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We have been there in Summer and Winter and love it. Not my number one choice in Beijing but well worth a visit if you have time. If you can get a private tour guide and car to pick you up and drive you around fir the two days you should be able to fit it in. We use Violet and Konglin and have been very happy with their price and service both times. ( google Violet tripadvisor beijing and you should find them)

 

In two days if you get an early start each day you should be able to cover the forbidden City and neighbouring Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven ( go early in the morning for best experience) and the wall at Mutianyu. Stay in the Wangfujing area and you can walk around at night and see the eat street and the crazy tourists eating spiders and scorpions...yuk! Don't be suckered into any "factory" visits...they are commission paying shopping excursions and a waste of your precious time. If you have time the Lama temple us another of our favourites, and Hou Hai is great at night.

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We spent 4 days in Beijing before our cruise in March. We didn't try to get a tour inside the palace for several reasons; but we did enjoy the grounds very much. It is a lovely area. We used Yosuke from www.discover-japan-tours.com/index_e.html for our two days of tours and transfer to the airport. He did a great job.

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