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Beijing airport layover tours can lead you to travel the iconic spots in Beijing according to your layover duration. Beijing has offered 24 and 144 hours free-visa policy, travelers can apply for a free visa if meets the criteria,
Popular Attractions for Beijing Airport Layover Tours
Hike the grand Great Wall, one of seven wonders, that you yearn for years. Learn Chinese history and culture, and enjoy charming scenery along the way.
Visit Time: 2 hours
2. Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City Layover Tour
Pass the biggest city square-Tiananmen Square, enter the famous Forbidden City, one of the largest and complete ancient wooden structures in the world.
Note: It is closed every Monday.
Visit Time: 2 hours
3. Summer Palace
The Summer Palace in Beijing integrates numerous traditional halls and pavilions, charming Kunming Lake into the Imperial Garden.
Visit Time: 1.5 hours
4. Temple of Heaven
A tranquil imperial palace for annual sacrifice praying for a good harvest. Learn traditional Chinese culture through ancient buildings.
Visit Time: 1.5 hours
Besides, other highlights of Beijing are Hutong, Beijing Zoo for cute pandas, Ming Tombs, etc.
Weather
The best time to visit Beijing is spring and autumn, not too cold or hot. Even in winter, travelers will be provided with warm jackets during Beijing airport layover tours. For summer, your tour guide and driver will find a way to cool down.
Better to check out the weather when you plan your Beijing airport layover tour.
Left Luggage Service
Beijing Capital International Airport provides the left luggage service, if you would like to store your luggage at the airport, you need to check out the price and its location for different terminals. Or you can bring your luggage and store it in the car as long as you booked one of our Beijing airport layover tours, and your driver will keep it safe.
Other Notice:
1. Remember to bring toilet paper in case some toilets don’t provide it.
2. Highly recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes. Great Wall is too steep to climb with high-heels, even you walk around the city for hours, it would be unbearable.
3. Don’t drink faucet water since it doesn’t purify like other counties.
4. Protect yourself from blazing sunshine in summer, sunglasses, sunscreen, sun-proof clothing or sunshade are necessary. At least bring 2 bottled water.
5. Bring anti-haze mask in winter to keep the polluted air from your mouth and nose. Besides, it can protect your face from frigid wind.
6. Ask driver charge by meter instead of the promised price. Some bad driver might charge you more or just drop you off on the way.
7. Better to find a professional travel agency for your Beijing airport layover tours, ask them to advise for your layover tour according to your duration and interests.
9. If you plan to visit Beijing downtown on your own, the subway map will help you a lot.
Got Question & Quick Answer
Are you going to have a long layover in Beijing? Take the best chance to know and visit the most famous, historical and cultural sites in Beijing, such as the Tiananmen Square (the most important square in the whole China), the Forbidden City (ancient home of emperors) and Mutianyu Great Wall (one of the new 7 wonders of the world). You'll be provided with a hotel near the airport in order to save your time to catch the next flight.
Mutianyu Great Wall and Forbidden City-Beijing Layover Overnight Tour
Enjoy enchanting sunrise or sunset at Huanghuacheng Great Wall during Beijing layover tour, hike one of less touristy section and take the breath-taking picture of the Great Wall of China, appreciate surroundings with lush forest and a vast area of clear lake. Professional tour guide and convenient airport transfer make your trip hassle-free and bring a wonderful experience.
Beijing Layover Tour: Huanghuacheng Great Wall Sunrise/Sunset
Great Wall should be on your top list when visiting Beijing, Mutianyu Great Wall has more tranquil surroundings and fewer crowds than Badaling section, you can freely explore this place according to your own pace. Figure out how this complicated building was constructed by ancient Chinese people. Hotels near the airport are optional to choose, and you can take a sleep in and catch the flight.
Mutianyu Great Wall Overnight Beijing Layover Tour
Do you have an 8-hour layover in Beijing late in the evening? Believe it or not, you can still see the Great Wall at night on your layover. Slip away from the not so cozy airport seats and go wild at the only section of the Simatai Great Wall open for a night tour and wander at the ancient water town at the Gubeikou Water Town during your 8 hours layover in Beijing. Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from the airport and send you straight to Gubeikou Water Town to see the entire water town lit up at night giving you a backdrop clear view of Simatai Great Wall and the stars too!! Walking through the ancient water town admire green waters running across rows of ancient residential houses and listen to the guide's commentaries then get to the foot of Simatai Wall and start your excursion on this steep and treacherous wall riding the cable car up (very convenient) to admire the awe-inspiring original appearance of wall blended with changing dramatic views beautifully lit up by lanterns. After the wall visit, you will be sent back to the airport. Optional: Peking duck dinner USD50 per person
Simatai Great Wall & Gubeikou Water Town Layover Night Tour from Beijing Airport
