Beijing Highlights Two-Day Private Guided Tour
Beijing Highlights Two-Day Private Guided Tour
Beijing Highlights Two-Day Private Guided Tour
From
Highlights
Benefits: This tour offers you skip the line service to visit Tian'anmen Square. Your tickets to the Forbidden City will be booked 7 days in advance with your passport information. The tour is created for those who love slow-pace trips in Beijing to stroll around the palace, gardens and walls away from the hustle and bustle.
If you are a first-time visitor to Beijing, this tour definitely present you the best of Beijing. If you have visited China before and would love to enjoy deeper insights of this ancient capital city, you will unveil lots of hidden gems of Beijing also through this tour.
Beijing is a well mix of ancient architecture and modernity. The fast transition of "Pekin" between Old and New, Conservation and Reformation were historically impressive. Chinese are blessed to have witnessed the well-renowned palaces, temples and walls that are still preserved and blended into the modernity of Beijing, co-existing harmoniously with 28 million population living within.
Itinerary
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeTiananmen Square is said as the largest city square located in Beijing city center. Named after the eponymous Tiananmen ("Gate of Heavenly Peace") located to its north, which separates it from the Forbidden City. The square contains the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China in the square on October 1, 1949; the anniversary of this event is still observed there. It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history.Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperors of China from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts was built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987.Temple of Heaven
1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe Temple of Heaven, founded in the first half of the 15th century, is a dignified complex of fine cult buildings set in gardens and surrounded by historic pine woods. In its overall layout and that of its individual buildings, it symbolizes the relationship between earth and heaven – the human world and God's world – which stands at the heart of Chinese cosmogony, and also the special role played by the emperors within that relationship.Mutianyu Great Wall
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not IncludedIn 1368AD in the Ming Dynasty of ancient China, Mutianyu Great Wall was built by Xu Da who was the main general of the army fighting with mongols. The section of the Great Wall is the military hub defensing of the capital since ancient times. There are several famous watchtowers and beacon towers, which has profound historical and cultural values. Surrounded by the mountains, the Greening rate of the Great Wall reaches 98%, and its scenery is beautiful. Known for its gorgeous scenery, Mutianyu is one of the essence in the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty. Mutianyu has the characteristics of the fresh air, sided embrasure, peculiar guards, intensive watchtowers, the strong feeling of three-dimensional and the existing of the inside and outside branch. The tourist area was added to the national 5A scenic spot list by the National Tourism Administration of China in 2011.Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe Summer Palace is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill. Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three-quarters of which is water.
What's included
INCLUDED
NOT INCLUDED
Customer reviews
Additional information
Location
Provider
Encounter China Tours
NZD 1,278
Why Pelago?
- Trusted by millions of travellers
- Choose from 200,000+ activities
- Earn KrisFlyer miles with every booking
- A Singapore Airlines company