Private Tour
Top 3 Must-See: Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace&Forbidden City
Overview
Available languages
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Discover Beijing’s most iconic landmarks in one efficient day with this private tour—covering four unmissable sights that capture the essence of the capital: Tian’anmen Square, the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and Summer Palace. This is your chance to explore the best of Beijing without missing a single highlight, making the most of your precious time.
Your professional English-speaking guide will reveal fascinating stories and rich history from the Ming and Qing dynasties behind each attraction, bringing these ancient landmarks to life with vivid details you won’t find in guidebooks. Travel in comfort with a private vehicle&driver, explore at your own pace—no rushing, just a personalized experience tailored to you.
All entrance fees, lunch, professional guide&private transportation are included, ensuring a smooth, worry-free day of exploration.
Choose your convenient departure point: downtown hotel, Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) or Daxing International Airport(PKX).
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We require the correct passport number of each participant (the one used on the tour day) for ticket booking. A passport is required during the tour; will be denied without one.
Tiananmen Square may close unannounced due to government activities, in which case it will be skipped. No refunds as the square is free
Chinese citizens (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) need to book this tour 7 days in advance. By regulation, please submit Chinese name & ID number when reserving and present the ID on the tour day to join the group
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please be advised that visiting the four attractions in one day involves a lot of walking, so please prepare accordingly.
If the security check queue at Tian’anmen Square exceeds one hour, we suggest either driving around the square or skipping the on-foot visit. Your guide will still explain the history of the square. Due to the tight schedule of the day, we focus on visiting the paid attractions; no refund will be provided for skipping Tian’anmen Square as it is a free attraction.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Beijing
This private tour offers three convenient departure options for your choice: your downtown hotel, Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), or Daxing International Airport. Please select your departure point in advance, and our professional guide and driver will meet you on time to start your one-day efficient exploration of Beijing’s top landmarks.
Tiananmen Square
After being picked up by your guide and driver, the first stop of your itinerary is Tian’anmen Square. Note that Tian’anmen Square is not only a famous tourist attraction but also a political service center, with extremely strict security checks that can take 1 to 3 hours. Since our itinerary is tight, if you encounter a long queue for security checks, we suggest skipping the on-foot visit and taking a drive around the square to save time. When you visit Tian’anmen Square (either on foot or by car), your guide will show you the iconic buildings from the outside and explain their historical background.
What‘s Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off(For hotels within the 4th ring road of the Beijing City)
Professional guide
Bottled water
Private Transfer
We provide round trip airport transfer if you book this tour with an airport departure.
Lunch
Entrance fee to all the sites
Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Gratuities
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Options
Tour start from PEK airport
Tour start from PEK airport : This option applies only if your departure&return locations are Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) or hotels nearby.
Pickup included
6th of April-Tour from downtow
6th of April-Tour from downtow: 6th of April Tour-start from downtown hotel
Pickup included
Tour stat from PKX
Tour stat from PKX: This option applies only if your departure&return locations are Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) or hotels nearby.
Pickup included
Tour Start from downtown hotel
Tour start from downtown hotel: This option applies only if your departure and return locations are hotels within the 4th Ring Road of downtown Beijing.
Pickup included
Reviews
7 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
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jedisteph,Aug 28, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I highly recommend this tour company. Jimmy was very knowledgable and we appreciated the interesting history lessons. Everything went smoothly. Lunch was good.
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vijayu2013,Dec 25, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our 2 day trip to Beijing was very well organized. Right from airport pick up all the way to airport drop off. Jimmy our guide was very knowledgeable and kept us on track all through. All in all I would definitely recommend this company for any of your future travels.
Tiananmen Square was great, a...
Uma C,Jun 26, 2018
- Review from Viator
5.00Tiananmen Square was great, a historical place with lots of ancient significance. Our tour guide Miko was great, he explained the history in great detail. It was a hot summer day and the tour guide served us with ice cold water, super sweet. After the square and forbidden city we went to a restaurant to taste authentic local food, I liked it. We took full day tour so later in the afternoon our guide took us to Summer palace, in my opinion it is an OK place.
Overall the tour was great. Thanks Miko.Discover Beijing...Vivienne Rocked!
d10lee,May 13, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My work colleague and I literally landed in Beijing, picked the most highly rated tour company that had availability and were picked up as advertised the next morning. Discover Beijing made it easy and we really appreciated it. Without a doubt, the highlight of the tour was our guide, Vivienne! She showed up on time and simply asked us what we wanted to do and see. Within 15 minutes we were driving into the city seeing three major sites: the Summer Palace, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. To wrap up the day, she took us to her favorite dumpling restaurant (just outside of the Forbidden City) and helped us navigate the subway system as we called it a day. She was equal parts, knowledgeable about the sites/history, adventurous and most importantly very open to adapting plans to help us maximize our stay in the city. A fantastic day in Beijing, I would recommend Discover Beijing and ask for Vivienne as your guide.
We were picked up on time at our...
James B,Feb 8, 2018
- Review from Viator
5.00We were picked up on time at our hotel. The car was clean and newer. Our tour guide spoke perfect English, was very knowledgeable and freely shared his knowledge with us. The restaurant he took us to for lunch served the tastiest food we had our entire time in Beijing.
Great experience that we highly recommend!Our small group tour ended up being...
Robert A,Aug 27, 2017
- Review from Viator
5.00Our small group tour ended up being a private tour because it was the weekend. Alice our tour guide was absolutely wonderful, she showed us all we wanted to see and took time to take great pictures of us. Tiananmen Square was pretty cool and the forbidden city kept going and going. Alice kept us out of the crowds and showed us the nooks and crannies. Also we had a great lunch, the best here so far and we loved the summer palace!
,We had a great time! KoKo was a very...
Laura J,Jul 11, 2017
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a great time! KoKo was a very knowledgeable tour guide and she has happy to answer all of our questions. Be warned though, it was very hot, humid and crowded. There are drinks available for sell, at very low prices, in the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, but you may want to carry some with you. And dress appropriately! I can't remember the last time I sweat so much. Our tour was in early July.
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