Private Custom Tour: Beijing Highlights

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Experience the best of Beijing in just one day with a private custom tour. Visit iconic landmarks like the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, explore the Hutongs by pedicab, and enjoy personalized shopping with a personal guide.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - 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.

What's Included

Chinese style lunch (Private tour only)
Private tour vehicle with professional driver (Private tour only)
Admission tickets included (Private tour only)
Professional English-speaking guide for 8 hours
Customizable day tour itinerary

What's Not Included

Food and drinks
Any transportation fees
Gratuities
Forbidden City: USD 10 P./P.
Summer Palace: USD 10 P./P.
Temple of Heaven: USD 6 P./P.
Great Wall: USD 10 P./P.
Cable Car of Great Wall: USD 25 P./P.

Additional Information

Enjoy a personally tailored full-day tour in Beijing, designed to suit your preferences. Noteworthy attractions include the majestic Forbidden City, the iconic Great Wall, and a leisurely pedicab ride through the distinct Hutongs. Additionally, indulge in a personalized shopping experience in Beijing to snag the best deals in the city.
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Location

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District,

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Brenda_h

Oct 7, 2024

Excellent Trip - We visited the pandas in the zoo first, as Bruce knew that was the best time to see them active, then on to the summer palace which was beautiful. A quick stop for tea tasting (with no hard sell) then lunch. We then visited the Lama temple, Bruce was an excellent guide and made the day more enjoyable.

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Sbhan927

Nov 13, 2019

Great 1 day tour - We had a great time with Coralin on our tour of Beijing! We were able to pick and itinerary of sights, and she made the roadmap for the most efficient route. We told her early on that we did not want to visit souvenir shops, so we were able to avoid that. Also, she was flexible when we said we did not want to go to the touristy restaurants, or restaurants with "package deals" for tourists. Instead, we had a fantastic lunch at a great place for a great price. Coralin provided us with loads of information about the history of China, along with great local tips. For the price, you can't beat this deal. Would highly recommend!

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Ab6251956

May 29, 2019

A great Beijing tour with Coralin. - Coralin (pictured with my wife's parents) was awesome! She contacted me the night before the tour to ask what we wanted to see, and promptly met us at our hotel in the morning. She made sure my wife's parents were taken care of the entire day. She was very informative, and did the tour in both Chinese for my wife's parents and English for us! It was a great day.

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Carmenmaria_a

Nov 22, 2017

great guide. very professional and... - great guide. very professional and knowledgeable. we enjoyed every minute of this tour.

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Lady

Nov 15, 2017

We again arranged this individual... - We again arranged this individual tour thru Viator and fortunately we got William from our first tour of Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, etc. They way it works for individual tour, William met us at the hotel and we told him what we had already seen and what did he recommend. You pay his way as well as yours to the attractions or restaurants. We told him what we had already seen and said we wanted to see the Pandas. He took us to the zoo by subway. Again William was informative, was patient with us with our questions and an overall joy to be with. He was a wealth of information and proud to explain about his country's history and accomplishments. After the zoo we went to the old Beijing where he booked us a rickshaw ride while he narrated on a rental bike from the street. We entered a house of one of the inhabitants who was so proud to show how he lived. He obtained tickets for us for the Circus which was colorful and amazing. He stayed with us the whole time and ensured we enjoyed ourselves and returned us to our hotel. It was a wonderful experience traveling through the different modes of transport with no worries. We met many folks who just wanted to take their photo with Americans. I would highly recommend Viator's individual tour if you can get William.

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Dave

Apr 28, 2019

Best way to see the city - Michael Ren was our english speaking guide and he was excellent, full of useful facts and figures he helped build our own custom tour. We went to the Lama Temple Bei hei gardens, panda gardens and the hutongs. Beijing is great but we speak no chinese so a guide was the best way to go

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Erikacoppola

Nov 20, 2017

Fantastic deal overall. We were able... - Fantastic deal overall. We were able to see and do everything on our list. We definitely would not have been able to do everything with a traditional tour. Would highly recommend!

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Chloegenius

Sep 13, 2019

Beijing tour - Not really customized to what one wanted. They bring you to places you don't want in order to buy stuff . With hidden charges

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Jeannette

Nov 29, 2017

Absolutely unacceptable. From the... - Absolutely unacceptable. From the moment Gale contacted me, she was trying to rip me off. Rude, had a bad tone with me the entire conversation. She tried to sell me a private car via “a friend” for $1k USD. The hotel was offering for 800yen ($125usd). She has snide remarks when I asked anything.

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David

Nov 25, 2017

I would not recommend this tour to... - I would not recommend this tour to others frankly. First, Unlike other tours.. you have to contact your guide first.. however.. our operator Hangtantour could not recieve my emails, calls.. and even Viator's customers service team couldn't reach them. We wanted to cancel the tour.. but Viator said that there was nothing that they could do. It was when we arrived at the hotel at beijing when we got the call. Very dissapointing and unconvinient. Also, our guide, Carolin.. was nice and fun but didn't possess any real tour knowledge. Rather than i certificated guide.. i think they just send beijing locals.. to have a good trip. Also she forced us in to some souviner shops in the forbidden city and other places which we didn't know want to buy. We did have a Fun time.. but did not have Fun Tour.. it was okay.. but we really wanted to hear about the history and other things that we couldn't get out from our guide book. It was mostly about just friend talks.. or chit chatting all the time. I would recommend to go on a group tour or a professional tour.. rather than this tour.

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up to 15 guests

1 Adult