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10 Half-Day Tours in Beijing Worth Booking

10 tours  ·  ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 average  ·  from $24

This is the shortlist to send a friend: 10 half-day tours in Beijing worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.

Private Half-Day Mutianyu Great Wall Tour including Round Way Cable Car or Toboggan - From your Beijing hotel to the wall, this is where time goes
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Private Half-Day Mutianyu Great Wall Tour including Round Way Cable Car or Toboggan

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1.Private Half-Day Mutianyu Great Wall Tour including Round Way Cable Car or Toboggan

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 115 reviews · from $180Our pick

Private half-day Mutianyu Great Wall tour with hotel pickup, English guide, round-trip rides, and flexible chair lift or cable car plus toboggan.

“The tour was great in respect of having private transport and jumping the queues etc. The downside was that it takes about 90 mins, sometimes longer depending on traffic, to get from the centre of Beijing to Mutianya. This means that there isn't a lot of time to spend at the Great Wall,”

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Half-Day Private Beijing Hutong Walking Tour with Dim Sum - Nanluoguxiang: lively hutong energy without staying in one lane
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Half-Day Private Beijing Hutong Walking Tour with Dim Sum

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2.Half-Day Private Beijing Hutong Walking Tour with Dim Sum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 48 reviews · from $148

Half-day private Beijing hutong walk with a guide, street snacks, and dim sum lunch, plus hotel pickup, Bell and Drum Towers, Houhai lakes.

“I had the most wonderful tour with Maggie! She personalized my tour to my interests and was so knowledgeable about every single question I asked! Before this tour, I had only seen the larger shopping areas in Beijing (I was only there for 24 Read more”

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Half-Day Private Tour to Mutianyu Great Wall Including Toboggan - Hotel Pickup and Drop-Off in Beijing, Without the Time Sink
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Half-Day Private Tour to Mutianyu Great Wall Including Toboggan

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Tian'anmen Square & Forbidden City Half-Day Tour - Meeting at Jinyu Hu Tong and Finishing at the North Gate
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Tian’anmen Square & Forbidden City Half-Day Tour

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4.Tian’anmen Square & Forbidden City Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · from $37

A guided half-day Forbidden City visit from Beijing’s Jinyu Hu Tong with admission included, small group pacing, and a finish at the North Gate.

“This was an excellent tour! My guide was very kind and knowledgeable. My experience visiting the Forbidden City was much more rewarding by taking this tour. There’s so much history I would have missed by visiting by myself. I booked the Read more”

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Beijing: Lama Temple and Old Hutong Half-Day Tour (2:30 PM)

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5.Lama Temple and Old Hutong Half-Day Tour (2:30 PM)

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 18 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $33

A half-day Beijing tour linking Lama Temple and Wudaoying Hutong, featuring an 18-meter sandalwood Buddha and a great metro start.

“Lisse fue encantadora . Hubo un problema con el punto de encuentro ya que hay dos salidas de metro muy cercanas y había mucha gente y costó encontrarnos con el grupo, Gracias”

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Private Half-Day Temple of Heaven and Lama Temple Tour - Price and What You Actually Get for $70.20
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Private Half-Day Temple of Heaven and Lama Temple Tour

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6.Private Half-Day Temple of Heaven and Lama Temple Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $70

Private half-day tour linking Yonghegong Lama Temple and Temple of Heaven, with hotel pickup, metro travel options, and entrance fees included.

“Our guide was very knowledgeable of the places we visited. Since we only had a few hours, he made sure that we were able to see all the famous temples and kept us on time for our flight.”

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Private Half-day Tour Tiananmen Square ,Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven - Tiananmen Square: a focused first stop with included entry
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Private Half-day Tour Tiananmen Square ,Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven

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7.Private Half-day Tour Tiananmen Square ,Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $169

Private half-day Beijing tour covering Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and Temple of Heaven with hotel pickup, guide, tickets, and skips lines.

“We were a family with 9 year old. Our guide George was amazing. His English skills are excellent. The entire tour was extremely well organised. George was also very patient with our son and answered all his queries. I would highly recommend George.”

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Half-Day Forbidden City Private Tour - Stop 1: Tiananmen Square walk, photos, and the big-name buildings
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Half-Day Forbidden City Private Tour

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8.Half-Day Forbidden City Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $24Best value

Private morning tour from your Beijing hotel to Tiananmen Square, then the Forbidden City with a guide and entrance fees included, about 4 hours.

“John was our tour guide. From the start he greeted us with a warm welcome and gave us a really good tour. Not only did he give us all the cultural tour. He also gave us loads of tips like where best to get souvenirs, where to eat Peking duck wiRead more”

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Private Tour: Half-Day Tour to Great Wall at Juyongguan - Water Cube Stop: A 30-Minute Breather That Makes Sense
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Private Tour: Half-Day Tour to Great Wall at Juyongguan

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Beijing Half-Day Private Customized Tour: Visit Your Dream Spots - Price and what you’re really paying for at $75.60 per person
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Beijing Half-Day Private Customized Tour: Visit Your Dream Spots

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10.Beijing Half-Day Private Customized Tour: Visit Your Dream Spots

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $75

Private custom Beijing half-day with guide, air-conditioned car, central pickup. Choose UNESCO sites, hutongs, markets, or Great Wall.

“Most attractions need pre-booking and you need a passport to enter attractions…we wasted a day trying to visit places with no pre-booking or guide…..we then booked a custom half day tour. Not cheap but took all the stress away and drove us around in a brand new car with water and fruit provided !! Excellent service from Maria and Mr Yang.”

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