Beijing Forbidden City Tour with Great Wall Hiking at Mutianyu

7:00 am - 8:00 am, Hotel pick-up.

Your guide will be waiting for you in your hotel lobby in the morning at an appointed time around 7:00 am - 8:00 am, with holding your name sign or Trippest Logo.

8:00 am - 10:30 am, Visit Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City.

The tour will be beginning from Tian'anmen Square where the famous Chairman Mao's portrait is hanging on the wall of the Gate of Heavenly Peace. It is hardly to say that you have ever been to Beijing if you don't visit the square! Like the Times Square in New York, Red Square in Moscow and St. Peter's Square, Tiananmen Square is a must-visit place for traveler to Beijing and is the largest public square in the world. Your guide will provide you commentary to the history, architecture, and anecdotes of the square, you will have around 20 minutes there for taking photos.

Tian'anmen Square

NOTE: Tian'anmen Square could be enforced martial law due to government activities temporarily, which we can NOT be informed in advance. The tour guide may adjust the itinerary according to the situation. 

Walk north, and after going through the middle gate of Tian'anmen rostrum, there will be a huge red gate awaiting you. Start to enjoy the highlight of the day — the Forbidden City, the world's largest imperial palace with 9,999½ forbidden imperial chambers, home to 24 emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1420–1911). You'll be marveled by the gorgeous Chinese ancient style architectures and interesting history and lives of those Chinese emperors.

Your tour guide will help you explore 10 carefully selected places and Hall of Clocks and Watches in the Forbidden City, recommended by our local experts, while other group tours only visit 6 spots briefly.

Forbidden City

10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Drive to the Great Wall at Mutianyu.

1½ - 2 hours car riding from downtown Beijing to the Great Wall at Mutianyu. There could be other participants to join the tour to visit the Great Wall in the afternoon. But the group would be no more than 10 people.

1:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Visit the Great Wall at Mutianyu.

Lunch is not included in this pricing. Most of our customers buy some takeout at the Subway or Burger King and have a picnic on the Great Wall. Feel free to ask your tour guide if you want to do this nice experience. Then you'll hike the Great Wall at Mutianyu. The section is ranked top among all parts of the Great Wall on TripAdvisor for its picturesque scenery, fewer tourists, and beautifully restored architecture.

Mutianyu Great Wall

In order to save your time, we suggest you to choose round-way cable car or round-way chairlift and toboggan ascend to and descend from the Great Wall, instead of spending about 40 minutes climbing steps. You can decide either single way or round way when you are there. Cable car fee is at your own expense. The tour guide will help you to buy tickets. 

At the Wall, it is free time to walk around after your guide does some introduction. Cable car ascends to and descends from tower 14. Hike "the most beautiful and interesting part of the Great Wall" - between the 14th and 23rd watch towers - acknowledged by hikers as "the golden route". And chairlift ascends to tower 6 and toboggan descends from tower 6 too. It would be a high challenge hiking from tower 6 to tower 23. According to your physical condition, most of our customers who take the chairlift up and down, hike from tower 6 to tower 14 and turn back.

It normally takes about 2 hours to complete the route. Then descend and back to our vehicle.

3:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Transfer Back to Your Hotel in Beijing.

Going back to your hotel in Beijing will normally take about 2 hours. Likewise, for Beijing train stations. Going to Beijing Capital Airport directly normally takes about 2 hours from Mutianyu.

We will transfer you to your hotel at the end of the tour. If you need to catch a flight or a train after the tour, we are more than happy to help you arrange it. Let us know at the time of booking.