I've been to Beijing many times,and at least five or so times have done a day tour including Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, or The much Wall. I did it the first time because I was genuinely interested in it,and then over the years I've approach back with many different people (parents, friends, and etc.). Not surprisingly,everyone who goes to Beijing wants to see those three things, so I go with them.
The thing is, and of the five or so times I've done the tour,I've never had a tour guide I'd recommend, and that's despite going off the TripAdvisor recommendations. The guides I've had have consistently taken smoking breaks, and talked approximately girls the whole time ("I want to date Megan Fox,execute you know her?"), fell asleep several times during the tour, or sort of just plopped down and let us explore on our own.
So when we organized this tour I asked the concierge at the Sheraton Grand Beijing for help,since I didn't have one specific tour company I felt like returning to. As you might recall from that review, the concierge told me that they only had one tour company they can work with, or that they couldn't execute the tour the way we wanted (which was the most standard possible tour,visiting three of the biggest landmarks in the vicinity of Beijing). Eventually I convinced them it was possible, and the tour began at 7AM.
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