Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Cruise to the Summer Palace
See a different side of Beijing on this comprehensive 8-hour private tour that includes less-visited areas of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Forbidden City. Feast on imperial cuisine, cruise along the former Imperial Waterway to the UNESCO-listed Summer Palace.
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Entrance fee, lunch, boat: are all included
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What's included in Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Cruise to the Summer Palace
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
Meet your private guide at your hotel at 8:00am for the short drive to Tiananmen Square, an urban enclave that has witnessed hundreds of years of Chinese history. Since Chairman Mao first stood in the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen Tower) and proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949, it has been the symbolic center of China.
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
From here, you'll walk to the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Most tour groups hurry along the central axis of the Forbidden City. Your guide will show you a different and less crowded route. You'll walk on the newly opened, 26-foot (8-meter) wall to get a bird's-eye view of the complex as a whole, enter the Watchtower and the East Gate, and explore the Hall of Clocks and Watches and the Treasure Gallery, home to exquisite artifacts hand-crafted in gold, jewels, and jade.
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
After an imperial-style lunch at Beijing’s oldest imperial restaurant—Fangshan—on an island in Beihai Park, continue to take a canopy boat (40 minutes) along the Imperial Waterway to visit the Summer Palace, whose landscaped gardens and pavilions were created in 1750 as a summer retreat for China’s rulers.
Inclusions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Mineral water
- Entrance fee and Boat Ticket
- Imperial Meal with soft drinks and local beer
- Private English-speaking guide
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Passport name, number, is required at time of booking for all participants
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Additional Information
Guide will contact you one night before departure, either by calling your room or leave a message, to confirm departure time. Guide will meet you in your Beijing hotel lobby.
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• Guide will contact you the night prior to the tour to confirm your departure time
