Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven

Tour Summary

Private tour
You will have your own tour guide speaking English, and a private 7-12 seat air-conditioned company coach with a driver. 

Double check phone call
Our tour guide will make a phone call before 10pm one day prior to your hotel to check if you have checked in.  So if there is any change of your arrival flight, please contact us at +86 20 22822049 (outside China) or 020 22822049 (in China).  You might ask for changing the tour to another day, or cancel the tour. 

Pickup time and back to hotel time
Usually at 08h30 from your hotel lobby, the time back to the hotel is 17h30 usually.  If extra hour is requested, please tell us in advance.  We might charge for extra working hours, accordingly to labor law.

Waiting notice
Our tour guide will find you via eye contact from the crowd in the lobby.   Please do not worry!  We will recognize you!

Tour Itinerary:
① Picking up travelers from hotel on departure time and then drive to the Tiananmen Square, the largest square in the world. It will take about half hour to go around it. And then walk directly into the Forbidden City.

② Visit the Forbidden City along the central axis from south to north for 2 hours. The Forbidden City is also known as the Palace Museum. It is the largest and most well preserved ancient imperial residence in China today.

③ Before having lunch, travelers have 45 minutes to enjoy the Chinese traditional Silk arts. It is well known that silk is discovered in China as one of the best materials for clothing, it has a look and feeling of richness that no other materials can match.

④ Have traditional Chinese lunch at restaurant in Temple of Heaven.

⑤ Visit the magnificent and colorful Temple of Heaven, the largest ancient imperial worship architecture group in the world dedicated to rituals that pay homage to the glory of heaven. Visit it for 2 hour.

⑥ At last, driving the travelers back to their hotel.

Highlights today

The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) - It is in the heart of Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial palace and ancient building complex in China, and the world at large. Its construction began in 1406 and was completed 14 years later, having a history so far of some 580 years.

TianAnMen Square - the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. It is the biggest public square in the world, which can hold one million people. Having a free walk there, imagining the great historic events of the 20th century took place there.

Temple of Heaven - It was built in the 15th century, a sacred site for ancient Beijing, where the emperor and his 1000 member entourage would retreat twice a year for religious ritual.

Price Includes

Entrance Fees: To scenic spots as listed in the itinerary.
Meals: Chinese lunch in local restaurant.
Private transfer: Between your hotel and scenic spots by private air conditioned vehicle.
Private Guide: An English-speaking guide and driver provide you with the best local knowledge available.

Remark: price is for hotels in Beijing center area only.