Day Tour of Forbidden City & Summer Palace Tour

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  • Tour Name
    Day Tour of Forbidden City & Summer Palace Tour
  • Tour Type
    Small Group
  • Travel Date
    2025-08-08
  • Accommodation
    Luxury
  • Adults
    5
  • Children aged 2 to 11 years
    5
  • Infants aged 0 to 23 months
    5
  • Rooms
    5
  • Extra beds
    5

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  • Itinerary
  • Inclusions/Exclusions
  • Important Info

Highlights

Beijing

This Beijing tour offers wonderful experiences of Chinese culture, architecture and history – from ancient marvels to modern living, often side by side. Signature highlights enable the traveler to become immersed in a way of life and the dynamics of progress.

Itinerary

Explore Beijing

Your guide and driver will wait for you in your hotel lobby (our guide will contact you in advance to confirm the pickup time). Departing your hotel in our air-conditioned vehicle at 8:00am, exploration of Beijing begins with a visit to the world’s largest city square, Tiananmen Square, the beating heart of China’s politics and spirit. Make your way across the road to the magnificent Forbidden City, a culturally historic landmark in China, which was the former residence of Chinese royalty for five centuries.

After the Forbidden City tour, exploration continues with a visit to the Summer Palace. Appreciate the beautiful gardens and imagine the lifestyle of royalty who enjoyed exclusive use of this summer resort during imperial times. The tour will finish around 5:30pm with return to your hotel.

Inclusions / Exclusions

Inclusions

  • Admission fees: to sightseeing spots and activities specified
  • Activities specified in the itinerary
  • Excellent professional English-speaking guide
  • Ground transport in an air-conditioned vehicle with licensed driver as specified
  • Pick up and return to your hotel
  • Travel agency liability insurance during the tour
  • Government taxes and fees.

Exclusions

  • International/domestic flights and trains to/from Beijing
  • China visa
  • Hotel accommodation
  • Gratuities to guides and drivers and any expense of personal nature
  • Boat ride at the Summer Palace
  • Meals: Meals are excluded. Your guide will make recommendations and order for you, if required.
  • Our tour package does not include travel insurance. Please purchase travel insurance before your trip to protect for any unforeseen circumstances

Important Information

  • Tour specific important information – FOR PRIVATE TOUR
    • This is a private tour for your group of family or friends. No other travelers will join you. It’s always available for your schedule.
    • Smart casual dress and comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
    • The prices shown above are not valid during China’s Official Holidays (such as National Day and Chinese Spring Festival etc.).

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Reviewed on Sept 22, 2026
Tripadvisor score So much fun. We love Joy

Sept 2026

We had a great time. Joy was so excellent. She answered all of our questions and was so patient with all of our family needs. She helped us translate things in the market and was so kind. 100/10 recommend Joy!!
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Reviewed on Sept 21, 2026
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Sept 2026 • Couples

We wanted to travel independently in China, but knew that there were some places we wanted a private guided tour. Dora from China tours was excellent! She found us guides and drivers for day tours tailored to our requirements in Beijing, Xian and Chengdu. The guides were friendly and knowledgeable. Dora was also extremely helpful and flexible when our plans changed. We knew she was always there for us! Would highly recommend Dora and China Tours
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Reviewed on Sept 17, 2026
Tripadvisor score Chongqing tours with Jennie through China Tours

Sept 2026 • Couples

We booked our China trip through China Tours, and Dora was our main contact who helped organize our visit across three cities. She was very helpful throughout the planning process and made the arrangements easy for us.

For our Chongqing tour, we were very lucky to have Jennie as our guide. She was patient, organized, caring, knowledgeable, and just a genuinely nice person to spend the day with. She made the whole experience feel easy, relaxed, and enjoyable.

One of the things we really appreciated was how much effort Jennie put into taking pictures for us. She used her professional-grade cameras and captured so many great moments throughout the day. At times, it honestly felt like we had a professional photographer traveling with us, which made the experience even more special.

Jennie also went well beyond what we expected from a tour guide. She had already been in touch with us before the tour to help us prepare, and even after the tour had ended, she continued to look out for us. The next day, she reminded us a couple of times about a drone show in Chongqing so that we would not miss it. She did not have to do that at all, and we really appreciated how thoughtful and caring she was.

We really enjoyed our time with Jennie and were very happy with the support we received from Dora and China Tours as well. We would happily recommend China Tours, and especially Jennie, to anyone visiting Chongqing.
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Reviewed on Sept 13, 2026
Tripadvisor score Jenny was a hard worker dedicated to providing us with the best service possible making our tour totally enjoyable. ❤️🥰

Sept 2026

Jenny was a hard worker dedicated to providing us with the best service possible making our tour totally enjoyable. ❤️🥰🥰
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Reviewed on Sept 09, 2026
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Lyn R
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Reviewed on Sep 02, 2026
Tripadvisor score Excellent Tour and Outstanding Guides

August 2026 . Friends

We had a very good experience and would definitely recommend this tour. The itinerary was well paced, covered the major sights we wanted to see, and the logistics were handled very well.

The guides were the strongest part of the trip. Helen was exceptional; Robert, John and Smile were all knowledgeable, attentive and flexible. They worked hard to make the trip comfortable and adjusted when needed. Smile’s recommendation of the Beijing acrobat show was an unexpected highlight.

We loved the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Terracotta Warriors, pandas and Shanghai Museum. The Peking duck experience was also excellent. Crowds were overwhelming at times, but that was beyond the tour company’s control.

There were a few areas for improvement; dietary restrictions needed better communication with restaurants, domestic airline baggage limits should be explained in advance, and we would have appreciated clearer instructions for high-speed train travel.

Overall, it was a memorable trip with excellent guides, good pacing and very well-managed logistics. We were very glad we chose this tour.
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Reviewed on August 26, 2026
Tripadvisor score Our tour guide Ken made the trip so special!

Aug 2026 • Couples

Ken was an AMAZING guide!! One of my favorite tour guides ever. He was so professional and knowledgeable and kind. He really looked after us and made sure everything was handled perfectly. Huge thanks to Ken!!
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