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Beijing Forbidden City & Mutianyu Great Wall 5-Day Tour Including Tiananmen Square

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Cancel 8 days before the start of the itinerary for a 100% refund., Cancel 7-4 days before the start of the trip to receive a 50% refund., Cancel 3 to 1 days before the start of the trip, a 40% refund is available., Cancellation on the day of the trip will incur a full loss charge, and no fees are refundable.
Depart from Beijing
Duration: 5 days
Guide language
Chinese
Meet-up
Small group (2-8)
Operated byBoundless Travel
Reviews of this operator
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Itinerary

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Day 1 (5 days)

Meet-up00:00 - 23:00

Car1 hr(s)

Warm reminder: Due to the summer vacation and holidays being peak tourism seasons in Beijing, vehicle resources are extremely tight and traffic congestion is severe. Pick-up may require a 30-40 minute waiting time, which is completely normal. Thank you for your understanding! If the waiting time is too long, guests can take a taxi to the hotel on their own, keep the taxi receipt, and the tour guide will reimburse it.

Hotel

Beijing 5L Meet Hotel

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

If the accommodation above is unavailable, we offer the following alternatives:

Hotel

Shanxi Mansion

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

Day 2

Breakfast • Chinese

Chinese

30 min(s)

1

Summer Palace

3 hr(s) • Guided • Tickets included

Touring the world's largest royal garden, with its picturesque lakes and mountains, and the Long Corridor that makes people feel as though they are walking inside a painting, it is elegant and enchanting. The Summer Palace is one of China's four famous gardens. Built upon the base of Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, modeled after the scenery of Hangzhou's West Lake, and drawing upon the design techniques and artistic conception of Jiangnan classical gardens, it is a large-scale natural landscape garden.

2

Yuanmingyuan Park

2 hr(s) • Guided • Tickets included

The ruins of Old Summer Palace, a large-scale royal garden of the Qing Dynasty in China, cover an area of more than 350 hectares, of which the water surface area is about 140 hectares. Once known as the "Garden of Gardens," it brings together the essence of traditional Chinese architectural art and integrates Western architectural techniques, occupying an important position in the history of world garden art.

Hotel

Beijing 5L Meet Hotel

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

If the accommodation above is unavailable, we offer the following alternatives:

Hotel

Shanxi Mansion

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

Day 3

Breakfast • Chinese

Chinese

30 min(s)

3

Choice of either Badaling Great Wall or Mutianyu Great Wall

2 hr(s) • Guided • Tickets included

Badaling Great Wall: Located in Yanqing District, it is the most famous, a classic check-in spot, convenient transportation, lots of tourists, and features the Hero's Slope. Mutianyu Great Wall: Located in Huairou District, with dense mountain forests, relatively fewer people, many watchtowers, cable cars or toboggans available, and great for taking photos.

4

Choose either the National Museum of China or the Military Museum.

1 hr(s) • Guided • Tickets included

National Museum of China (closed on Mondays): Located on the east side of Tiananmen Square, focusing on five thousand years of Chinese history and cultural relics. Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution (closed on Mondays): Located on Fuxing Road, featuring military exhibits, including tanks, aircraft, and weapon exhibitions.

5

Olympic Green

1 hr(s) • Guided • Free entry

Looking at the Beijing Olympic Park, located at the northern end of Beijing's central axis, it is the core host area for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and it is also the iconic area of the world's first "Dual Olympic City".

Hotel

Beijing 5L Meet Hotel

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

If the accommodation above is unavailable, we offer the following alternatives:

Hotel

Shanxi Mansion

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

Day 4

Breakfast • Chinese

Chinese

30 min(s)

6

Tiananmen Square

1 hr(s) • Guided • Tickets included

Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing. It is 880 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west, with an area of 440,000 square meters, capable of accommodating 1 million people for grand rallies. Along the central axis of Beijing from north to south within the square stand the national flag pole, the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Mausoleum of Chairman Mao Zedong, and the Zhengyangmen Gate Tower.

7

The Palace Museum

3 hr(s) • Guided • Tickets included

The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of China's Ming and Qing dynasties. Also known as the Purple Forbidden City, it covers an area of 720,000 square meters and has more than 9,000 palace rooms. It is currently the best-preserved and largest ancient palace architectural complex in the world.

8

Temple of Heaven

1 hr(s) • Guided • Tickets included

Located at the southern end of Beijing, the Temple of Heaven was first built in the 18th year of the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty (1420) and served as the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth and prayed for good harvests. In November 1998, it was inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is a world-renowned ancient architectural complex for worshiping heaven, featuring a rigorous architectural layout.

Hotel

Beijing 5L Meet Hotel

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

If the accommodation above is unavailable, we offer the following alternatives:

Hotel

Shanxi Mansion

2 single beds 2 person(s) per room • Private bathroom

Day 5

Breakfast • Chinese

Chinese

30 min(s)

Car1 hr(s)

Sleep in until you wake up naturally, enjoy some free time, get transferred to the railway station or airport according to your return schedule, head home with wonderful memories and a full load of experiences.

To drop-off points19:00

icon For reference only. The itinerary is subject to change.

Know before you go

What's included

  • Live tour guide: Chinese
  • Transport: Car
  • Meals: Breakfast
  • Admission: Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan Park, Choice of either Badaling Great Wall or Mutianyu Great Wall, Choose either the National Museum of China or the Military Museum., Olympic Green, Tiananmen Square, The Palace Museum, Temple of Heaven
  • Accommodation: 4-night accommodation at Stay in 4-diamond hotels within the 2nd Ring Road for the entire trip. Reference hotels: 5L Meet, Shanxi Mansion, Henan Mansion, Jintai Xizhao, or similar hotels.
  • Insurance: Travel Agency Liability Insurance
  • Includes Forbidden City audio headset + shuttle bus
  • This tour does not include round-trip transportation from the departure city to the starting point. You will need to arrange your own transportation to the starting point.
  • All personal expenses and any fees not mentioned in the inclusions, such as excess baggage fees, laundry fees, haircut fees, telephone fees, pay-TV fees, beverage fees, tobacco fees, alcohol fees, and transportation during free time, are not included.
  • Hotel twin rooms are arranged by default, with 2 adults per room. Room sharing is not available for this itinerary. If you are traveling with an odd number of adults, please be sure to purchase 1 "single room supplement"; solo travelers will be provided with a separate room; for 3 adults traveling together, purchase 1 additional "single room supplement", which will arrange two rooms for you.

Before you book

Additional information

Other Reminders

  • Itinerary Reference:
  • Day 1: Arrival from across the country - Beijing airport or train station pick-up, hotel check-in; Accommodation: Beijing, Meals: None
  • Day 2: Accommodation - Summer Palace - Old Summer Palace; Accommodation: Beijing, Meals: Breakfast
  • Day 3: Accommodation — Mutianyu Great Wall or Badaling Great Wall (choose one) — National Museum of China or Military Museum of China (choose one) — Olympic Park; Accommodation: Beijing, Meals: Breakfast
  • Day 4: Accommodation to Tiananmen Square to the Palace Museum to the Temple of Heaven; Accommodation: Beijing, Meals: Breakfast
  • Day 5: Accommodation to station/airport drop-off to end the trip; Accommodation: None, Meals: Breakfast
  • For safety reasons, minors under the age of 18 must be accompanied by at least one adult passenger.
  • Gentle reminder: Guests arriving the next day to start the itinerary are requested to arrive in Beijing before 06:00. Guests returning on the same day after finishing the itinerary are requested to book trains after 19:30 or flights after 21:00.
  • Stay throughout in 4-diamond hotels within the 2nd Ring Road. Reference hotels: Gongxiang International 5L, Shanxi Mansion, Henan Mansion, Jintaixizhao, or equivalent hotels (for reference only, specifying a hotel is not supported).
  • Includes 4 breakfasts throughout the trip, and all other meals are at your own expense!
  • The Palace Museum implements a real-name reservation system; please bring your original valid ID document to enter the museum.
  • Due to the Forbidden City's strict visitor restriction policy, if tickets for the Forbidden City cannot be successfully booked, the ticket cost will be refunded on the spot or replaced with a premium tour of Beihai Park. After a ticket refund or attraction replacement, the travel agency will not provide any further compensation and will not accept complaints arising from failing to visit the Forbidden City.
  • If Palace Museum tickets are successfully booked as agreed after registration, an additional loss fee of 100 RMB per person will be charged if the guest cancels the tour.
  • All ticket bookings by the travel agency are group orders. Guests are not allowed to book tickets casually, otherwise it will affect our agency's entire group order! If the guests book tickets on their own, resulting in the inability to secure reservations for the entire group and causing losses to the travel agency, the agency reserves the right to hold them accountable.

Prohibitions & Limitations

  • This activity is not recommended for pregnant women

Terms & Conditions

Confirmation

  • You'll get confirmation within 24 hours. If you don't receive a confirmation email, reach out to our customer support.

Cancellation policy

  • Cancel 8 days before the start of the itinerary for a 100% refund.
  • Cancel 7-4 days before the start of the trip to receive a 50% refund.
  • Cancel 3 to 1 days before the start of the trip, a 40% refund is available.
  • Cancellation on the day of the trip will incur a full loss charge, and no fees are refundable.

How to use

Usage validity

  • The voucher is valid only on the specified date (and time if applicable)

Age & eligibility

Eligibility

  • Due to limited transport capacity, this route is not suitable for infants (from 14 days up to 2 years old, excluding 2 years old)
  • Ages 2-11 (inclusive) are child prices; ages 12 (inclusive) and above are the same price as adults.
  • The child rate only includes the bus fare and insurance. Any other expenses incurred are at your own expense!

Reviews

About the operator

Operated byBoundless Travel
62Total reviews
75 %Good review rate
Reviews of this operator
Sister Zhang was wonderful; she took great care of us throughout the trip, especially since we were traveling with elderly family members.
See all reviews

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