BEIJING SHORE EXCURSION FROM TIANJIN PORT: GREAT WALL, FORBIDDEN CITY & TIANANMEN

Ships for Beijing dock at Tianjin, about 2.5 to 3 hours from Beijing by road. A day in Beijing is 10 to 12 hours, most of it travel. If your ship stays overnight, a two-day trip with a hotel in Beijing is much better, and we can arrange it.

Route 1: Great Wall and Forbidden City (about 12 hours)

• Drive to the Great Wall at Mutianyu or Badaling. Cable car up, then a walk on the wall. It is steep in parts.
• Lunch on the way into Beijing.
• Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the palace of the emperors. The Forbidden City is closed on Mondays and tickets must be booked days ahead with your passport number.

Route 2: Huangyaguan Great Wall (about 8 hours)

A wilder, quieter section of the Wall in the hills north of Tianjin, closer to the port than Beijing. Good if you want the Wall without the long city traffic.

Bring your passport. You will pass security checks at Tiananmen.

How these shore excursions work

• Private tour for your group only, from a few people in a van up to a full coach.
• An English-speaking local guide meets you at the cruise terminal (or at the tender pier if your ship anchors).
• We plan the day around your ship's times and bring you back well before all-aboard.
• Send us your ship name, port date and docking hours, and we fit the route to them.

Included

• English-speaking local guide
• Private vehicle with driver
• Entrance tickets and boat rides in the route you choose

Not included

• Lunch and drinks, unless we agree on a lunch stop in the price
• Tips for the guide and driver

Price

The price per person depends on your group size and the route. Tell us your ship, date and number of people and we will send a plan and a price.

More in China: all China shore excursions. Other ports: Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen. Or see all our cruise port tours in Asia.