Beijing: Private Layover Tour with Optional Duration

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About this activity

Don’t waste your evening Beijing layover at the airport: instead, discover the city’s after-dark highlights on a nighttime, private city tour. Meet your guide directly at the airport, hop in your private vehicle, and head into the city. Pick from numerous possible itineraries: see the National Center for the Performing Arts and Tiananmen Square; go for a rickshaw hutong tour and visit a night market; enjoy traditional roast duck and dumplings (food own expense); and more. At tour’s end, return to the airport or your hotel.

-Make the most of your Beijing layover on this private, nighttime tour

-This flexible tour lets you pick from multiple sightseeing options

-Round-trip transit from the airport (or to your hotel) is included

-A private tour offers a personalized and stress-free way to travel

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At a glance

Duration: 5–8 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–10
Guide: German, Chinese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Operated by: Catherine Lu Tours

Ages: Infants (0–3 years) · Adults (4–80 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Airport pick up and drop off
Included: Transport by private vehicle and private driver
Included: English-speaking tour guide service

Not included

Not included: Gratuities
Not included: Personal expense
Not included: Meal&Drinks
Not included: Entrance tickets

Itinerary

Tian'anmen

30 min

First you will be greeted by your private English speaking tour guide and professional driver at the airport upon your arrival. Drive to the city center of Beijing (around 1 hour driving) you can discuss with your private tour guide what you prefer to do. For the sample itinerary you can firstl visit visit the Tiananmen Square one of the biggest city center square in the world and take some night photos of the square and seeing the monuments surrounding the square.
National Center for the Performing Arts

20 min Admission not included

Then you can visit the National Center for the Performing Arts which is an architectural work designed by a French architect: Paul Andreu. People give it a lovely nickname "the Egg Building" because of its shape. It will be lighted up in the night or even you can see the fountain surrounding it.
Qianmen Main Street Mall

45 min

After that walk to the Qianmen Street which is a busy street in Xuanwu District in Beijing. It is a narrow street, only 300 meters long. Both sides of the street are crowded with stores which are busy with visitors coming and going everyday. It is a flourishing old street with many special time-honored shops passed down from older generations.
Bell and Drum Towers

30 min Admission not included

After that you can choose to visit the Drum Tower & Bell Tower from distance when they are lighted.
Hutong Tour

30 min

After that you can wonder around the shishahai lake hutong or Nangluguoxiang hutong and see the old residential area in Beijing.

If time permits you can also visit the other sights like Bird nest & water cube or watch the Acrobatic show or take a dinner for Perking duck depending your preference and timetable.

By the end of tour you can either be dropped off at the airport or the hotel.