BJ01-01: One Day Beijing Private Tour

Your private guide and driver will pick you up at your own booked hotel at around 08:00 in the morning, and then drive to the heart of Beijing City to start your Beijing Badaling Great Wall tour from the Tiananmen Square - the world's largest urban square. After strolling around 30 minutes in the square for nice photos, we will head northward to the Forbidden City - the royal palace where 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) lived with their families. To avoid waiting in long lines, we will book the entrance tickets online in advance. You will enter the palace by presenting your passport directly.

Lunch is on your own arrangement and your tour guide is glad to provide some advice. After lunch, we will take an about 1.5 hours' ride to the Badaling Great Wall, where you will appreciate the magnificent Great Wall scenery as well as learn more about this ancient military project. Your Beijing Badaling Great Wall day tour will come to an end here. The guide and driver will transfer you back to your hotel and say goodbye. Hope you have a great time today!

The Tiananmen Square is located at the central axis of Beijing City, where you can appreciate many outstanding buildings. In the center of the square stands the Monument to People's Heroes, whose reliefs tell the vital events during the modern China history (1840-1949), and the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall where the remains of this great leader is preserved. At the northern end stands the Tiananmen Tower which used to be the front door of the imperial city during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the south of the square, you can find the Zhengyang Gate and the Qianmen Arrow Tower, both with a history of around 600 years. The Forbidden City is the largest and best-preserved wooden building complex in the world, which served as the home of 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The palace consists of the Outer Court and the Inner Court, where the emperors handled the national affairs and lived with their families respectively. The past time has left the Forbidden City with over 70 imposing palaces and more than 9,000 rooms, as well as millions of rare historical items including paintings, calligraphy works, ceramics, bronze wares, and clocks. Your private guide will provide a full introduction for your better understanding of these. The Badaling Great Wall is the most essential and representative section of the China Great Wall, which has attracted numerous visitors from all over the world every year including more than 400 world's celebrities like President Nixon, President Reagan, and Mrs. Thatcher. Standing on the ramparts, you can see the wall resembling a giant dragon winding along the rolling mountain ranges. There are 12 watchtowers lining along the northern section and 7 along the southern part. The 8th North Tower occupies the highest position where you can have a full view of Badaling.