Spend two full days to see the UNESCO-listed top Beijing attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great-wall, Temple of heaven, Summer palace. A famous peking roast duck is an unmissable experience at beijing. Accompanied with a professional guide, driver, hotel pickup and drop-off are included.
At your hotel lobby
DAY 01: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden city, Hutong rickshaw tour, and Temple of heaven
09:00 Pickup from your hotel lobby
09:20 Tiananmen Square
See the largest city center square – Tiananmen square, located at the center of Beijing, see Tiananmen Gate with Chairman Mao’s pic , National flag , National Museum of China , Congress Palace Hall , Monument to the People’s Heroes, listen the story of the past and today from your guide.
10:20 Forbidden city
Explore the UNESCO-listed sights Forbidden City, see the 600 hundred years Old Royal Palace, visit 24 emperors lived rooms accompanied by your professional guide. Learn about the life of the ancient emperors and the stories of the concubines. In addition, explore the unknown stories from the Forbidden City.
13:00 Lunch
Have a tasty lunch at local Peking duck restaurant. You'll have the chance see the chef slice the crispy duck to thinner pieces, and learn how to eat the duck rapped with thinner paste cake dipped with soil source.
14:20 Hutong rickshaw tour
Then, continue your tour to Hutong area, and enjoy a relax rickshaw ride in this interesting old Beijing neighborhood. Visit one the local family courtyard, and bypass the Houhai Lake, stop at the Yin Ding bridge take photos. Your guide will share with you some history and stories about the area.
15:20 Temple of heaven
Heading to see the landmark building from Beijing --- Temple of heaven, also the largest worshipping structures from the world, experience the local Beijing people's retired life.
17:00 At your hotel lobby
You will be transferred back to your hotel lobby at 17:00pm.
DAY 02: Mutianyu Great Wall, Xian Lao Man restaurant or other, Summer palace
08:30 Pickup from your hotel lobby
Be ready heading to the famous section wall Mutianyu. Which is around 70 kilometers from Beijing downtown with 1 hr and half diving.
10:00 Mutianyu Great Wall
Upon arrival, skip the line you will see the less crowded part wall — Mutianyu Great wall. It is one of the best part wall, less crowded with magnificent views. You will have chance to take the chairlift to the top, then take a toboggan slide down, enjoy the fun. Your guide will narrate the detail history story with you and accompany with you to climb.
13:00 Xian Lao Man restaurant or other
Lunch at famous dumpling restaurant, try delicious dumplings
15:30 Summer palace
Visit Summer Palace, experience the ancient royal gardens, follow your professional guide, listen to the story of Empress Dowager Cixi, learn about her extravagant life, admire her opera house, birthday celebration place, walk through the longest corridor, see the Kunming Lake.
17:30 At your hotel lobby
At the end, you will transferred back to your hotel lobby, finishes the perfect tour.
At your hotel lobby
Professional English speaking guide
Air-Conditioned business vehicle
Private driver
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottle of water
1. Sights tickets:
Forbidden city 60RMB / Temple of heaven 34RMB / Hutong rickshaw tour 60RMB / Summer palace 30RMB / Mutianyu Great Wall ( round trip cable car fee & shuttle bus fee ) 200RMB
2.Lunch
Your current passport need bring with you on travel day.
Forbidden city was not open each Monday.
Cathy's tour can arrange closer city tours such as one day tour to Da Tong see Yun Gang Grottoes; to Cheng de see Potala palace, Summer resort; or to He Bei Zun Hua see Qing Eastern Complex Tombs.
Beatrice T.
Visit 10 fatastic attractions within 3 Days in Beijing
“Flexible Family Tour”
This was our first post-covid family tour bringing together 3 generations of 14 people, from the youngest aged 5 to the oldest aged 75. In spite of the challenges of managing a big group, it was generally well managed despite minor blips on the first day. Very impressed with Cathy’s versatility and flexibility to cater to everyone’s needs and preferences. Cathy has very good experience and was able to navigate the traffic wherever we went, and did not hesitate to tweak the plans to ensure we get the most of our trip. We were able to accomplish most that were planned out in our itinerary and she fully understood our objectives of introducing the Chinese culture and history to our children. Our family had an awesome time, took lots of pictures on the best spot recommended by Cathy, and brought home memories that we’ll cherish for a long time. Thank you, Cathy!
Ross H.
Mutianyu and Huanghuacheng Water Great-wall Within One Day
“Great way to see the Great wall!”
My partner and I went on a great wall tour with Cathy and Xie in May 2023. It was an awesome and stress-free way to see it. Cathy took us to the Huanghuacheng section of the wall which was pretty quiet due to it being the early morning and being further away from Beijing. If you want to avoid the crowds I'd recommend visiting this section. Cathy has a lot energy and is very outgoing, which made the day most interesting. She has lots of facts and knowledge about Beijing, the Great Wall and Chinese culture. We also saw the Mutianyu section which was moderately busy but still enjoyable, it has great views and the reconstruction part gives the impression of what it once looked like "back in the day". Cathy was more than happy to take endless pictures of us. I'd recommend this tour with Cathy if you want a stress free, everything taken care of experience.
Cathy Z.
(2 reviews)Dear Ross; Thanks so much for your lovely words, I had really amazing day with you and Amanda, lots of fun and memories, at Huang Hua Cheng and both Mu Tian Yu, hope a great journey back to country, and welcome back to Beijing again in the future : ) Best regards Cathy