Beijing Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Hutong and Dumpling Making
Description
Enjoy an all inclusive private 8-hour amazing tour, it takes you to top three attractions Tiananmen square, Forbidden City and Summer Palace -- the royal palace and garden from Beijing. Moreover, this tour you will experience the Hutong rickshaw rides fun, and learn how to make dumpling by yourself. Tasting the dumplings made by own with delicious dishes cooked by host is undoubtedly the highlight of this trip.
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Itinerary
Meet up your friendly private guide and driver in your hotel lobby at 8:30am. First, will visit the Tiananmen Square where you will see some city landmarks such as National Museum, The Great Hall of the People, the Monument of the People's Heroes, the Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall and etc..
After, come to explore the UNESCO-listed sights Forbidden City, see the 600 years Old Royal Palace, visit 24 emperors lived rooms accompanied by your professional guide. Learn about the life of the ancient emperors and the secret stories of the concubines, explore the unknown area such as where is the lost half room from the 9999.5 rooms from the Forbidden City.
Get to visit the best Hutong alley area, an old city with authentic vibes. Walk through the Hou Hai lake area, see the old Beijing area, have a stop to visit local square courtyard family, know more about the local family's life, the birdcages, pomegranate trees, fish pond, full with the Chinese cultures. Pass by Houhai lake, visit Yin-ding bridge, have a nice walk. It would be a fantastic experience! Have a tasty lunch at Hutong family, learn how to make Chinese dumplings, try authentic Chinese food cooked by the house hostess, sample the dumplings with other delicious dishes.
Visit the best preserved imperial garden -- Summer Palace in the afternoon, it was built at 1750, burnt at 1860, rebuilt at 1888, listen the insider knowledge from your expert guide why the famous dragon lady Empress Dowager Cixi loved here so much and spend hundred billion to rebuilt this garden, learn about her extravagant life and the secret story behind, admire her opera house, birthday celebration rooms, the longest painted corridor, in particular, you will climb to the top pagoda Fo Xiang Ge enjoy the marvelous view of the Kung Ming Lake. After your tour is finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing city.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(13)
Diana led us on a tour organized by Cathy. Diana knew so much history and has great English to explain it. She is so warm and funny that we felt like we had a knowledgeable friend for the day instead of a tour guide. Summer Palace was beautiful and relaxing with a private boat tour. We learned how to make dumplings and had the most delicious food of our entire trip. The rickshaw tour was a fascinating glimpse into hutong life. For two women traveling solo, Diana was the perfect guide. She knows just how to pose you for a photo, find clean bathrooms often, and always the air conditioned car with waters between stops!
My family took a fantastic day tour with Meto Tour, and it was phenomenal! Our tour guide, Cathy, Along the way she wove in tons of interesting tidbits of information on history, religion, culture, art and answered any question we asked. She loves her city and led us into an adventure filled with joy and laughter! Book with Meto, request Cathy and you will have an incredible day! She brought great energy, information and fun throughout the day. We toured the Forbidden Palace, went on a rickshaw ride along the river, walked through the summer palace and made dumplings in a Hutong, What a fantastic day! Highly recommend !
We’ve had a wonderful day with our tour guide Lisa. We went to the Forbidden City which Lisa helped explain the history of and was very knowledgeable. The history of it is so interesting and definitely worth the visit. After this we went to make dumplings for lunch. This was so much fun and delicious! They also provided a bunch of other meals and we had way too much food. After lunch we went to the Summer Palace which was beautiful. Overall, I would highly recommend this tour to other foreigners visiting Beijing. Very much a highlight of our trip!
Erica is a very attentive tour guide. She took a lot of great photos and had a lot of information about each location.
We had a great experience, our tour guide Leona knows a lot, she was very helpful and diligent. The food was delicious, the places are beautiful and we had an amazing time!
We went on an absolutely fantastic tour with Herbie! He was unbelievably informative, friendly and a delight to be around. We were so grateful for his ability to answer all of our questions. He gave us such an in depth perspective on Chinese history, culture and lifestyle, which we are immensely grateful for! He has truly made us appreciate and understand China in a way we would not have without him. He was also able to offer us many local recommendations that we never would have found on our own. Thank you so much Herbie for the most amazing day and lifelong experience we get to remember!
We had a wonderful day with Cathy! She shared a great historical background with lots of knowledge and information. We learned everything about China and Beijing in only a few hours, saw so much and so many beautiful sights. And also had a fantastic, authentic lunch with the dumplings we made ourselves - very great food and a very special experience. 10/10 with Cathy!!
Such an amazing day. We booked this tour with Kathy for me, my husband and 4 kids age 6-12. I can not say enough good things. We love learning not only about the site but culture and what it is like to be a local. We saw the major sites had one of the most amazing home cooked meals in a locals home, took rickshaw, saw acrobatic show. She was able to answer our million questions keep all of us engaged throughout the day. I feel like it was an amazing representation of so many different cultural and historical aspect of visiting Beijing. I can't say enough good things. If you are looking for a tour you can stop scrolling and just book now.. The van and driver were very safe and clean. It was a wonderful experience! You won't be disappointed
Very energetic tour guide. A lot of must see sights in a short notice while not skimping on information or sights. Make sure not to eat a big breakfast because you'll eat make more dumplings then you can eat. Car was very clean, airconditioned and had water on hand.
Kathy led a guided tour of the Summer Palace for me and a colleague. She was knowledgeable and very friendly. Her expertise helped us to appreciate the history of the Summer Palace. I highly recommend her as a guide!
