Forbidden City & Hutong Layover Tour

Tour Code: BTG-BLT-121
Tour Type: Private Tour Guide & Private Vehicle
Starting Date: Every day (Forbidden City close on every Monday)
Tour Length: 6-7 hours
How to Book: Book in Advance
Tour Itinerary:
~Be met your tour guide at Beijing Capital airport (PEK) arrival hall meeting point (You will need about 1 hour to finish the custom clearance and get out)
~Drive to Forbidden City (1 hour)
~Visit Tiananmen Square (0.5 hour)
~Visit Forbidden City (1.5-2 hours, you can decide to stay longer or shorter time)
~Drive to Hutong area (0.5 hour)
~Visit Hutongs, including Shichahai Lake, Yandaixiejie Street, Bar & Restaurant Street, etc (1.5 -2 hours, you can decide to stay longer or shorter time)
~Transfer back to Beijing Capital airport (1 hour)
~End of our service
| Your Tour Size | Price for per person (PayPal transaction fee is included) |
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| 1 person | USD240 |
| 2 persons | USD138 |
| 3 persons | USD120 |
| 4 persons | USD105 |
| 5 persons | USD90 |
| 6 persons | USD85 |
| 7 persons | USD80 |
| 8 persons | USD75 |
| 9 persons | USD70 |
| 10 persons or more | USD65 |
![]() Free cancellation up to 4 hours in advance If the private tour price beyond your budget, please check our join-in group tours |
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Price Inclusions
*Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary.
*A private English-speaking tour guide and a private air-conditioning vehicle with professional driver.
*Free-bottled mineral water.
*Service charge & government taxes.
*China life tourist accident/casualty insurance (compulsory insurance by the government. Every legally tour company in Beijing have to buy it for every client).
Price Exclusions
*Personal expenses.
*Meal.
*Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.
Why Book with Us?
1. As an Official Partner of Beijing airport, we operate Beijing layover tours since 2012. No one know it better than us, please see our profile here.
2. We will guide you to get Visa-free permit step by step, and make sure you get back to airport in time. We also provide warm coats, wheel chair and baby seat free of charge.
3. Best price guaranteed. 100% No shop/factory stops tours. If you find a lower price with same service and includes same items and policy as we listed, we will refund you the difference in price.
4. We know that flights delay happens. If the time left is not enough to do the tour. You just inform us 4 hours before the scheduled pick-up time. We will refund you in full. Even if you are not able to get out of airport for some reasons or you want to cancel the tour but did not inform us. We will still cut the guide and driver airport transfer cost and refund you the rest. As we know most companies would not refund anything at all.
5. Some websites just supply an English speaking driver using the personal car. This is not allowed in China. The vehicles need to be tourism qualification certificate of operating vehicles. Your tour will be ruined if this behavior be founded by officials.
We supply a professional driver and a car with licence as well as a professional English speaking licensed tour guide, both of them work for you. We will make sure you can enjoy a safe tour with professional English interpretation both during driving and in attractions, and would not waste your time for parking. Our driver will make sure your luggage is safe while you are not in the car.



I have an 11 hour stopover in PEK Airport I am British Citizen my wife is Philippine Citizen will we need a visa to do stopover tour with you
Hi John,
Thank you for contacting us!
According to your nationalities, you will need to apply for the transit visas first when you arrive. And then you can go through the immigration to take a tour.
Hello,
Arriving at Beijing Airport at 5:20 and
Departing at 16:25
Will this be enough time do you think to do this tour? What time would you be able to meet us ?
Thank you
Hi KC,
Yes, you will have enough time to do the tour. Please see below for the detailed timeline.
~Pick you up from airport by our private tour guide and driver at the Starbucks Coffee terminal number 3 arrival hall at 7:30; the guide will hold your name sign for you to recognize
~Drive to Forbidden City (7:30-8:30)
~Visit Tiananmen Square (8:30-9:00)
~Visit Forbidden City (9:00-11:00, you can decide to stay longer or shorter time)
~Drive to Hutong area (11:00-11:30)
~Visit Hutongs, including rickshaw, Drum Tower, Hutong family, Yandaixiejie, etc (11:30-13:00, you can decide to stay longer or shorter time)
~Transfer you back to airport (13:00-14:00)
~End of our service
We just sent an email to you as well, please check it out. Thank you!
Hi There,
Our arrival flight : 5:30am
departure flight: 19:55pm
Date: 12/28/2017
Can we do Forbidden City, Hutong and Temple of Heaven ?
As this will be in December (cold and snow), please advise if this tour is possible or suggest different one.
Thanks.
Dear Nirav,
Thank you for contacting us!
According to your layover time, you will have plenty of time to visit Forbidden City, Hutong and Temple of Heaven.
We just sent you an email about detailed tour itinerary with the timeline, please check it out.
The stated time for this tour is 7 hours. Does that include driving time from and to the airport?
Hi Troy,
Thank you for your message.
Yes, the seven hours includes driving time from and to the airport but it does not includes the time passing immigration (about 1-1.5 hours) and does not includes 1.5-2 hours time for check-in your next flight.
arrival date and time: 2/26/14 at 5:oo am
How long does it take to get through customs and what time do tours begin?
thk, Jane
Hi Jane,
Thank you for message.
You will take about 1-1.5 hours to get though customs. Please provide us your departure flight time. We can pick you up at 7am.
Arrival from BKK 0630 on 6/23. Departure to SFO 1540
Info and price please
Thank you for your message.
We just sent an email to you, please check and let us know how many people do you have.