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Passing the hours during an airport layover can be painful at most of the time. If you want to skill time on Beijing layover, Great Wall tour should be your first option. There are many sections of Great Wall, each of them is different, how to choose the suitable Great Wall for your Beijing layover tour?
Features: Incredible scenery all year round, with fun facilities(cable car, toboggan), beloved by many foreigner travelers
Hiking Level: Middle
Distance: 1.5 hours
Features: The most famous well-preserved and representative Great Wall among Chinese tourists, quite crowded during weekends and major Chinese festival, with cable car
Hiking Level: Middle
Distance: 2.5 hours
3. Huanghuacheng Great Wall
Features: The only Great Wall with lakeside, idyllic lake landscape, provides sightseeing cruise, rowing boats and pedalos.
Hiking Level: Low
Distance: 1.5-2 hours
4. Juyongguan Great Wall
Features: Various construction, high vegetation coverage with charming views.
Hiking Level: Low
Distance: 1.5-2 hours
5. Jiankou Great Wall
Features: The most dangerous and primitive wild Great Wall with spectacular views, only suitable for seasoned hikers. No cable car.
Hiking Level: High
Distance: 1.5-2 hours
Features: The only Great Wall can be visited at night, against beautiful Gubei Water Town shimmering lamps lit up in the evening, which looks overwhelming from the top of Great Wall. With cable car
Hiking Level: Middle
Distance: 2.5-3 hours
7. Jinshanling Great Wall
Features: The most beautiful Great Wall which attracts many photographers every year, most of stunning Great Wall pictures you see from the website are Jinshanling Great Wall. With cable car
Hiking Level: Middle
Distance: 2.5-3 hours
8. Huangyaguan Great Wall
Features: Three famous scenery-Magnificent cliffs during sunset, charming sea of cloud, pearl played by two dragons. No cable car
Hiking Level: Middle
Distance: 2.5-3 hours
Best Travel Time: spring and autumn
In winter, we’ll provide warm jacket for travelers.
Luggage Storage: You can store them at the airport or keep it in our private car during your Great Wall layover tour.
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What can you do in Beijing layover? Discover Beijing City Highlights to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of heaven and Summer Palace. Acquire knowledge from your Professional tour guide will provide information about each site's history and significance and will handle all transportation, Tailored to fit your time with Beijing Airport transfer. so you can just enjoy your Beijing layover trip.
Beijing Layover tour to Forbidden City, Temple of heaven and Summer Palace
Immerse yourself into Beijing’s nightlife on your layover and see her ablaze with illuminated floodlights against the night sky. Witness the bustling city’s attractions come to life through color and lights. Start off at the Tiananmen Square and witness its massive and extraordinary scale as one of the largest city squares in the world then move to the nearby National Center for Performing Arts and marvel at its futuristic, lush, dazzling and sophisticated architecture. This will then be followed by a stop at the Jingshan Park from where you can have a panoramic view of the Forbidden City as well as snap an incredible night scene of Beijing city. Our night tour winds up at the modern, hip and multicultural Houhai area seeing how Hutongs (alleyways) and glimmering waterways come to life with perfect views from the lake and numerous bars and restaurants where you can relax and have a drink before airport drop off.
Layover Night Tour to Tiananmen Square, NCPA, Jingshan Park, Houhai Lake
Landing at Beijing airport in the afternoon? Why not take the opportunity to the top-rated Mutianyu Great Wall and enjoy the breathtaking sunset. As the sun goes down and changes its bright to warm color, bringing travelers a sense of tranquility not only the body but also their minds. If you are shutterbug, don't miss it out!
Amazing Mutianyu Great Wall Sunset Layover Tour
If you are having a layover in Beijing and would like to visit the city of Beijing, this is your best choice! Visit Tian’anmen Square(the largest city square in the world), Forbidden City, UNESCO listed as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. You can enjoy our VIP fast track into the Imperial Palace and save time avoiding lines (we suggest you spend there around 1.5 to 2 hours, but if you wish we can stay for shorter or longer time). The next stop will be a Hutong (Narrows Chinese neighborhoods.) The Hutongs are residential neighborhoods which still form the heart of Old Beijing. There you can discover the ancient and modern China inside the Hutongs which represent an important cultural element of the city of Beijing. You will visit Hutongs by a rickshaw, taste local lunch in a Hutong family (around 1 hour, it’s up to you stay a longer or shorter time), We will transfer you back on time to the airport (1 hour).
7 Hours Beijing Layover Tour at Forbidden City and Hutong Area with Rickshaw