Mini Group: 2-Day Beijing Highlights and Great Wall Tour | La Vacanza Travel

Mini Group: 2-Day Beijing Highlights and Great Wall Tour

Duration: 2 days
Destination: China, Beijing, Beijing
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  • 2 days
  • Beijing
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Join a 2-day mini group tour with our friendly and professional tour guide in Beijing, visiting the Great Wall at Mutianyu, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Hutong, and the most of highlights of Beijing.

Itinerary

Day 1: Visit Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City and Mutianyu Great Wall

Stop At: Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang), West Changan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Tian'anmen Square is the largest city square in the centre of Beijing, named after the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several key events in Chinese history. As the world's largest city square and enduring symbol of China's national pride, it is surrounded by many imposing buildings including the Heavenly Gate (entry to the Forbidden City), Museums, government buildings and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
The Forbidden City, in the very heart of Beijing, was home to 24 emperors during the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties. It is the largest and best preserved ancient imperial architectural complex in the world, featuring a great square, halls and gates, in contrast to intricate halls, gardens, courtyards and living quarters. The exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, are important treasures of ancient China. You will be walking for about 1.5-2 hours (2 kilometers). The walks in the Forbidden City are graded moderate.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Mutianyu Great Wall, Mutianyu Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District, Beijing China
The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is ranked top among all parts of the Great Wall on TripAdvisor for its picturesque scenery, the most child-friendly section and beautifully-restored architecture. It is about 1.5 hours driving from downtown Beijing.

In order to save your time, we suggest you to choose round-way cable car ascend to and descend from the Great Wall. Cable car is not included.

At the Wall you’ll have free time to enjoy the beautiful scenery and your guide will show you the background information of the Great Wall. The cable car ascends to and descends from the 14th watch tower. We recommend you to hike up the most beautiful part of the Great Wall – between the 14th and 23rd watch towers which were known by hikers as “the Golden Route”. However the chairlift ascends to the 6th watch tower while the toboggan descends from tower 6 too. It might be a challenge to hike from the 6th watch tower to the 23rd watch tower. But you can decide based on your physic condition.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Visit Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and Dongjiaominxiang Hutong

Stop At: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 China
Summer Palace is the largest imperial royal garden in the world which was built by the Chinese Emperor Qianlong in Qing dynasty as a gift for his mother’s birthday!

You’ll see the wisdoms and treasures of traditional Chinese architecture art while you walking in this garden. It is about 273 hectares in size and is composed of three main scenic areas: the palace area, lake area, and mountain area.

You’ll visit the Summer Palace by taking a dragon boat on the lake which is the best way to visit Summer Palace (the boat trip is not available in winter as the lake would be frozen) and, on the way you will have a chance to view all of the beautiful palaces at the side of the lake.

After the boat trip, you will walk along a long corridor which is regarded as the longest art gallery in the world and has 14,000 Chinese traditional paintings on the beams.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
This is the place where ancient Chinese emperors used to worship their “Gods”. The Altar, Echo Wall and spectacular Imperial Vault are the highlights.

You’ll find the Hall of Abstinence is a special place that those emperors use this palace for fasting before they held a ceremony to pray for a good harvest and would abstain from meat and wine. Usually, the emperor go to this palace three days in advance with no drinking, no entertainment, no mourning and paying no attention to any sins and crimes being committed which showed his piousness to his god.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Dongjiao Minxiangkou, WC24+XQ2, Dong Jiao Min Xiang, Dong Cheng Qu, Bei Jing Shi, China, 100051
As the longest hutong in Beijing, Dongjiaominxiang Alley was designated as an embassy zone, also called "Beijing Legation Quarter", it was known as "a kingdom inside a kingdom", housing the embassies of France, Japan, the United States, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Austria. Many foreign banks, hospitals and post offices also operated here, which explains the various Western-style structures scattered on both sides of the alley. Some of the century-old buildings have been preserved and re-purposed, such as the former Italian Embassy, which now houses the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Inclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off services are available within the 4th Ring Zone of Beijing City
  • All admission tickets (Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven)
  • English-speaking tour guide service
  • Bottled Water
  • Comfortable vehicle with A/C
  • Entry/Admission - Mutianyu Great Wall
  • Entry/Admission - Temple of Heaven
  • Entry/Admission - Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
  • Entry/Admission - Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

Exclusions
  • Personal expenses
  • Any meals, Hotel accommodation
  • Gratuities (recommended)
  • Cable car at Mutianyu Great Wall
  • Passport information is required for entrance tickets booking, please forward each individual traveler's full name and passport number at the time of booking.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off services are available within the 4th Ring Zone of Beijing City.
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • You will receive details about tour guide and exact pickup time in your voucher the day before. And the tour guide will also call you via hotel or leave a message for you about pickup time the night before tour.
  • Round-way cable car or toboggan are not included. You can pay yourself at the entrance of the Great Wall.
  • This tour is daily available. But we may change day 2 to day 1 accordingly when the Forbidden City is closed on Mondays.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Beijing, China
Traveler pickup is offered
1. Hotel pickup and drop-off services are available within the 4th Ring Zone of Beijing City. Please enter the name and address of your hotel/airbnb/accommodation information in the blank of pickup location at the time of booking.

2. You can go to one of meeting hotels: Regent Beijing, Gehua New Century Hotel. Transportation is at your own expense. Exact meeting time will be reconfirmed one day earlier.


Departure Time

07:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

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

Duration

2 days


User's Reviews

439annen

26 Nov, 2023

We took the 2 days Beijing tour and it was so wonderful to see the great wall, Forbidden city, Tiananmen square, the Summer palace, the Temple of Heaven, etc.. David, our tour guide made our visit so enjoyable and we had a really great time. We learned so much history from David and he also is very skillful in getting short cut so we can get in line must faster. Overall we highly recommend this tour.

Khalid_S

03 Jul, 2023

The tour was really good and very convenient, it’s unlike the other tours where they list something and take you to other places not mentioned. Also over 2 days it’s perfect to take your time at each location and spend time and not to rush. Overall I completely enjoyed that tour and I would highly recommend it.. the tour guide Sandy was very kind and helpful and also knowledgeable.. thanks a lot for an amazing time

Shane

16 Jul, 2020

Amazing! Just Amazing! It is a hike if you want to walk to the "end" of the wall and back so wear comfortable shoes! It was a lot of fun and I am so glad I went. Our guide was awesome and she kept us on schedule and we never felt rushed.

ajaynagesh

06 Feb, 2020

I had the most memorable time in this short trip around Beijing and the Great Wall. I not only got a feel for the sights and sounds of Beijing but also had the company of the most friendly and knowledgeable tour guid Jin. On our bus journeys we discussed the highlights of the 6000+ year history of China. Jin was very patient, considerate, knowledgeable and answered all my questions. Learnt a lot from this trip. Would recommend anyone to this trip if you have very limited time.

ajaynagesh

06 Feb, 2020

I totally enjoyed this 2 day tour. I not only experienced the sights and sounds of Beijing but also had the company of the amazing tour guide Jin. He was very knowledgeable, eager to answer my questions and very considerate and courteous. I got to discuss the highlights of over 6000 years of China history during the long bus travel. Totally recommend this trip.

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