Beijing One Day Vacation to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City & Hutong

Beijing One Day Vacation to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City & Hutong
Tiananmen Square


Destination: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City & Hutong (rickshaw tour)
Tour code: BD-05
Duration: 1 day
Price: From US $82/RMB 550
Features: experience the royal life in the forbidden city and local life in Hutong
Availability: Everyday, but advanced booking required!

Tour Schedule:
Our well-trained English-speaking tour guide  & private car/van will pick you up at 9:00am. You will be driven to Tiananmen Square - the largest square in the world and it will take approximately half an hour to tour. you will then walk directly into the Forbidden City, which used to be the residence for the Emperors (24 emperors in total) in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. It occupies 72 Hectares (180 Acres) and takes 2.5 hours to visit.

A fabulous buffet lunch will be arranged in a Revolving Restaurant at the famous CCTV tower- the highest building in Beijing (405meters/1,350 feet), which offers a bird's-eye view of the city.
Note: The buffet lunch covers the admission fee to the Aquarium which is underneath the CCTV tower, if you would like to visit it, please mention this to your guide.


In the afternoon, you will explore the Beijing Hutong where you will experience the real and authentic Beijing. 
You will be transferred back to your hotel around 17:00.   
  

Tour Includes: 
Entrance fee to all attractions listed above 
Fabulous buffet lunch at Revolving Restaurant
Well-trained English-Speaking tour guide
Private car/van
Free-bottled mineral water

Tour Excludes: 
Hotel charges
Tips to the driver and the guide
Other charges not mentioned above

Kind Notice:
A.
The tour guide will not have lunch together with you; he will have lunch on basement of CCTV Tower. If you require him to have lunch together, please pay for his lunch on your own.
B. Barack Obama, the present president of US visited the Forbidden City on Nov. 17, 2009.
C. There are more than 3 million vehicles in Beijing, and it is said that approximately 30,000 cars are sold every month, so heavy traffic is constant in the city (Rush Hours from 7:30-9:30 in the morning and 16:30-19:30 in the afternoon). We will try our best to tour according to the timetable, but we cannot guarantee that traffic will not delay our schedule. Our tour guide will notify you if a delay occurs. 
D. There will be an extended amount of walking during this tour, therefore it is recommended that you wear sport shoes and clothes which are suitable for outdoor activities.