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Beijing: Forbidden City, Great Wall & Imperial Beijing – Group Tour – 5 Days 4 Nights

A short Beijing stay taking in the Forbidden City, Juyongguan Great Wall, Ming Tombs and, on the longer version, the Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace.

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Beijing
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Flights
Not included quoted from your city
Duration
5 Days / 4 Nights
Tour Overview

About This Tour

This Beijing stay covers the capital’s essential sights: Tiananmen Square and the Palace Museum (Forbidden City), an evening on Wangfujing Street, the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall and Changling at the Ming Tombs. Dinner one night is the Yongle Palace Banquet & Show, with priority seating, and a Peking duck lunch is included.

The five-day version adds a full day at the Temple of Heaven, Hongqiao Market and the Summer Palace. You stay in a 5-star hotel throughout, with arrival and departure transfers.

Group tour. You travel with other guests on a fixed departure — departures every Friday in 2027. Prefer your own dates and a guide just for your party? The private version of this tour runs every day.

How the price works: CAD $788 per person sharing a twin or double room (land only — flights to Beijing and home from Beijing are not included). Gratuities for your guide and driver, CAD $100 per person (CAD $20 a day), are added at checkout; the estimate on this page already includes them. The single supplement is CAD $363.

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Tour Highlights

What Makes This Tour Special

⭐ Tour the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) and Tiananmen Square
⭐ Evening stroll along Wangfujing Street
⭐ Yongle Palace Banquet & Show with priority seating in rows 3–4
⭐ Climb the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall
⭐ Visit Changling, the main tomb of the Ming Tombs
⭐ Peking duck lunch
⭐ 5-day version: the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace gardens
Day by Day

5-Day Itinerary

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Arrival in Beijing

📍 Arrive Beijing
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Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Yongle Palace Banquet

📍 Beijing
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After breakfast you visit Tiananmen Square, then take an in-depth tour of the Palace Museum (Forbidden City), the UNESCO-listed imperial palace of the Ming and Qing emperors.

In the evening you stroll along Wangfujing Street, then enjoy the Yongle Palace Banquet & Show, a dinner of Chinese cuisine with traditional performances, with priority seating in rows 3–4.

🍽 Breakfast, Dinner (Yongle Palace Banquet & Show)
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Juyongguan Great Wall and the Ming Tombs

📍 Beijing → Juyongguan → Ming Tombs → Beijing
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After breakfast you head to the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall and climb the wall for views over the layered mountains.

After a Peking duck lunch you visit Changling, the best-preserved tomb of the Ming Tombs, and learn about the architecture and history of the Ming Dynasty.

Optional at extra cost: a rickshaw hutong tour, a visit to the Panda Garden and an acrobatic show.

🍽 Breakfast, Lunch (Peking duck)
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Temple of Heaven, Hongqiao Market and the Summer Palace

📍 Beijing
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After breakfast you visit the Temple of Heaven, where Ming and Qing emperors worshipped, then Hongqiao Market for a look at local Beijing life.

In the afternoon you tour the Summer Palace, the classical imperial garden of lakes, hills and pavilions.

🍽 Breakfast, Lunch
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Departure from Beijing

📍 Depart Beijing
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After breakfast you are transferred to the railway station for your onward high-speed train.

🍽 Breakfast
Accommodation

Where You'll Stay

2 hand-picked hotels over 8 nights of this itinerary. Open any property for photos, video, a full introduction and what's on site.

Where a day says “or similar”, a comparable property of the same standard may be used on some departures. Room photos are representative; the room category is set by your booked package.

Optional Add-Ons

Optional Experiences

Gratuities

⚠ Mandatory All Guests
CAD $100 per person (CAD $20 a day), collected with the tour price. Covers your guide and driver.
Pricing (CAD per person)
All Guests CA$100
Dates & Pricing

Departure Schedule

Available Departures

FROM CAD $788
Jan 2027
* All prices in CAD · Click a highlighted date to see departure options · Limited seats available.
What's Included

Cost Description

Your tour price covers:

  • 4 nights in the hotels listed in the itinerary, or similar, twin share
  • Meals as listed in the itinerary
  • Ground transport by air-conditioned coach or vehicle as described in the itinerary
  • English-speaking guide
  • Entrance fees for the sights listed in the itinerary
  • Arrival and departure transfers as described in the itinerary
  • Yongle Palace Banquet & Show with priority seating (rows 3–4)
  • Peking duck lunch

The following are not covered by the tour price:

  • International flights to Beijing and home from Beijing, and airport taxes
  • Gratuities — CAD $100 per person (CAD $20 a day), added at checkout
  • Single room supplement — CAD $363
  • Chinese visa and travel insurance
  • Meals not listed in the itinerary, drinks and personal expenses
  • Optional: Rickshaw hutong tour, Panda Garden visit and acrobatic show (Day 3, at extra cost)
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Travel Tips

Practical guidance to help you prepare for and get the most out of this trip.

How the price is built. Per person in Canadian dollars, two travellers sharing a twin or double room. Children pay the adult price and have their own bed. Gratuities of CAD $100 per person are added at checkout. The single supplement is CAD $363; a room cannot be shared with a stranger, so a solo traveller pays it.

Group tour. Departs every Friday. You join other travellers; group size varies with the date. Group departures are not guaranteed with two travellers: a date runs once enough travellers have booked it. If your date does not run, we tell you in advance and you choose another date or get a full refund.

Two lengths. On the 4-day version you leave after breakfast on Day 4; the 5-day version continues with a full day of sightseeing.

Shopping stop. Day 4 of the 5-day version includes a visit to Hongqiao Market; there is no obligation to buy.

Great Wall climb. Juyongguan is steep with uneven steps; wear good walking shoes.

Dates and validity. Prices apply to departures in 2027. Dates over China’s public holidays (Spring Festival, May Day and National Day week) and major conferences are not sold at these prices — ask us for a quote. The hotels named are the usual ones; another hotel of the same standard may be used, and the order of visits can change for weather, train times or local conditions.

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Reserve online and pay the CAD $300 per-person deposit right away (unless a different amount is stated for this tour) — that secures your booking. We then confirm availability, usually within 24 hours, and update your booking status — if we cannot confirm your reservation, your deposit is refunded in full. The balance is due 30 days before departure. The deposit option applies to bookings made more than 60 days before departure — within 60 days of departure, full payment is required at booking.

Price adjustments (Travel Industry Act, 2002 — O. Reg. 26/05): increases resulting from retail sales or federal tax changes excepted, if the total price rises by more than 7% you may cancel for a full refund — and no price increase is permitted after you have paid in full.

Card details are entered directly into Moneris, Canada’s largest payment processor — your card number never reaches our servers.

If you cancel

Cancellation charges, from the date we receive written notice:

  • 60 days or more before departure — the CAD $300 per-person deposit is forfeited.
  • 30–59 days before departure — 50% of the total price plus taxes.
  • Less than 30 days before departure — 100% of the total price plus taxes.

Once airline tickets have been issued, the air portion is non-refundable regardless of the schedule above.

How your money is protected

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The Fund has a per-person limit, exclusions and a claim deadline — TICO’s page sets out what it covers.

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Booking Agreement

Terms & Conditions

From
CAD $788 CAD / Person

Land package · plus Gratuities $100 (mandatory, per person)

Per person · double occupancy · departures 1 Jan–31 Dec 2027

Adults
12+ years
2
Children
2–11 years
0
Infants
Under 2 years
0
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Price notes

Prices shown are the land package. Gratuities $100 per person is mandatory and is added at checkout.

International flights not included — quoted from your city.

Peak dates (public holidays, summer): est. +CAD $363 per person, confirmed before you pay.

Deposit today, balance later. A CAD $300/person deposit secures your booking; we confirm availability within 24 hours. All prices in CAD.