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Ultimate Forbidden City and Mutianyu Great Wall Discovery with Airport Transfer

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Overview

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Don’t stuck your Beijing layover inside the airport; make the best use of your travel time in China and tailor-made a flexible sightseeing tour instead. This private layover tour is customized to your needs and allows you to see the Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square if time permit based on your layover time. Hotel/Airport pick-up and drop-off services are included.

Note: Making such trips possible,your layover time has to be at least 13 hours or longer (between two flights); alternative plan of visit at Tiananmen Square, Jingshan park to let you get bird's eye view to the whole Forbidden City in case that the Forbidden City would be fully booked.

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

As Great Wall opens from 8am to 5pm and Forbidden City opens from 8:30am to 3:30pm, so please make sure your flight arrival time to Beijing is no later than 7am and the flight depart Beijing no earlier than 19:00.

A current valid passport is required for security check at Tiananmen Square.

It require at least 12 more hours layover between the two flights to make this tour available.

Visa Process: 1) Arrive in Beijing and get off the plane. 2) Follow signs to baggage claim, then you will find China immigration inspection. 3) Apply 24-144 hours visa(fill out a long white form beforehand) 4) After get visa, walk back to the regular line for immigration clearance. 5) Walk outside baggage claim to find your driver. 6) Driver will hold your name sign outside baggage claim.

You will be picked up from your hotel lobby(inside the fifth ring road, or pay a little more for a pick up outside this area) at your selected pick up time, or you will be picked up from airport(outside luggage picking area) if you would come with a layover.

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Hotel/Airport pickup and drop-off

Local tax

Free bottled water in the vehicle

Well-tranined English-speaking guide.

Private Transportation (Taxes/Fuel/Parking fee)

Admission ticket(the first entrance)

Cable fee or toboggan at Great Wall

Gratuities

Meal(an option if you would like to buy a lunch there)

What To Expect

1

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)

You will be picked up from your hotel/PEK airport, then drive to the city center to visit Tiananmen Square which is the largest public square in the world. Standing in the middle of the square with taking a 360 panoramic photo to have all the major buildings into your great photo. This is the best certificate for this trip. You will walk around and visit the Tiananmen Square for 30-40 mins.

40 minutes•Admission Not Applicable
2

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

Followed by a visit at the Forbidden City, it used to be the residence for the Emperors (24 emperors in total) in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. It occupies 72 hectares (180 acres) and takes about 1.5 hours to see the major palaces. You will walk with your guide and visit all the must see places in the huge Forbidden City.

1 hour 30 minutes•Admission Included

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Ultimate Forbidden City and Mutianyu Great Wall Discovery with Airport Transfer

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Reviews

5.00

23 reviews

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  • Incredible experience! The tour guide and operator were more than accommodating to my schedule. I had an amazing time!

    Alice H,

    Dec 5, 2024

    - Viator

    5.00

    Fantastic experience! I would recommend this trip to anyone who wants a tour of Beijing with a friendly and knowledgeable guide.

  • Highly recommended layover tour

    Carolin C,

    Dec 31, 2023

    - Viator

    5.00

    We had an absolutely amazing time during our layover tour in Beijing! Our guide Shane took us to the Great Wall, Jingshan Park and Tiananmen Square and provided us with lots of interesting information about everything‘s history, current situation etc. We had a really fun day and can highly recommend booking this tour!!

From USD 176.7

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