Beijing Trip Overview
Take a Beijing day layover tour to pack in the city’s top sights in a convenient way. With an expert guide, travel the city by private transportation, stopping at major attractions like Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Plus, you will have a whole new experience-tasting the traditional and authentic local food.
1.Visit a China’s ancient sacrificial building – Temple of Heaven
2.Walk around Tiananmen Square and learn about more recent history
3.Visit the magnificent Forbidden City
4.Visit the most well-preserved royal park – Summer Palace
5.Learn about local insights, history, and geography from your guide
6.Airport pick-up and drop-off service
Additional Info
Duration: 9 to 10 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Bus & Minivan Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Beijing, Beijing, China
Take a Beijing day layover tour to pack in the city’s top sights in a convenient way. With an expert guide, travel the city by private transportation, stopping at major attractions like Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Plus, you will have a whole new experience-tasting the traditional and authentic local food.
1.Visit a China’s ancient sacrificial building – Temple of Heaven
2.Walk around Tiananmen Square and learn about more recent history
3.Visit the magnificent Forbidden City
4.Visit the most well-preserved royal park – Summer Palace
5.Learn about local insights, history, and geography from your guide
6.Airport pick-up and drop-off service
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
Your tour guide will be welcoming you at your hotel or Airport at 08:30 a.m.. Then, we will transfer to Temple of Heaven and start the tour.
It is the Largest Existing Architecture Group For Heaven Worship in the World. Originally, the Temple of Heaven was the place where emperors of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty held the Heaven Worship Ceremony.
Residents living near the this place enjoy many activities here, such as running, cycling, singing, dancing, playing chess, flying kites, etc. You can become involved personally in these activities and experience the leisure pursuits of local people.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang), West Changan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
The solemn and respectful Tiananmen Square is the largest central city square in the world, which serves not only the city’s symbol but also the whole of China. This immense courtyard is surrounded by a variety of significant edifices such as the Tiananmen Tower, Great Hall of the People, Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao, Monument to the People’s Heroes and National Museum. It is the must place to visit in Beijing City.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
The magnificent Forbidden City is the largest and the best-preserved imperial palace complex in the world. It has 9,999 rooms in flourishing period with just a single room short of the number that ancient Chinese belief represents ‘Divine Perfection’ and surrounded by a moat six meters deep and ten-meter high wall. For five centuries, this palace functioned as the administrative center of the country.
Follow your tour guide to visit several palaces, including the lavish Antiquarian of the Palace Museum (Treasures Museum). Learn about the ancient history, culture, and traditions that helped shape the Forbidden City through your guide’s engaging commentary.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 China
The largest and best-preserved of the surviving imperial garden. Once a summer retreat for emperors, this 716-acre park is still a retreat for tourist, who can relax here or stroll around ancient pavilions, mansions, temples, bridges and huge lake, stopping occasionally at a shop or tea-house. Much-loved summer retreat of the Imperial families, the lovely landscaped gardens, halls, pavilions and corridors are set around the lake and rivers in natural harmony.
Afterwards, enjoy comfortable transfer back to Beijing Capital International Airport to catch your flight or your hotel. Wrap your memories and say good-bye.
Duration: 1 hour
