Beijing Trip Overview
This full day tour in Beijing will enable you to experience the most attractive historical sites: Great Wall at Mutianyu, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. As you head to the Mutianyu Great Wall, you will make a short stop at the iconic “Birds’s Nest” for photos. The entire tour will be set at your preferred pace without any rush. You will have your own guide and private vehicle with no hidden charge and no souvenir shopping stops.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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This full day tour in Beijing will enable you to experience the most attractive historical sites: Great Wall at Mutianyu, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. As you head to the Mutianyu Great Wall, you will make a short stop at the iconic “Birds’s Nest” for photos. The entire tour will be set at your preferred pace without any rush. You will have your own guide and private vehicle with no hidden charge and no souvenir shopping stops.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Niaochao National Stadium, No.1 Guojia Tiyuchang South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing China
On this private tour, get to know the places that interest you the most. Your private tour guide will pick you up from your hotel, then begin to head over to the Great Wall at Mutianyu.
If time allows while on your way to The Mutianyu Great Wall, you will be able to stop and take photos at the iconic “Bird’s Nest”. This is the Beijing National Stadium, which had hosted many spectacular events, including the famous 2008 Summer Olympics.
Stop At: Mutianyu Great Wall, Mutianyu Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District, Beijing China
Once you arrive at the The Mutianyu Great Wall, you’ll enjoy a peaceful experience and take time to marvel at this wondrous structure and the surrounding hillsides that look north toward Mongolia. The Great Wall at Mutianyu was built and restored in the early Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) on the remnants of a Wall originally built in the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577). Reconstruction took place under the supervision of Xu Da, one of the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, who was responsible for building a Wall from Shanhaiguan in the east to as far as Mutianyu.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang), West Changan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Stop at a local restaurant in the Huairou district, famous for their chestnuts, mushrooms, and trout. Here, you will have various choices of countryside style of cuisine as your lunch.
Head back to Beijing City to explore Tian’anmen Square, home to the National Museum of China, and the great Monument to the Peoples’ Heroes.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Meridian Gate (Wu Men), The Entrance Gates Of Gugong, Beijing 100006 China
Pass through the south gate to the magnificent Forbidden City.
Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
Forbidden City, a 250-acre (101-ha.) complex of courtyards, palaces, pavilions, and gardens that served as the imperial palace for emperors and their households for more than 500 years.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hall of Great Harmony (Taihe Dian), Inside The Palace Museum, Beijing China
Stroll around the courtyards and halls of the Forbidden city with your tour guide, and learn the histories and stories about this massive palace. You will visit these buildings inside the Forbidden City.
Hall of Great Harmony where the emperor handle states affairs. Hall of Central Harmony and Hall of Compete Harmony.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Palace of Heavenly Purity, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Then continue to check out the living quarters in the palace: Hall of Union, Hall Heavenly Purity, and Hall of Earthly Tranquillity.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Your tour of the Forbidden city will end at the Imperial Garden, then you will exit the Forbidden city from the north Gate.
Your guide will drop you off at your hotel at the end of the tour.
Duration: 10 minutes
