🏨 Private Walking Tour to Lama Temple, Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City Activity

Private Walking Tour to Lama Temple, Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City

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Departs: Beijing, Beijing

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Enjoy the personalized experience of China's capital on this privately guided tour. On this tour you will discover one of the world’s most important Tibetan Buddhist temples where you can see the priceless Maidala Buddha statue. See the Chinese imperial palace used from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty, including special skip-the-line access to the Forbidden city. Along the way, you’ll also get to see Tiananmen Square. Enjoy extra attention from your private guide for a more profound experience. This private walking tour including hotel pick up, transportation fee during the tour, English speaking tour guide and entrance fee.

What's Included

Entrance fee

Hotel pickup ( for hotels within the 3rd ring road of Beijing)

Private tour

Professional guide

Transportation fee to the attraction during the tour

What's Not Included

Additional entrance fee to the Museums inside the Forbidden City

Food and drinks

Gratuities

Hotel drop-off

Transportation back to your hotel after the tour

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 10
ADULT: Age: 11 - 90

Additional Info

Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Lama Temple (Yonghegong)

Your guide will meet you in your hotel lobby at the time you advised as your preferred pickup time when booking. Then take local transportation (bus or subway )to Lama Temple.

Lama Temple previously the residence of Count Yin Zhen, who became Emperor Yongzheng in 1723. In 1744 after Yongzheng's death in 1735, the buildings became a lamasery staffed by monks from Tibet and Mongolia. Admire the huge wood-carved "Maidala Buddha" and hear how the statue was carved out of a single sandal wood with your tour guide.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)

Then travel to Tian'anmen Square by local transportation( bus or subway. Here you can see its surroundings, the most emblematic buildings, and learn all about them. Tiananmen is the biggest city center square in the world. You will see The Great Hall of People, and The National Museum, the Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum and The Monument of the People's Hero.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

Then, walk though the Tian'anmen Gate and head to the Forbidden city, in this massive Palace you will visit the most important buildings :

The Meridian Gate

The Hall of Supreme Harmony

The Hall of Central Harmony

The Hall of Preserving Harmony

The Hall of Heavenly Purity

The Hall of Earthly Tranquility

The Hall of Union

The Imperial Garden

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Hall of Great Harmony (Taihe Dian)

In the forbidden city , you will visit important buildings such as Hall of Great Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Complete Harmoney

• Admission Ticket Free

The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum

Your tour will finish at the North Gate of the Forbidden City, you can choose to explore more on your own, or your tour guide can help you to get a taxi to your next destination.( At your own cost).

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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