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    Beijing Private Layover Guided Tour to Summer Palace & Temple of Heaven
    By: Beijing Layover Tour
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    • 1
      Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
      Stop: 3 hours - Admission included
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    • 2
      Temple of Heaven
      Stop: 2 hours - Admission included
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    Important Information
    Departure Point
    Traveler pickup is offered
    Beijing Capital Airport or Your Hotel
    Duration
    7h
    Inclusions
    • A licensed English-speaking tour guide and a professional driver with air-conditioning vehicle.
    • Entrance tickets to the Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven.
    • Free-bottled mineral water.
    • Warm coats in winter.
    • China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.
    • Service charge & government taxes.
    • Entry/Admission - Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
    • Entry/Admission - Temple of Heaven
    Exclusions
    • Personal expenses.
    • Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.
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    Additional Info
    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Stroller accessible
    • Infant seats available
    • Our earliest pick-up time is 6:30am. You will need 1.5-2 hours to be get out of customs after your flight arrives. You shall go back in airport at least 1.5-2 hours before the flight departure.
    • We do not recommend you book this tour, if you arrival Beijing capital airport after 11:30.
    • Most travelers can participate
    • Countries qualified for the 24/144-hour Visa-free Transit in Beijing Capital International Airport: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Republic of Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.
    • The 24/144-hour Visa-free Transit only applies to passengers who transit through Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. The destination and place of departure cannot be the same.(e.g Auckland – Beijing – Auckland)
    • As a tour company, if we agree to arrange tour for you that is means your flights information, layover time and your nationality fit the visa free policy requirements. But there are still some other issues might happen that might cause you can not obtain the visa-free or can not get out of the airport. We don’t take any responsibility if you are not able to get visa-free for any reason.
    • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
    Cancellation Policy
    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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    Head a full day in Beijing and ordered a bespoke tour including Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven. Was a great experience thank to my guide Alice.
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    Date of experience: May 2019
    About the operator

    This experience only has a few reviews, but you can read what other travellers have to say about the operator.

    By: Beijing Layover Tour
    1,046 reviews
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    karla552
    Burbank, California
    31
    Perfect Layover Tour with Alice
    I had long layover in china on my way to Thailand from the USA. Instructions via email were quick and easy no…
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    652abigailw
    11
    Fantastic Layover Tour
    A friend and I wanted to make good use of the Layover time in Beijing. I looked on here to find a company and this…
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    Megan P
    11
    Huanghuacheng Wall with Herbie
    Booked in advance at PEK (tourism desk in the arrival hall) for our 12+ hour stopover on the way back to the US.…
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    NikolaR580
    31
    A great disappointment
    We had a layover in Beijing and we decided to take a tour to see the Great Wall. The opportunity to see the Great…
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    Rikkityler86
    10
    Amazing tour with Alice
    Nothing but great things to say perfect quick pick up from airport in spacious vehicle, followed but 3 great trips…
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    Explorer707036
    10
    Amazing day tour
    We had 13 hrs layover in the Beijing and did the great wall and forbidden city tour. Herbie was our guide for the…
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    458curtisc
    21
    Amazing tour!!
    This was such an amazing tour! Herbie was such an awesome guide and very knowledgeable. It felt like I was touring…
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    angelorange
    Singapore, Singapore
    22
    Thanks for guiding Herbie!!
    Herbie was a great guide! Considerate not to talk when I was texting with family and friends in the car, told me…
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    Javier2828
    10
    Highly Recommend this Life-changing tour!
    14 hour layover in PEK turned into a tour of Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City. Incoming…
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    jonpauldickerson
    Saint Louis, Missouri
    30
    AWESOME layover tour to Great Wall & Forbidden City with HERBIE!
    I was on a long layover on my way back to the USA from Thailand and stopped in Beijing. I heard about this layover…
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    Stefan R
    Wuppertal, Germany
    31
    Grat Wall and Great Tourguide Herbie during stop over at Peking Airport
    We had Stop over in Beijing and booked tour to great wall. Herbie was our guide . He was waiting on or meeting…
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    samaR2599OM
    22
    Great Wall layover tour - fantastic!!
    This layover tour was brilliant! The organisation of the tour (arranging pickup, driving etc) was fantastic; the…
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    DanielleInCT
    Newington, Connecticut
    367
    Herbie is such a great guide!
    In a short amount of time we were able to see the great Wall (must go down the slide), the forbidden city,…
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    LarsS2345
    53
    Great layover tour
    We had a layover of just under 14 hours and the trip was planned so we didn't have to rush out of the airport. We…
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    Ellesha B
    20
    Fantastic Layover Tour to the Great Wall!
    I can’t recommend booking with these guys enough. Everything was made so easy with full directions to get out of…
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