Spend three full days to see all the UNESCO-listed top Beijing attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great-wall, Hutong rickshaw tour, Summer palace, Temple of heaven, Lama Temple, Confucius Temple, Imperial college, as well as National Arts and Crafts Museum. In addition, visit one famous artist former residence. A famous Peking duck tasty is an unmissable experience at Beijing. Accompanied with your professional guide, driver, door to door pickup and drop-off are included.
At your hotel lobby
Day 1: Tiananmen Square + Forbidden city + lunch + Hutong rickshaw tour + Temple of heaven
9:00am: pickup from your hotel lobby
9:20am: Tiananmen Square
See the largest city center square – Tiananmen square, located at the center of Beijing, see Tiananmen gate with chairman Mao’s pic , national flag , national museum building , congress palace hall , monument to the people’s heroes .
10:00am: Forbidden city
Explore the UNESCO-listed sights Forbidden City, see the 600 years Old Royal Palace, visit 24 emperors lived rooms accompanied by your professional guide. Learn about the life of the ancient emperors and the secret stories of the concubines, explore the unknown area such as where is the lost half room from the 9999.5 rooms from the Forbidden City.
13:00pm: Lunch
Taste a famous Peking duck, dip with sweet flour paste, roll in a paper thin cake, learn the way local people eat it.
14:15pm: Hutong rickshaw tour
Then, continue your tour to Hutong area, and enjoy a relax rickshaw ride in this interesting old Beijing neighborhood. Visit one the local family courtyard, and bypass the Houhai Lake, stop at the Yin Ding bridge take photos. Your guide will share with you some history and stories about the area.
15:20pm: Temple of heaven
Afternoon, heading to see the landmark building from Beijing --- Temple of heaven, which became the largest worshiping structures from the world built by Ming and Qing emperors. Stroll in the park see local retired people play poker, chess, enjoy the peace moment.
At around 17:00pm, finishes the excellent day tour and transferred back to your hotel.
Day 2: Mutianyu Great Wall + Lunch + Qi Bai Shi Artist Former Residence
10:00am: Mutianyu great wall
Meet your guide and driver at your hotel lobby at 8:30am, ready for the Great-wall tour. Skip the line you will see one of the UNESCO listed World Culture Heritage Site — Mutianyu Great wall. It is one of the best part wall, less crowded with magnificent views. You will have chance to take the chairlift or cable car to the top, then take a toboggan slide down, experience the fun. Your guide will narrate the detail history story with you and accompany with you to climb.
13:00pm: Lunch
Have a tasty Chinese lunch dumplings near the wall.
15:30pm: Qi Bai Shi Artist former residence
Followed with visiting the famous artist Qi Bai shi's (1864 --- 1957 ) former residence at Yu'er Hu tong. Qi Bai Shi was the most outstanding Chinese painting masters in the 20th century of china. His shrimp paintings are so famous, soak in his vivid shrimps with different shapes at his different ages, translucent texture also various, lively and attractive. Enjoy many his art works and listen his stories at the exhibition rooms from your guide, his painting style was incomparable.
At the end, you will transferred back to your hotel lobby at around 17:00pm.
Day 3: Summer palace + National Arts and Crafts museum + Lama temple + Confucius Temple + Imperial college
9:30am: Summer palace
Visit the best preserved imperial garden Summer Palace in the afternoon, summer palace was built at 1750, burnt at 1860, rebuilt at 1888, listen the insider knowledge from your expert guide why the famous dragon lady Empress Dowager Cixi loved here so much and spend hundred billion to rebuilt this garden, learn about her extravagant life and the secret story behind, admire her opera house, birthday celebration rooms, the longest painted corridor as well as the beautiful Kunming Lake as wel
11:00am: National Arts and Crafts Museum
Enter to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum to feel the charm of Chinese culture and art. See the most exquisite art and crafts works such as the four national treasure the most beautiful jadeite carvings from the word which created and carved at 1982, finished at 1989 organized by the premier Zhou En Lai at that time, the precious materials and exquisite design are unprecedented. This comprehensive museum also displays exquisite wood carvings, ivory carvings, silk road murals, Chinese operas as well totally 1298 pieces.
13:00pm: Lunch
Experience a hot pot at local restaurant
14:00pm: Lama Temple
Explore the famous Tibetan style temple -- Lama Temple in Beijing,which was built at 1694 by the emperor Kang Xi for his 4th son Yin Zhen, since next emperor Qian Long was born here too, the Lama Temple has become a " blessed land for two emperors ". You will admire three pieces of wonders: Five hundred Arhats mountains, 26 meters high sandalwood Buddha which was list in the Guinness World Book in 1900, and the exquisite nan mu Buddha niches on this tour. Benefiting insider knowledge through your guide as you go, and enjoy plenty of time for a closer look at each of the stops.
15:00pm: Confucius Temple, Imperial college
After Lama temple, cross the street see the Confucius temple which built at 1302 Yuan dynasty, for worshiping Confucius during Yuan Ming Qing three dynasties in ancient china, this is a not crowded scenic spot. Followed by visiting Guozijian Museum also called the imperial college, the highest institution and administration for managing education in Yuan, Ming, Qing three dynasties from 1287, explore the only preserved and complete site of highest institution in ancient china, spend an hour leisure time here.
You'll be transferred back to your hotel when finishes the perfect day tour at around 17:00pm.
At your hotel lobby
Professional and Licensed English guide
Clean and Air-conditioned Business vehicle
Polite and safe driver
Bottle of water
All parking fee, high way fee
1. Sights tickets:
Forbidden city 60RMB / Temple of heaven 34RMB / Hutong rickshaw tour 60RMB / Summer palace 30RMB / Mutianyu Great Wall ( round trip cable car fee & shuttle bus fee ) 200RMB / Lama Temple & Imperial college 30RMB / Panda gallery 25RMB
2.Lunch
Forbidden city was not open each Monday.
Cathy's tour can arrange closer city tours such as one day tour to Da Tong see Yun Gang Grottoes; to Cheng de see Potala palace, Summer resort; or to He Bei Zun Hua see Qing Eastern Complex Tombs.
Please bring your current passport with you on travel day.
My wife & I made a short stop in Beijing before boarding a cruise in Port of Tianjin. We only had a one full day in Beijing and decided to get help from guide. Luckily, we found Cathy knowledgeable and charming young woman. Because we had a limited time se arrange a private car for our tour to visit two of the best Beijing attraction Forbidden city and Great Wall. We started with Forbidden City. Cathy pre-arranged tickets for us so we do not waste any time. Forbidden City is always crowded, but Cathy always found a great place for a view. She shared with us a lot of historical and cultural facts and emphasize interesting architectural details. After Forbidden City we left for a Great Wall Mutinyu. On our way Cathy told us the history of the great wall and its construction. Again, we did not need to wait. Everything was pre-arranged. We walked with her on the Great Wall to enjoy the view of the wall and surrounding mountains. On our way back to the Beijing we stopped for a late lunch also pre-arranged by Cathy at authentic restaurant not far from the wall. And that was her another great choice. O, and one more thing she her English is perfect
Dearest Yuri; Wow, great thanks for the really lovely review, I had such an amazing time with you and Genny that from the bottom of heart, like family, like old friend, time is short but memories are so precious, humorous and pleasant time we spent together, I am so glad have the chance leading a fantastic tour for you and Genny, seeing the best of attractions from Beijing, take care, sincerely hope one day can see each other again in china, welcome back dearest Yuri, Best wishes : ) Cathy
She was the perfect guide for my whole family, we really enjoyed our time with her. She managed everything professionally, the election of the spots and times to avoid crowded hours was wonderful. Thanks a lot and see you soon!
Dear Daniel; I had a great and fantastic time with your family too, three days perfect amazing tour together, lots of history stories, beautiful pics and great memories, lovely family, thanks so much again dearest Daniel, sincerely hope one day you have another chance come back, keep in touch and take care, miss everyone : ) Cathy
This was our first post-covid family tour bringing together 3 generations of 14 people, from the youngest aged 5 to the oldest aged 75. In spite of the challenges of managing a big group, it was generally well managed despite minor blips on the first day. Very impressed with Cathy’s versatility and flexibility to cater to everyone’s needs and preferences. Cathy has very good experience and was able to navigate the traffic wherever we went, and did not hesitate to tweak the plans to ensure we get the most of our trip. We were able to accomplish most that were planned out in our itinerary and she fully understood our objectives of introducing the Chinese culture and history to our children. Our family had an awesome time, took lots of pictures on the best spot recommended by Cathy, and brought home memories that we’ll cherish for a long time. Thank you, Cathy!
Dearest Beatrice; Great thanks for such an amazing review for Cathy, I had fabulous three days with everyone, you are my earliest family group this year, thanks so much again finding Cathy, it's my honor to organize and leading a perfect three days tour for everyone, miss the timing we had together, say hello to parents and kids, sweet and great memories, like families, hope one day we can see each other at Beijing again, Cathy are waiting for everyone's back, take care, welcome back again dear Beatrice, all best wishes : ) Cathy
My partner and I went on a great wall tour with Cathy and Xie in May 2023. It was an awesome and stress-free way to see it. Cathy took us to the Huanghuacheng section of the wall which was pretty quiet due to it being the early morning and being further away from Beijing. If you want to avoid the crowds I'd recommend visiting this section. Cathy has a lot energy and is very outgoing, which made the day most interesting. She has lots of facts and knowledge about Beijing, the Great Wall and Chinese culture. We also saw the Mutianyu section which was moderately busy but still enjoyable, it has great views and the reconstruction part gives the impression of what it once looked like "back in the day". Cathy was more than happy to take endless pictures of us. I'd recommend this tour with Cathy if you want a stress free, everything taken care of experience.
Dear Ross; Thanks so much for your lovely words, I had really amazing day with you and Amanda, lots of fun and memories, at Huang Hua Cheng and both Mu Tian Yu, hope a great journey back to country, and welcome back to Beijing again in the future : ) Best regards Cathy