
tapioa193,Oct 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had an excellent day with Bruce. He managed everything smoothly and gave a lot of interesting information about the history behind the sites. Highly recommend this trip!
Good Tour of the Palace
Nico C,Jul 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Linda Shi our guide was very helpful navigating and ensuring we had all our tickets. The tour is a lot of walking and sightseeing which is what we were hoping for.
Kevin is a great English-speaking tour guide
AshleyaMarie B,Nov 8, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00We toured Tiananmen Square, Palace Museum, Jingshan Park, and Hutongs with our tour guide Kevin. I would say, without him, it would have been difficult to navigate Forbidden City. We were so happy to have an English-speaking guide like him. We could easily understand him and we learned so much history from him telling us all about the things we needed to know about the places we went to. We then took the bus back to our hotel which was also a great experience for the kids. He was so patient with us esp having 2 kids (ages 2 snd 5), we did not feel rushed at all. I highly recommend this tour and Kevin!
Bruce Lee tour of Forbidden City
gregorym146,Mar 10, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A most excellent walking tour of the Forbidden City. Our English speaking guide Bruce (Bruce Lee is his hero) was extremely knowledgeable & knows all the hot spots & shortcuts! Try the tea at the Emperor’s tea house - amazing experience.
Forbidden City with Susan
rghornbeck123,Oct 6, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Susan was perfectly on time meeting us at our hotel and led us on a very lovely half-day tour of the Forbidden City + a walkthrough of Tiananmen Square. She was very knowledgable, upbeat, patient, and a tireless photographer. We highly recommend her!
2 day private tour of Beijing with Coco
Gfamtravel,Jan 2, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Coco and our driver Mr. Shi really made sure our family had an authentic, leisurely experience. We knew the main sites we wanted to see, but Coco took us to some amazing restaurants and customized both days to make sure we could fit in things like a couple of hours at the silk market, visit to a tea master to taste different teas that were so flavorful and made for great gifts, a drive by the Olympic venues on our way back from the wall, etc. She shared so much information with us and allowed us to ask lots of questions - she kept all 5 of us interested and we have such a deeper appreciation now for the culture. We expected Beijing to be smoggy, busy and difficult to find food we'd enjoy. It was none of those and I think a lot of it had to do with Coco as she'd listen to us and made sure we'd experience what we were interested in....for example we wanted to try Peking duck but were hesitant to go to a restaurant just for that, so she took us to this super cute food market inside one of the hutongs where they made Peking duck on a pancake for us all to try.
Lisa, our guide arrived promptly...
Amy G,Oct 15, 2017
- Review from Viator
5.00Lisa, our guide arrived promptly, spoke excellent English, and paced the day well for us, a family of 7 including 2 young children. She explained everything that we were doing/seeing and was very patient, pleasant, and helpful. We rode buses, pedicabs, and the subway and had a wonderful experience!
Viator website was efficient and easy...
James D,Apr 25, 2017
- Review from Viator
5.00Viator website was efficient and easy to book with accurate information regarding the tours. Overall I thought the value of the tour was worth it. Pick up was flawless and they were on time. The Beijing tour with Lily was very pleasant. She is knowledgeable, witty, and knows the city extremely well. We opted not to visit Tiananmen Square due to crowds and I was very happy with the alternative choices she gave me. For one, we rented bikes for part of the day which allowed us to see quite a bit more of the city. She also brought me to a Fabulous Mongolian Hot Pot restaurant. I had described a restaurant that I had researched on the internet and she recommended this one instead. It was great, a local favorite. We also stopped by a Tea House at my request which surpassed my expectations. My day with Lily was amazing and I strongly recommend her as well as the company.
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