Beijing's Forbidden City with Special Viewing of Treasure Gallery and the Great Wall Ruins at Badaling | La Vacanza Travel

Beijing's Forbidden City with Special Viewing of Treasure Gallery and the Great Wall Ruins at Badaling

Duration: 9 hours
Destination: China, China, Beijing
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  • 9 hours
  • Beijing
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  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Enjoy a VIP tour of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites from Beijing – the Forbidden City and Badaling Great Wall Ruins. With your expert guide, gain special entry to two of the Forbidden City's less public sites – the Treasure Gallery and the Clock Exhibition Hall of the Palace Museum – where you’ll discover imperial riches from the Ming and Qing dynasties. You will also see the famous Nine Dragon Screen of The Palace as well as Gate and Palace of Heavenly. Then, walk along the newly opened Ruins of the Great Wall, an authentic and less-traveled section with insight into China’s magnificent past. A Chinese banquet lunch with Peking duck completes this amazing full-day experience.

What Can You Expect?

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

The Forbidden City was built in 1406, which use to be Chinese Imperial Palace in Ming and Qing Dynasty. With over 180 acres and collection of great halls, you will see antiques and treasures representing all of China's history. The visits are also including Treasure Gallery and Clock Exhibition Hall.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan), No.44 Jingshanxi Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100009 China

Jingshan Hill is the highest point in Beijing city. Built in the Liao and Jin Dynasties, Jingshan has a history of almost one thousand years, where you may bird-view the whole Forbidden City and Beijing. As one of the best-preserved imperial gardens enjoying the longest history in china, it is also an important part of the imperial palace.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Longhuachun Dalian Seafood Dumplings, 2 Zuo An Men Nei Da Jie, Dong Cheng Qu, Bei Jing Shi, China, 100062

Dining on world-famous Peking Duck is an absolute must-do in Beijing you can't say you've eaten Peking Duck until you've eaten it in Beijing, where it is made as it should be! On your evening out in Beijing you'll discover the culinary secrets in carving the duck correctly and eating it Beijing style.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Great Wall at Badaling, Badaling, Yanqing District, Beijing 102112 China

For this tour, you will visit Ruin Great Wall at Badaling. Very few people know the part of the Ruins of the Great Wall. You will be able to climb the Wall and take in the panoramic views at the top.

Duration: 2 hours

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Pick-up and drop-off services from the hotels located within 4th ring circle highway
  • If your hotel is located out of 4th Ring Circle Highway, please go to Prime Hotel to join the tour at 08:30AM. (Add: No. 2, Wangfujing Ave. Tel: +86-10-65136666)
  • Transport by air-conditioned vehicle/mini-van
  • Lunch of Beijing Roast Duck Banquet
  • Admission tickets
  • Entry/Admission - The Great Wall at Badaling
  • Entry/Admission - Longhuachun Dalian Seafood Dumplings
  • Entry/Admission - Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
  • Entry/Admission - Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan)

Exclusions
  • Gratuities

Additional Info

  • Tour requires a minimum of 2 passengers to operate. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infants age 2 and under are free provided they do not occupy a seat
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 999 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Departure Point

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Departure Point: Departs from the hotels located within 4th ring circle highway
Dates: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Return point: Returns to original departure point


Departure Time

08:00 AM

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

9 hours

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

Eric_K

01 Dec, 2018

Seeing the Forbidden City is absolutely necessary in Beijing, but a private tour is strongly recommended. It is crazy crowded every day, and even worse on the weekends. Group tours will slow you down, and you will not see areas of the City, like the Treasure room, that group tours do not see. Unbelievable history here. A highlight was having a calligraphy poster done by the master calligrapher of the Forbidden City. Super cool souvenir. The Great Wall Ruins at Badaling are quite a ride. Hardly any tourists in this area. It is quite a hike. Interesting to see, but not sure it is worth the trip. This tour is good, but not great. You stop for lunch at a restaurant attached to a Jade dealer. Tourist trap. On the way back, you stop at a tea dealer. Again, tourist trap. I don't expect this in a private tour. Forbidden City was great, but the rest of the day's activities were frankly not too special.

Sister_A28

03 Oct, 2018

Super crowded even on a Thursday. There were benches provided for seniors to rest. Must have a guide otherwise the history and heritage value will be lost. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat.

Victor_A

17 May, 2017

Great way to see the wall. Avoids all the crowds and the car rides were filled with history and great sites.

Diane Y

01 Apr, 2017

Our guide, Carolyn, and the driver arrived on time. We drove to the park, climbed to the top, and viewed the Forbidden City and all of Beijing. Great views. Next we headed to the Forbidden City. Carolyn was very knowledgeable, but avoided the main areas because there were too may tourists. But that's what we came to see! Instead we walked around the other areas. The treasures we saw were not very impressive and did not match the pictures. I sort of felt like we missed the true treasures due to repairs or something of that sort. We stopped at a silk place along the way. Then we headed off to the Great Wall. Stopped for lunch at a jade place. Lunch was peking Duck, but not very good. The tea was even luke-warm. Carolyn and the driver decided to take us to a remote section of the wall rather than the tourist section at Badaling. Honestly, we were disappointed. We climbed what we could but there really wasn't that much. Of course the views were great, but I can't help feeling that we missed out. Then we headed back into the city. We asked to see Tiannemen Square, so we did a drive-by. Also drove past the Bird's nest and Swim Cube. Then we headed back to the hotel. And that was it.

Tricia_A

01 Apr, 2017

I booked the VIP Beijing's Forbidden City with Treasure Gallery and Great Wall for myself and three friends. It was an expensive tour but I thought it would be worth it because how often do you get to go to Beijing on vacation. The tour was suppose to start between 7:30 - 8:00am and would last until around 4:00pm. When no one showed up at the hotel we called and the company and we were told that the hotel was contacted and could not find our booking therefore, the guide was not coming. We explained that we were at the hotel and waiting and a guide finally showed up at 9:00am. We went to the Forbidden City first and it was okay -- our guide was somewhat knowledgeable but not very enthusiastic. The treasury room was completely under construction and there were only a few pieces of jade to see. Very disappointing but not the tour's fault. Next we went for lunch before visiting the Great Wall. The lunch was in a jade tourist trap sales room. We had to listen to an entire sales pitch for jade and then we were encourage to shop in the showroom with over priced statues and jewelry. Lunch was in a dirty side room and was mediocre at best. Lastly, we went to the Great Wall however, the guide said that the part of the wall we were supposed to go to would be too long of a walk so we were going to a different section. The section of wall he took us to was Badaling - and was okay - but crowded the MOST touristy part of the wall by far and not exceptional - and that would be fine if we had not paid so much money for the tour. Overall, the day was good - but not VIP good.

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