Private Beijing City Highlights Discovery including Two Decker Bus Tour and Lunch

Beijing, China

This private tour combines three important must-sees in the city: Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City and Summer Palace. You will also hop on a Two Decker tour bus for 100 minutes to see some of the iconic places in Beijing, like the Jingshan Park, Hutong, Houhai, City Gate and Olympic Village. Quality lunch will be served in a fancy traditional Chinese restaurant nearby the Summer Palace.

Meet your guide at 9:00am and start the tour from Tian’anmen Square which has witnessed some of the most dramatic chapters of China history. From here, you enter the Forbidden City, commonly called Palace Museum or Gugong (former palace). It was built from 1406 and served as the imperial residence for 24 emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties. Your tour also includes the very interesting treasures museums, as well as going up the newly opened wall of the Forbidden City.

After that, you will take a fancy Two Decker tour bus all the way to the north gate of the Summer Palace. The electrical bus will drive for 100 minutes and pass by many iconic places in Beijing, including the old part of Beijing, Hutong area; and Olympic Village where you could see the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube. After that, your guide will take you to a traditional Chinese restaurant to have lunch.

Continue to see the Summer Palace, the largest imperial garden and palace existing in China. You will first see the Suzhou Street, the shopping street for the emperor in the past. It is very similar to the famous water towns in the south of China with many traditional boutiques. Then take a small boat to see the Marble Boat, one of the iconic buildings in the Summer Palace which represents the stability and eternity of the Qing Dynasty. Walk around to see the main attractions like the working and living quarters of the emperor: the Long Corridor, Longevity Hill, Seventeen Arch Bridge and Kunming Lake.

Relax on the way back your hotel by taking a Uber Car.