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USD $39.00
Beijing Highlights Full-Day Bus Tour
Beijing, China
Make full use of your time in Beijing by visiting the three must-see attractions in just one day, including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, and be escorted by friendly and knowledgeable local tour guide.
Your English-speaking guide will pick you up from your hotel in Beijing between 7:00-7:30 am to start the trip.
The first stop is Tiananmen Square which is located at the center of Beijing. It is the world’s largest city square, surrounded by magnificent buildings like National Museum of China and Mausoleum of Chairman Mao.
Walk across the square and enter the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the five most important palaces in the world. With 9999.5 rooms, it served as home and work place to 24 emperors of the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) Dynasties. You will see exhibitions of imperial treasures and collections from that time.
Before enjoying a traditional Chinese lunch, pay a short visit to a jade factory, where you can learn some knowledge about jade and see its carving process. Afterwards, drive to Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, the longest and best fully-restored Great Wall with less crowd and more watchtowers. It is known for its beautiful surroundings of dense woods. Cable car up and down the mountain is optional at your own expense.
On the way back you will visit a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, where you will get to learn some knowledge of traditional medicine and enjoy a free foot massage. After that, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing around 6 pm.
The tour itself was pretty good for the price. My only complaint would be that I didn’t like the lunch too much and the driver was awful but since you get to see the main highlights of Beijing i’d Recommend this tour.
Review by: Jeffrey S, March 2018
This was a very good tour to get a feel for a Beijing first visit. Great guide, very well organized. The price was unbeatable for what was included. I can finally check the Great Wall off my bucket list!!
Review by: orjessi, January 2018
We had a great experience, this tour entails visiting the Forbidden City, a Jade factory, lunch before entering Mutianyu Great Wall, visiting the Great Wall and finally a stop and demonstration of Chinese tea. Highly recommended and totally worth the price
Review by: barrow200, November 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Lielani C, November 2017
This was a short day trip worth taking and was worth the money as well. There were only 9 of us taking the tour and our guide Justin was very knowledgeable of the history of the places we visited. Since we were trying to cover Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and the Great Wall at Mutianyu in just one day, it feels like we were always in a hurry. Overall though, it was a great trip and very educational.
Review by: Probal S, September 2017
This is the best tout for solo travellers. Highly cost effective and with all required amenities. Hiking to the wall was the best part with knowledgeable English speaking guide. Fantastic experience. Recommended
Review by: ddpiza, September 2017
This was really nice specially for the Price. The tour guide was really nice too. She explained everything and answered all of our questions. Highly recommended.
Review by: TERESA D, September 2017
Excellent value for money, well organised and thoroughly enjoyed it with my 8 year old daughter.
Review by: George C, September 2017
Our tour guide Walter was just ok. He is knowledgeable however it is very hard to understand his accent and he speaks too fast. The tour felt very rush as well. Plus, in our tour group, we had an elderly man who couldnt walk so well he was using a cane but Walter was not so considerate and walked too fast. Other people in the group was also trying to catch up with the tour guide. Our group stayed together during the tour but our tour guide would always walk too far ahead. It was also hard to spot him as he only attached a small pink purse on his telescoping pole. On the other hand, the places we visited was interesting but I think it would be better if we had more time on the Great Wall.
Review by: Molly F, August 2017
We were only in Beijing for a day and this tour was perfect to see the highlights. Our indefatigable guide led us fearlessly through the sites, and we had a marvelous time. Only drawback- Jade Store was a brief waste of time, and the medical center at the end was just too much at the end of a long day- everyone was too hungry and exhausted for that pony show.
Review by: Bernadette J, July 2017
Do not bother with this tour. I would give it no stars if I could. _br/_ Walter the guide - why is he even doing this as a job? He clearly has no interest in showing off his beautiful country. He was almost impossible to understand and pretty much ran through the whole morning so no one could keep up. He appeared to have no interest in his job at all._br/_ He pointed out Tiananmen Square from across the road and said we didn't have time to visit it. Yet we had plenty of time to linger in the shops later in the day.
Review by: Clayton D, July 2017
The tour guide was very informative. All the stops on this tour were well worth the trip. Great Wall was breathtaking, not so crowded and the forbidden city was amazing.
Review by: SANJAY B, June 2017
Guide was highly knowledgeable, slightly arrogant but tour was perfect
Review by: chrisjbill, June 2017
Great value for money. Included admission to Forbidden City, lunch, guide and coach. The stop at Chinese Medicine clinic was a bit of sell but there was little/no pressure. I had major misfortune at Forbidden City lost my bag incl wallet and passport!! but the guide Ha Ha was extremely helpful liaising with staff and police. I had to abandon the tour. Eventually my bag was found and was able to re-do the tour the following day at no expense. Wonderful service. I cannot praise the local tour organiser enough. The tour was great value but the service in my case well exceeded anything I could have asked for.
Review by: dan.souw, June 2017
It's a great tour and I would recommend it, but it's long day. The stops at the jade and tea shops were unnecessary and a waste of time.
Review by: Maria Teresa M, May 2017
An incredible tour with a very talented and professional tour guide Sabrina, she was excellent. Tienanmen Square, the Forbidden City, a Jade factory and the highlight of the Beijing Highlights...the Great Wall!! Breath-taking, stunning, and worth every penny. I highly recommend this tour to anyone who prefers a smaller group.
Review by: Rhyan P, March 2017
My friend and I booked this tour on short notice and couldn't have been more impressed. Lee was an excellent tour guide! He was timely thanks to the other people in our group for being considerate as well, knew how to navigate through the Forbidden city even though there were massive crowds, had insightful information about each location we went to, and wasn't pushy when we went to the Jade or Tea places. I had read reviews about other guides being a hit or miss and couldn't have been more pleased with Lee. I'd recommend him to anyone that's looking for an informative and easy day trip to such historical places!
Review by: Lois L, March 2017
Our Tour Guide Selina was lovely, easy to understand and told us so much about the History of China, we learnt so much. Our first stop was the Jade Factory, which was interesting seeing the little old man making a 'Happy Ball'! Then onto The Great Wall of China, which was breathtaking, we took the chair lift to the top and had a lovely wander along the wall, the scenery was stunning. We had a lovely Chinese lunch next to the Wall, the food was lovely. Next stop was Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, which was made so very interesting because Selina had so much knowledge of everything. The last stop was at a Chinese Medicine place, I had a foot massage, which was incredible and didn't cost much. We finally got dropped off near the Wangfujing Food Market. Had an absolutely fabulous day and would highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Nadina, March 2017
Excellent itinerary and service from company and tour guide. Would have been a 5 star grading but the lunch location was not of a very high standard and the food was 3 star at the best. This said would recommend this tour.
Review by: R C, March 2017
The trip to the Forbidden City lasted c. 1 hour and that is enough to see what you need to see. The guide, Yo Yo, provided a very basic and short verbal narration adequate if not inspiring or particularly insightful. Some basic information was shared on Tiananman Square by the guide but did we walk over to the square across the road from Forbidden City. This is not a big deal overall for me but some fellow travellers were somewhat disappointed.
Review by: Zahari G, March 2017
Perfect . Niki is the best tour guide. Pick up on time . We share the van with 2 more couples. Went first to tiananmen square , after forbbiden city . After tea ceremony . After some place that they made the olympic medals . After launch , and we finished at Great Wall of Mutianyu. It was middle of february so they was no toursit at all. We had the wall only for us . Cool :D _br/_ Niki and the driver was very nice and polite at all time . _br/_ It was a bit rush , but if you have 1 day in Bejing there is no other way to see all this places . So we had like and hour - hour and half per place , but it was enough . _br/_ Perfect value for the money. highly recommended._br/_ Thanks Niki you are the best, and thanks for the driver who stopped at Bird Nest wich was not in the program :
Review by: Lameez M, February 2017
Great day tour. Patrick was a great guide. Gave lots of information. Was not in too much of a rush.
Review by: Kristin R, January 2017
Knowledgable tour guide and delicious food. The time allotted to the multiple places was right on. The only downside was that we had to wait for a family to join the tour at the beginning since they were late upon pickup. This time crunch put our trip back an hour or two, but that hour or two were essential when arriving back to our hotel on time. We had to be dropped off outside of the city, and take the metro in at our own expense because of the traffic. We were not given the option to be dropped off at our hotel that night by the guide or the driver.
Review by: Mario C, January 2017
I went in January so it was winter time. It was only me and another person in the tour so we had a personalized tour. The tour guide was great, good English. Would definitely recommend this tour.
Review by: ANDREI M, January 2017
Everything would be perfect, if it had not summed up the weather. The snow has gone and it has made it very difficult journey, especially in the mountains. But the tour guide with his challenge, although we had to condense the schedule.
Review by: m.s.v.prasanna, January 2017
While I booked this tour I was having a doubt in mind as to who will co-ordinate this tour for me and how to contact etc etc , but everything was well organized ,, thank you very much ,,
Review by: Lewis H, January 2017
Myself and two of my friends booked the Great Wall tour based on the reviews from other travellers on Viator as well as the low price. We were picked up from our hotel 20 minutes early on the day of the tour and then collected other passengers. Our tour guide for the day was very friendly and welcoming and went above and beyond.
Review by: Michel L, January 2017
Great tour . well organised . Our guide was really good , knowledge and organisation . Will recommend to any one . Value for money .
Review by: Maren S, January 2017
Super nice guy :- Very easy going and informative
Review by: Sisakazi V, January 2017
The tour was okay... nothing to write home about. The bus wasn't heated and it was freezing outside. Our tour guide, Selina was helpful but not the best. She was really fast and left some of our group members behind. The lunch wasn't too bad but not the best I had in China... And our tour guide didn't want to take us back to our hotel, which was SO strange because the package said we would be dropped off at the hotel.
Review by: Valerie S, December 2016
Our tour guide Anli was professional, kind, knowledgeable, and had wonderful English. We went to so many places in one day, but with her expertise it seemed like the whole experience was one smooth tour throughout Beijing. The day was stunning with blue skies and just a slight chill in the air. Anli even arranged for a driver to arrive late, so that my friend and I could enjoy a Peking duck dinner before returning to our hotel.
Review by: Trang N, September 2016
Great tour overall. The tour guide Mr. Rocky was very knowledgeable. Wish we would have more time at the Forbidden City and at the Great Wall we want to hike up the towers
Review by: s.aguirre.hess, September 2016
Paul was a very good guide, he has a good atitude and be so kind with us! I had a lot of fun, the only thing I didnt like was the driver making dangerous driving on the highway but this is very common in China. I really recommend this tour!
Review by: DAVID M, September 2016
Amazing tour, the tour guide was a really nice lady with a very good English level. I would take it again!!
Review by: Anna Marie D, September 2016
Fantastic! Mia our guide is patient and quite knowledgeable. Her English is clear and good too. I'd definitely recommend this trip to first time traveller in Beijing!
Review by: buenasdiasfromchilanguera, July 2016
Great trip. Lunch was good and timely. Pacing was good.
Review by: Graham C, July 2016
The Great Wall was excellent , 21 Australian dollars for 1 beer was outrageous! , tour guide Sunny not so sunny was asked to tell our driver to slow down on the way home as he had lost control of the bus ,going to fast !!!! On the trip there , said maybe we should put our seat belts on !!!!!!!!!! Don't like the way we were herded into jade factory
Review by: Fatin D, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Krishna Prema K, July 2016
Good tour. A bit too long with the Jade Factory and Tea house thrown in.
Review by: Lili Clare M, July 2016
Overall I and #39;m happy with the tour. Reasonable price (FYI, hiring a taxi for a whole day, including a trip to the Great Wall, costs 700-800 yuan). The guide spoke good English. However, I wasn and #39;t so happy with being pressurised into buying tea after the and #34;tea sampling session and #34;.
Review by: Joy H, June 2016
A brilliant trip. We saw so much and our tour guide Justin was excellent. Good English and easy to understand. Would highly recommend the tour to others. Bill and Joy New Zealand
Review by: Nathan E, June 2016
Our trip to the great wall, forbidden city, and tianmen square was guided by lovely Tina. she showed us around and told us lots of information. We had an excellent lunch, and got to go on the wall. It was amazing! Thank you so much! Great value for the price.
Review by: Ariel A, April 2016
Very good tour guide. it's worth it.
Review by: Michael O, March 2016
excellent tour - guide and driver exceeded our expectations. We would recommend this service to everyone !
Review by: Wen Yew L, November 2015
Tour Guide Sherry and assistance Miss Zhang are friendly, helpful, professional and responsible._br/_ A reasonable and good trip I had, thumbs up for the service.
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