Beijing Highlights: 2-Day Private Tour with Guide

Embark on a 2-day all-inclusive private tour of Beijing’s highlights, including Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Hutong, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, and Mutianyu Great Wall. Upgrade for an evening show. Guide, entrance fees, transfers, and meals included.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 6 days
Highlights

City tour: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Hutongs area & Temple of Heaven

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and begin your tour at Tian’anmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Your private guide will share stories and background information.
Temple of Heaven - The Temple of Heaven is…

What's Included
  • Private Transfer
  • Lunch
  • English-speaking guide
  • Roundtrip cable or chairlift or toboggan fee
  • Entrance tickets
  • Spanish/German/Italian/French guide available for 800RMB extra with 3 days notice
What's Not Included
  • Accommodation
  • Dinner
  • Gratitude to the guide and driver (for good service)
  • The 800RMB extra payment if you need Spanish/German/Italian/French guide.
Additional Information

Save hours researching Beijing highlights by having a comprehensive itinerary organized for you, help you save time and see more in a short space of time, visit the top highlights in Beijing.
Private guide, all entrance fees, lunch, roundtrip cable car or chairlift or toboggan, hotel pick and drop off all transfer service are all inclusive in this 2-day…

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Ricardovidaln
Sep 18, 2025
Wonderful experience - Wonderful experience with Jenny in Xian and with Becky in Xian. Both very professional and friendly, they know the story well and are extremely skilled at optimizing time and entering the sites of interest very quickly. If I could give more than 5 stars I would, they deserve 100
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Davidjo1169nh
Sep 16, 2025
Two day personal Beijing tour. - My two day guide from Catherine Lu Tours was Angel, and she was terrific. Her English was very good, and her knowledge of all the sites was very thorough. She was very helpful and attentive to all my needs and questions. I would highly recommend her to anyone
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Johncs9375ms
Sep 6, 2025
Full 2-Days of Sights (Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Tea Ceremony, Shopping, Great Wall and More)! - May was a wonderful guide, easy to understand, enthusiastic and very informative. We were given the opportunity to completely organize our 2-day tour and while it wasn’t enough time to enjoy all of the spectacular sights in and around Beijing, we were very pleased. Thanks to May and our excellent driver Zhang.
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Christopherbw4701rf
Sep 5, 2025
The most amazing 2 day tour guide! - We had an amazing tour with Sonia from Catherine Lu tours for 2 days. She was amazing and able to answer all our questions. We were also over during a public holiday and she was able to rearrange the tour so we got to see everything and missed nothing. She was amazing with communication also was able to help with food recommendations that were amazing! 10/10 service and highly recommended. We will definitely be requesting Sonia when we come back to explore more of Beijing.
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Chazpv
Sep 1, 2025
One of the Best Tours Ever - The four of us being first timers in Beijing and not knowing the lay of the land, signed up for this private 2-day tour. We were so glad we did. We had Jenny as our tour guide who is fluent in English, very engaging, and very knowledgeable in historical and cultural aspects of China. Most of all she was very nice and professional but it also felt like we were hanging out with a friend. We arrived on Aug 30th and our tour was on the 31st, just in time for the preparations for the big military parade. This meant that the Forbidden City was closed but we were given a choice of alternate destinations but highly recommended going to Jingshan Park overlooking the Forbidden City. The park itself was beautiful and we had a chance to see Chinese people and families enjoying the park and some even having sing-alongs. The park also has beautiful with Buddhist temples. We didn't feel like we missed out not getting into the Forbidden City. The rest of the itinerary was ideal for first timers and we really enjoyed each one with Jenny giving us fantastic background details on each one. The history of China is so fascinating wanting us to know more. The itinerary also include lunch for each day. Jenny ordered several dishes after asking us for our preferences. Both lunches were hearty and delicious if not the best Chinese food we have tasted. Note that all of us have eaten in many Chinese restaurants outside of China and the food we ate was far superior. The itinerary was flexible enough that we even had the chance to see an excellent acrobatic show, experience a wonderful Chinese tea tasting, do a little souvenir shopping, and also enjoy ice cream cones at the Summer Palace. Two of us will be back in Beijing sometime next year and we will be sure to book another tour with Catherine Lu Tours and ask for Jenny to be our guide.
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Ulrichf738
Sep 1, 2025
Very good. - We spent two days as a family - two adults and two children - in Beijing for the first time. Our Giude James was always punctual, friendly and competent. He reliably guided us around all the queues. His local knowledge was excellent. James has adapted to our needs. We were able to gain a lot of new impressions in the two days. For people who have little time to take care of the organization, a guided tour here is definitely the best option.
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Stevenkb6632nh
Aug 31, 2025
Best tour ever - Had the best time with our guide Adam from Catherine Lu Tours. We originally booked the 4 day package but had to cut it to 2 days due to a family emergency. Adam was able to organise and change the 2 day tour on the spot to meet our needs and expectations. Everyday was accompanied with delicious food from a local Chinese restaurant. Not only is Adam knowledgeable and informative but he is also polite and funny. I would 100% recommend this to anyone. Thank you Adam. Thank you Catherine Lu Tours
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Verae601
Aug 31, 2025
Best/ most informative tour you can find! - Had the most incredible experience with Adam from Catherine Lu Tour's, he was not only very informative and incredibly helpful. He managed to redesign our 4 day tour into 2 days based on all the sights we wanted to see due to needing to fly back out sooner than anticipated. Adam was flexible and exceeded all of our expectations! I highly recommend giving the team at Catherine Lu Tour's and asking for Adam!
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Justin_b
Aug 30, 2025
Great tour of top places in Beijing - Great tour. Wendy was our tour guide and we had a private driver. Wendy was able to show us so many cool places. Sadly Tiananmen Square (where Maos painting is) was closed due to 9/3 80th anniversary WW2 parade however Wendy was able to drive us slowly by it so we could see everything. She gave a very detailed history of every stop. We then went to the forbidden city and other locations after. Since we were able to move quickly we changed a bit of our tour to do everything but the Great Wall the first day. This allowed us to have a bit later pickup and more time at the Great Wall on the second day. Overall great tour. Would have Wendy as a tour guide again.
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Velissariose2023
Aug 8, 2025
Excellent, as always - Returning customer, this time with wife and 5-yr old child. Our guide Adam did everything to make our experience great, despite the heat and the crowds. Besides being extremely knowledgeable and fluent in English anyone can understand, he considers all factors and parameters with only one thing in mind: the satisfaction of the clients. He took initiative to amend the schedule, in order to save us hours of standing in line. He chose local restaurants that served delicious food, for all tastes - even of our little girl. Not a single thing to remark for potential improvement. Just a tip to readers with young kids: try to avoid the period of Chinese school holidays. All attractions are busy.
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From $140
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 6 days before the start of your experience (local time).