Mutianyu Great Wall & Forbidden City Layover Tour

Tour Code: BTG-BLT-109
Tour Type: Private Tour Guide & Private Vehicle
Starting Date: Every day (Except Monday)
Tour Length: 8-10 hours
How to Book: Book in Advance
Tour Description: Beijing Capital airport (PEK) pick-up by our private guide & vehicle; Our English-speaking tour guide will hold a sign with your name on at the exit of the airport. Take about 1 hour drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall in our private vehicle. Mutianyu Great Wall is known as the most beautiful section of Great Wall and less crowded. Cable car up and toboggan slide down is optional. 2-2.5 hours stay at the wall. Then drive to the city center. Visit the world’s largest imperial palace complex-Forbidden City, palace ever lived by 24 Chinese emperors. After the trip, transfer back to airport for departure.
Tour Itinerary:
~Pick you up in time from Beijing Capital airport (PEK) or your hotel by our English-speaking tour guide and driver
~Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall (1 hour)
~Visit Mutianyu Great Wall (2-2.5 hours, you can decide to stay longer or shorter time)
~Drive to Forbidden City (1.5 hours)
~Visit Tiananmen Square (0.5 hour)
~Visit Forbidden City (2-2.5 hours, you can decide to stay longer or shorter time)
~Transfer you back to Beijing Capital airport (PEK) or your hotel (1 hour)
If your time allows and you would like to have lunch, we can take you to local restaurant, please pay the meal cost on your own
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 |
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.
*Cable cars/toboggan at Great Wall.
*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.
Good day!
We (2 adults) are planning to book tour BTG-BLT-109. We will be arriving at 11:00 am in the afternoon. We will be departing at 01:50 am in the night. Do we have enough time to visit both places? If necessary, we are also ok to shorten the visiting time at the places. Thanks in advance.
Hi Janis & Sabrina,
Thank you for contacting us!
Since the Forbidden City is stop entering at 16:00, and the Mutianyu Great Wall stop selling tickets at 17:30. So we have to take you to visit the Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City first, then go to visit the Great Wall.
You can see the tour itinerary below. We also sent an email about the tour details to you, please check it out.
~Pick you up from airport terminal 3 arrival hall by our tour guide and driver at the Starbucks Coffee at 12:30; the guide will hold your name sign for you to recognize
~Drive to Forbidden City (12:30-13:30)
~Visit Tiananmen Square (13:30-13:45)
~Visit Forbidden City (13:45-15:00)
~Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall (15:00-16:30)
~Visit Mutianyu Great Wall (16:30-18:30, you can decide to stay longer or shorter time)
~Transfer you back to airport (18:30-19:30)
~End of our service
If you would like to have dinner, our tour guide will take you to local restaurants and give you some suggestions. Please pay the meal cost on your own.
Good day! I would want to inquire about a layover tour.
We’ll be arriving April 11 at 0520AM
And departing at 0800PM
What is the most we can do for these hours and not be late for our flight. And we’ll be: (3) Adult (1) 9y/o and (1) 3y/o
How much will be the fees?
Thank you!
Hi Jaycel,
Thank you for contacting us!
According to your layover time, you will have plenty of time to visit the Great Wall and Forbidden City.
You did many tours with your same time frame before. You can see our previous clients’ time frame on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/BeijingLayover/status/1147433585135124480
https://twitter.com/BeijingLayover/status/1161528440790687744
https://twitter.com/BeijingLayover/status/1154672280078733313
https://twitter.com/BeijingLayover/status/1126384036228653061
We just sent you an email about the tour details, please check.
Is it possible to do the Great Wall the forbidden city and temple of heaven in 8-11 hours?
Hi Tiffany,
Please provide us your flights details first, then we will know if you have enough time. Thank you!
Good day. We are a group of 3 adults. We will have layover in Beijing. We will arrive at 4:10 am and depart at 8:00 PM. We are interested in the Great Wall and Forbidden City tour. May we know details including payment method. Thank you.
Hi Tricia,
Thank you for contacting us!
We just sent an email about the tour details including payment method to you, please check it out.