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Beijing tour: Immerse yourself in a city of highlights
Beijing truly is a city of highlights. There’s simply no other way to describe a destination where a veritable treasure trove of ‘bucket list’ landmarks can be found. Like royalty, step over auspicious thresholds at the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven.Read more Wander lakeside at the Summer Palace. Climb ancient stairs for spectacular views from the Great Wall. Contemplate the scholarly pursuits of philosophers and their students at the Confucius Temple. Connect on the ground with locals walking the cobblestone alleys and lanes of the Wudaoying hutong. And for those seeking even more unique and unusual experiences, we can help with that too. In keeping with our mission to create beautiful travel memories for our customers, we’ve scoured the many corners of Beijing to bring you unique, fascinating, and extraordinary experiences that enrich and connect you to the heart of real China.We understand traveling to China from anywhere in the world is a significant undertaking. Whether you decide on a Beijing tour or a longer multi-day China vacation starting in Beijing, we understand you’ll want to make the most of every minute, but not feel like you’re rushing through the tour.
We know because we’re travelers too. As people who’ve created the best China tours for over a decade, we get that there’s a fine line between overly packed itineraries and too much free time. Nobody wants to arrive exhausted at the next destination or feel like they need a holiday to get over the ‘holiday’. This is especially true for family tours. That’s why our tours maintain a more relaxed schedule, while still covering everything you’d expect. With culture, history, and authentic China focus, we keep it real, every step of your travel. Regardless of whether you book a one day Beijing tour or an extended China travel adventure, we’re focused on ensuring you have more time to experience real China in Beijing and beyond.
There’s no better way for western travelers who want to experience the very best of Beijing than taking in the sights with one of our lovely experienced guides. Helping to maximize the available time and bring the city and its history alive, our Beijing tours provide the benefit of knowledgeable and attentive local guides. As people who love their city and love sharing it with travelers, our guides are committed to building bridges of understanding between China as it really is, and China you’ve imagined from afar.
Enthusiastic and approachable the local guides we entrust our customers with on our Beijing tours are genuine locals. Not only do they know their city, they are passionate people who understand the vital role they play in making your tour what it should be; an enriching travel adventure. Like us, they’re attentive to every detail so you’ll never feel lost or left on your own. On tour in Beijing – and in every destination we service – our guides oversee hotel pick-ups and drop-offs, entry to sights and attractions, advise where to eat the very best in local food – in fact, they can answer any question and respond to any small detail you need assistance with. Discover what customers say about our guides .
Depending on your length of stay in Beijing, there is so much you can see. Our Beijing tours include iconic landmarks such as the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace, Hutong Alleyways, Temple of Heaven and so much more. To give you an idea, here’s what we can cover on any of our small group, private or custom Beijing tours within a 3 day tour of Beijing:
- Visit the world’s largest city square, Tiananmen Square.
- Just across from Tiananmen Square, visit the magnificent Forbidden City, a culturally historic landmark in China, which was the former residence of Chinese royalty for five centuries.
- Take in the contemplative serenity of the Confucius Temple and Imperial College Museum.
- Stroll through Wudaoying Hutong and experience local life visiting the quaint shops and gain an insider’s view of a real Beijing community.
- Sample the famous local food market Sanyuanli where you can stock up on fruit and snacks.
- Make the trek to the Great Wall. Our preference? Visit the Mutianyu Great Wall, a less frequented part of China’s 1,400-year-old iconic landmark located approximately 70 kilometers from Beijing, making this a wonderful Beijing day trip.
- Marvel at the Summer Palace, appreciating the beautiful gardens and imagine the lifestyle of royalty who enjoyed this summer resort during imperial times.
- Stopover at Beijing’s iconic stadium and pool – the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube – built for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
- Visit the lively Beijing Zoo where you will be treated to a close look at the extensive collection of animals, including China’s charming pandas
- Make your way to the Lama Temple, an operating Buddhist temple with its art treasures that have survived many changes.
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Regardless of whether you’re after a small group, private or custom tour, each thoughtfully designed adventure in our selection of best China tours starts with a tour of Beijing. Our small group and private tours cover all the essential highlights, while our custom tours offer more scope for a tailored experience. Luxury tour options, including tours from Beijing, are also available for those wanting to take their travel to another level.
Any time spent in Beijing is to be treasured. It is a fascinating city – beautiful, bustling, and intimately bound to China’s modern expansion and ancient past. Learn from your guide about the significance of the country’s capital to local Chinese people. Wonder at the life of imperial privilege and power at the Forbidden City. Acquaint yourself with the everyday life of Beijingers wandering through a hutong. Providing a taste of things to come for your tour, you’ll be primed to enjoy the many other fascinating cities, stunning landscapes, and rich history, culture and traditions to be found at every other tour destination.
Our range of luxury tours is for travel lovers looking for a next-level experience. If this is you, here’s what you can expect in Beijing. Premium luxury accommodation, including an overnight stay at the Aman Summer Palace, a stunning tribute to imperial architectural design, total luxury, and a private gate to the Summer Palace. Our luxury Tour Advantage Service delivered by your local guide and driver. Peking Roast Duck at one of Beijing’s most exclusive restaurants. A more relaxed tour itinerary and the chance to experience real China in understated style.
Beijing Day Tours
Beijing Layover Tours
Short on time, but love the idea of a layover tour? Then look no further than our layover tours of Beijing. Designed for the traveler who is all about optimizing every minute on the go, our Beijing layover tours include visits to iconic Beijing cultural destinations and a return transfer to Beijing airports and Tianjin cruise port. Departing daily and the perfect way to make your travel dollar extend further, you’ll be happy you made time to capture these beautiful travel memories.
Beijing Great Wall Tours
If you only ever see one site of historical and cultural significance in Beijing, then arguably the Great Wall should be it. Our Beijing Great Wall Tours are led by dedicated bilingual local guides who love to share the wonder that is the Great Wall with international visitors. Departing daily at a time that suits your travel schedule, choose from single or multi-tours.
Beijing Getaways
Make the most of your time in Beijing by expanding your horizons with travel to fascinating destinations located no further than a high-speed train trip away. Choose from two or three day mini breaks and be captivated by unique destinations like Luoyang with the Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple, stunning Chengde with its rich imperial history, or dive into Datong and Pingyao for a balance of religious and commercial enterprise history. And if you can’t find what you’re looking for, talk to our team about a customized tour that ticks all your bucket list destinations.
Beijing Private Tour Packages
Choose from a thoughtfully curated selection of multi-day Beijing tours, ranging in duration from two day tours right through to five day tours. Understanding that time is a premium, our multi-day Beijing tours include exploring Beijing itself and other Beijing attractions in a schedule that balances sightseeing and free time. Tour with us and discover the incredible menagerie of animals at Beijing Zoo, wander the Summer Palace like an imperial courtier, marvel at the ingenuity in a design of Beijing’s Olympic home at the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube, and much more. For those wanting more of an immersion experience, our multi-day Beijing tours combine travel by high speed train to Xian, where you’ll have the chance to get up close to the world’s most stately soldiers, the Terracotta Army. Want to personalize your tour? We can do that too! Just ask us.
Popular China Tour Packages including Beijing
9 Days Golden Ring of China Luxury Tour
9 Days Golden Ring of China Luxury Tour
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6 Days Beijing + Xi’an High Speed Train Tour
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8 Days China Capitals and Cruise Escape
10 Days Essence of China and Magical Avatar Mountain Tour
10 Days Essence of China and Magical Avatar Mountain Tour
10 Days Splendid China Tour with Water Town
10 Days Splendid China Tour with Water Town
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10 Days Best of China and Pandas
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- ctsim wrote a review 12 January 2024SingaporeExcellent private tour in Lijiang, Dali and KunmingI booked a private tour for my party of 9 friends to tour Lijiang, Dali and Kunming. Martha was excellent in her services to co-ordinate on our tours and provided us with excellent tour guides, all bilingual in English and Mandarin. Our mini coaches were clean, comfortable with very good drivers driving us safely to all places of interests. It was an enjoyable and memorable tour and all of us enjoyed it very much. I highly recommend Martha of China Tours to arrange your tour in China!
- Siri_Yong wrote a review 25 December 2023Bangkok, ThailandXian private tourWe went to Xian, Long Men and Yuntaishan on November 2023 with China Tours. The places visited was fantastic. Matha from China Tours arranged everything for us just perfect for our group of 8 people. In particularly, food were over expectation – lunches and dinners were a lot! Period. Last but not least, the guide, as we requested from Matha to have a Thai speaking guide through our trip, Mr. Ling is excellent, informative and helpful. Thank you to Matha, for her arrangement. I will surely use your company service again in my next trip to China.
- S SAXENA wrote a review 30 November 2023LondonChina Tours for Thailand, Cambodia and VietnamWe did Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam tour organised by China Tours. We are very happy with China tour company. All our hotels accommodation was excellent. all our Guilds in all three countries were very good and speak very good English. Our transport arrangements during tour and airport pickup and drop off was in time for our flights. I did the tour of South Korea and China with China Tours, This November 2023 tour was based on my good experience with China tours in the past
- Nicababy Lin wrote a review 12 November 2023Jacksonville, Florida5 days 4 nights tour at Beijing and Xi’an with ChinatoursI did a 5 days 4 nights solo private tour trip with “Chinatours.com” to Beijing and Xi’an. I am really satisfied with the itinerary and flexibility of how “Chinatours” allows me to add and customize my trip. A little hiccup, when I arrived at Xi’An high speed rail station from Beijing, my tour guide, Helen when to a different station to wait for me as they have two different rail station. Despite this, I felt her sincerity to welcome me in Xi’an whilst she kept apologizing. Upon arriving at the hotel, guess what? The hotel gave me a free upgrade to a Suite. A whole Suite by myself!Awesome!Wish I had more time to stay in the hotel room though but my itinerary was packed. I arrived pretty late that night. Regardless, the room was decorated to give this ancient China historical ambience. It’s huge and clean. Hotel name is Grand Mecure on Renminbi Square. Breakfast included. Breakfast was alright, I had better breakfast choices in Beijing. Next morning, Helen (tour guide) arrived early to the hotel to pick me up and start my trip. I managed to squeezed through the crowds and got an impressive view of the Terra-cotta army! Wow!!! It’s a must to come to Xi An and look at this army yourself. Helen (tour guide) treated me to a popular terracotta shaped chocolate ice cream. She said to make up for the hiccup last night. I bought a history book that is all in English. If you love reading history I recommend to buy the book. We had some thick wide noodles for lunch. It’s called “Biang Biang Mian”. In the evening, I went to walk the ancient City Wall. Saw the bell tower and drum tower too. Then I had dinner at the mall nearby the hotel. Final day at Xi’An, started with a beautiful weather, visited Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Xi’an Museum. I went to watched a 30 mins Tang Dynasty musical instrument show. I recommend only people who are really interested to know more about Chinese music to attend. Then I went to Great Mosque and walked along Muslim street. Try a giant BBQ squid, it was alright. Had the crispy chinese croissant with minced pork and wanton soup for lunch. Delicious! Overall, Helen really took care of my needs and I love her knowledge on the history of China and Xi’An. I almost forgot, both tour guides from Beijing and Xi’An are bilingual. They are fluent in English. I had a really great time in China and I am definitely visiting China again in the near future! Cheers! I wrote a separate review for my experience in Beijing.
- Cheristiawan H wrote a review 8 November 2023
Great Trip Datong and PingyaoExcellent service provided to our Datong and Pingyao trip…will recommend to our friends for china trip… Great service also from Martha from China Tours
- Sonya A wrote a review 21 September 2023Towcester, United KingdomChina Tours 13 day tourMy daughter and I just returned from a fantastic 13 day trip to China with China Tours. The organisation and itinerary were excellent and our guides were really helpful and knowledgable. We had an absolutely brilliant time and a lot of that is down to the China Tours staff. When my daughter left her favourite jacket behind in Chengdu, Martha immediately arranged to have it sent on to the guide in Shanghai for us. I thoroughly recommend China Tours to anyone considering a holiday in China.