Mutianyu Great Wall and Forbidden City Layover Tour: A Historic Journey with English Speaking Driver

Experience a historic journey in Beijing with a layover tour to Mutianyu Great Wall and Forbidden City. Explore the ancient wonders and enjoy the beautiful scenery with an English speaking driver.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Beijing - Experience a visit to the Mutianyu Great Wall and the Forbidden City with a private car and an English-speaking driver. Pick-up is available from your hotel in Beijing, Beijing airport, or Beijing train station.
  • Mutianyu Great Wall - The Mutianyu Great Wall boasts a distinctive architectural style, featuring a tall and robust…
What's Included
  • Forbidden City Entrance Ticket
  • Great Wall Entrance Ticket and VIP Pass
  • English Speaking Driver
  • Private Air-conditioned Vehicle
  • Bottled Water
What's Not Included
  • Great Wall Cable Car or Chairlift up and Toboggan down Ticket
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

If your flight has a 10-hour layover in Beijing, don’t just sit in a cold chair playing games. How dull is that!
The Great Wall is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Mutianyu Great Wall, situated in Mutianyu Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District, Beijing, China, is 70 kilometers from the city and 56 kilometers from the capital airport. It is a…

Location
Beijing
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Elisapp843kr
Mar 31, 2026
Layover Beijing - Best choice I could make for a long layover. Yuehan literally made my experience 5 stars, so professional and funny, took care of everything. Can’t recommend this enough. Great service and kind people.
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Fayala_3-
Mar 28, 2026
Our tour guide was extremely patient and great attitude. Great walls and forbidden city was phenomenal experience - Wonderful experience with the family
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Glenda
Feb 21, 2026
Super fun! - We will give this tour 5 stars! Sandy our guide was awesome. She was Super kind and lot of fun! She knows all the tricks and shortcuts to make your visit smooth and with 0 stress. Highly recommended it !
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Abbie_p
Jan 27, 2026
Excellent very well... - Excellent very well organised Excellent yue was great driver , on time and very polite and organised
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Emerson_d
Oct 28, 2025
Very attentive driver, gave all the details and we made our pass the best possible. - Very attentive driver, gave all the details and we made our pass the best possible.
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Adamnesh_b
Sep 7, 2025
Excellent experience - It was excellent and very comfortable in Fred’s company. Fred is a nice guy who is very helpful and professional.
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Yoranc719
Sep 1, 2025
Discovery stop at the top - A perfect stopover to spend our 15 hours in Beijing. Travel times allow for small restorative naps before visits. The driver does everything to make the stopover go smoothly.
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Gemma_l
Aug 1, 2025
100% Recommend! - We booked this excursion really last minute but Linda handled our trip with great efficiency - she was quick and informative! Fang was our driver for the day and he far exceeded our expectations! We had quite a stressful and long trip to Beijing and were awful at remembering directions/meeting points - Fang was patient with us, planned things in advance for us and made sure we got exactly what we wanted. He ended up helping us for 12hrs with no complaint! His boss even got us cold coffees when we were falling asleep in the car... It was a lovely surprise to arrive at The Great Wall at 33°C with a cold brew to tide us over! We didn't have a guide but this was one of the best bookings we've made on Viator (and we make quite a few)!
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K1316utmandyh
May 28, 2025
Stopover Beijing - Despite a tight schedule an all-round successful excursion. The driver was very friendly, nice and helpful. We could visit the forbidden city as well as the Great Wall in one day. I am very grateful that this worked out.
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Francesca_d
May 7, 2025
Precision, professionalism and sympathy - The experience was very positive: before the departure the local tour operator, Linda, contacted me and provided all the details, promptly responding to my requests. She was also supportive in Beijing, always in touch via whatsapp. The driver, Davis, was very kind, helpful, patient and nice. Speaking excellent English he also guided us a bit during the tour. I highly recommend this tour.
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From $36
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).