PreeChina · Sight Guide
6 sights within 61 km of Beijing. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.
At a Glance
Price
Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.
| Travelers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day trip | USD 305 | USD 220 | USD 185 | USD 175 | USD 160 | USD 155 | USD 145 | USD 135 |
Premium hotels and first-class rail raise the price: the selectors on Private Tours show by how much. The final price is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Why These Sights
6 UNESCO World Heritage sights lie within 61 km of central Beijing, from Forbidden City at 2.0 km to Mutianyu Great Wall at 61 km. They are: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall.
This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.
The Beijing city guide covers the city itself.
Map
The gold marker is central Beijing. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.
Sight by Sight
2.0 km from central Beijing, straight line
The imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, built between 1406 and 1420. It is the largest surviving group of timber palace buildings. It became the Palace Museum in 1925.
2.1 km from central Beijing, straight line
Ming and Qing emperors offered sacrifice to heaven at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. It dates from 1420 and took its name in 1534. Its core is the Circular Mound Altar, the Imperial Vault of Heaven and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.
16 km from central Beijing, straight line
The Summer Palace in Beijing grew from the Garden of Clear Ripples, which Emperor Qianlong built in 1750 to 1764. Anglo-French forces destroyed much of it in 1860, and the Guangxu court rebuilt it for Empress Dowager Cixi. Longevity Hill rises above Kunming Lake.
45 km from central Beijing, straight line
The burial grounds of thirteen Ming emperors. Dingling is the only underground palace that archaeologists have opened, and the golden nanmu pillars in the Hall of Eminent Favour at Changling are original.
60 km from central Beijing, straight line
The best-preserved stretch of Ming wall and the one most visitors see. World Heritage since 1987. Steep enough in places that the steps are uneven by design, and crowded from mid-morning.
61 km from central Beijing, straight line
Watchtowers stand close together and plants cover the wall. A higher share of foreign visitors comes here than to Badaling.
Distances
| # | Sight | Type | Straight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forbidden City | UNESCO Site | 2.0 km |
| 2 | Temple of Heaven | Heritage Site | 2.1 km |
| 3 | Summer Palace | UNESCO Site | 16 km |
| 4 | Ming Tombs | UNESCO Site | 45 km |
| 5 | Badaling Great Wall | Park | 60 km |
| 6 | Mutianyu Great Wall | UNESCO Site | 61 km |
Straight-line distances from the centre of Beijing. Road and rail distances are longer.
Independent Travel
Arranging these 6 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.
Custom Tour
This route is a starting point: 1 day and 6 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.
Questions
This page lists 6, all within 61 km of central Beijing in a straight line.
Forbidden City, at 2.0 km from the centre in a straight line.
61 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.
It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.
Anyone who wants a slow day. The route links 6 stops, so each visit is short. Tell PreeChina which stops matter most and the others can go.
Explore More
This route is in Beijing. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.
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Tell us when you arrive in Beijing, who is travelling and how much time you have. We build the route around your group.
