Beijing Private Day Tour: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace Tour

Beijing Private Day Tour: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace Tour

This one day Beijing private tour will last about 8 hours and it covers 4 highlight sites in city area: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace. By going this private escorted tour, our guide will company you from hotel pickup till hotel drop off and the guide will give you detailed background information of each site. And we will not waste time in any shopping site.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang), West Changan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China

At 08:00 our guide and driver will greet you at your hotel in Beijing city area. First we will take a walk on the Tiananmen Square, the heart and symbol of Beijing and  the largest city square in the world. The spacious square has been used for many public celebrations, ceremonies, and demonstrations for over a hundred years.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China

Then you will pay a visit the Forbidden City (closed on every Monday), one of the largest and most completely preserved palace complex built with wood. It functioned as the imperial palace in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1912). There were 24 emperors of the two dynasties lived in the Forbidden City.


Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China

After lunch, we will pay a visit to Temple of Heaven. Located in southern part of Beijing, it serviced as a complex of sacrificial building where Emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties prayed for peace and harvest.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 China

Today’s last stop will be Summer Palace. It locates at the west skirt of Beijing and covers an area of 290 hectare. In the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong Era, the Summer Palace was built by copying the layout of the West Lake in Hangzhou. Now it is the largest and most completely preserved imperial garden in China.

After the tour, you will be escorted back to hotel at about 17:30.

Kind notice: Forbidden City close on Mondays. If your travel date is Monday, we will visit other site in downtown area instead.

Duration: 2 hours