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This all-inclusive guided tour covers Beijing's top highlights in one day: Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. Skip the ticket line at the Forbidden City with pre-booked tickets, and ride a round-trip cable car or a chairlift and toboggan at the Great Wall. Entrance fees, the cable car (or chairlift and toboggan), a Chinese and Western lunch buffet with Western dishes, stir-fries, and dumplings, a private driver and vehicle, tolls, and parking are all included. A certified English-speaking guide accompanies you all day, sharing in-depth commentary and the best photo spots.

Start your day in Beijing
at Tiananmen Square
Meet your guide holding a sign with your name at around 7:40 a.m. at the Grand Hotel Beijing (35 East Chang'an Avenue). With the hotel pickup option, you'll be picked up from your downtown hotel lobby between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m., and with the private option, your dedicated guide will meet you in your hotel lobby. At Tiananmen Square, your first stop, spend about 1.5 hours learning about its historical significance and admiring the surrounding architecture.
Enter the Forbidden City with pre-booked tickets

Skip the ticket line and enter the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with pre-booked tickets. Spend about 2.5 hours exploring the ancient imperial palace with your guide and hear fascinating stories about the emperors who once lived there.
Enjoy a buffet lunch and
head to the Mutianyu Great Wall

Drive about 2 hours to Mutianyu, where you'll enjoy a Chinese and Western buffet lunch with Western dishes, stir-fries, and dumplings.
Ride the cable car or toboggan
and enjoy the Great Wall

Choose between a round-trip cable car ride, or riding the chairlift up and the toboggan down. Spend about 2.5 hours hiking along the wall at a leisurely pace and enjoying views of the surrounding countryside, while your guide points out the best photo spots. After the tour, drive about 2 hours back to the Grand Hotel Beijing for drop-off, or choose to be dropped off at Wangfujing.
※ The toboggan is not available for people aged 60 and over, pregnant women, or children under 3, and does not operate in bad weather or when lines are long. In that case, a round-trip chairlift or cable car is used instead.
※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.
Meeting point :
Grand Hotel Beijing - group tour meeting option
35 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Meeting point information:
At around 7:40 a.m., your tour guide will be waiting in front of the Grand Hotel Beijing holding a sign with your name. After the tour, you'll be dropped off at the same hotel, or you can choose to be dropped off at Wangfujing.
Meeting point :
Hotel pickup in Beijing - hotel pickup and private options
Meeting point information:
For the group tour with hotel pickup, pickup is from your downtown hotel lobby between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. For the private option, your dedicated guide will meet you in your hotel lobby. Please check the voucher provided after booking confirmation for the exact pickup time.
35 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China