🏨 Layover Tour to Forbidden City, Hutong, Summer Palace & Tasting Roasted Duck Activity

Layover Tour to Forbidden City, Hutong, Summer Palace & Tasting Roasted Duck

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From $220.00

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Departs: Beijing, Beijing

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

If you want to taste the Beijing typical food, we can take you to try.

Beijing Roasted Duck is prepared from specially-bred Beijing crammed duck with a unique roasting process which gives it a perfect combination of color, aroma and taste, a crisp thin skin, and a mouth-melting flavor. Beijing Roasted Duck dates back 300 years, and originated in the imperial kitchens of Jinling (today’s Nanjing).

What's Included

A bottle of mineral water per person

Admission tickets to sightseeing places

All government taxes

Experienced English-speaking tour guide

Free Car Wifi

Our souvenir

Peking Roasted Duck or Making dumping fee (Lunch)

Private Air-conditioned vehicle with experienced driver

What's Not Included

Gratuities to driver

Your personal expenses

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 18 - 70

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Public transportation options are available nearby

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

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)

Designed and built in 1651, the Tiananmen Square is not only an important site of political and historical events of China but also one of the largest city squares in the world with 44 hectares in size. The historical events like May Fourth Movement in 1919 and the proclamation of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong in 1949 all happened here. Tiananmen Square is the central focus of Beijing. To its west stands the Great Hall of People while the National Museum is located in the east. The Monument to the People’s Hero stands high in the middle of the square and the memorial hall of Chairman Mao is located on the south.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

As the royal residences of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties from the 15th to 20th century, the Forbidden City used to be the centre of State power in late feudal China. It was constructed between 1406 and 1420 by the Ming emperor Zhu Di and witnessed the enthronement of 14 Ming and 10 Qing emperors over the following 505 years. There are over a million rare and valuable works of art in the permanent collection of the Forbidden City including paintings, ceramics, seals, steles, sculptures, inscribed wares, bronze wares, enamel objects, etc. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987 and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

The Summer Palace is the largest and best-preserved royal garden in China and also in the World. It was first built in 1750 by Emperor Qianlong, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886. Constructed around the Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, Summer Palace is a vast complex of gardens, palaces, lakes, and hills. The landscaped gardens, temples, and pavilions were designed to achieve harmony with nature and to please the eye. In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Hutong Tour

There are more than 7000 Hutongs in Beijing; most of them are surprisingly well ordered either oriented East-West or North-South to comply with Feng-shui custom. Beijing Hutong can be regarded as an important element of ancient Beijing. When tourists visit to Beijing, Hutong become a must-seeing spot.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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