Beijing Hutongs Walking Tour
Description
Making a booking within your budget to secure your spot and travelling with professional English tour guide. Learning amazing Hutong history during the tour. Find the guide who is holding a sign with name of the company.
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Itinerary
Meet your guide at the metro station: line 8 or Line 6 Nan luo gu xiang station exit E. In Chinese 南锣鼓巷南口 or 南锣鼓巷地铁站E出口 A trip to Nanluogixiang lane brings you back to the Yuan Dynasty. Its vernacular courtyard houses, grey-colored, accompanied by old trees, showcase the solid books of Beijing's traditional architecture. Continue to feel Beijing long history by walking along Mao'er Hutong. There are many famous buildings and character stories in Mao'er Hutong. Stop at "Empress's Mansion" for pictures which is the former residence of the last Chinese emperor Puyi's empress Wanrong. Visiting a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichahai area with surrounding quiet bars. Heading to "Smoking Pipe Street" most of the dwellers in this area had a fondness for smoking pipe tobacco. Last stop is Drum Tower. It served as the ancient city's time-telling tower. With the development of history, the functions of the Bell and Drum Towers have continually changed.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(26)
Roy was excellent very informative and entertaining
This was the second time we toured with Roy, and it was excellent as always. We visited the Jinshanling Great Wall (not listed under Roy's tours at the time of this review). On our way there, Roy explained the history of Beijing. Once we arrived in Jinshanling, Roy showed us the breathtaking scenery the Great Wall has to offer and took many photos of us. It was a whole-day tour due to the distance from Beijing to Chengde; however, Roy took great care of us, and we felt great after the tour. It also helped that Jinshanling is the least crowded section of the Great Wall. He was knowledgeable, patient, humorous, and a great communicator. We will certainly book his tour next time we return to Beijing. Please consider Roy if you are looking for an unforgettable experience with a small group.
We had a great time on this hutong walking tour with Roy and would definitely recommend it. Roy is a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable, easy to talk to, and clearly passionate about Beijing. He shared a lot of interesting context and stories that really helped us understand how people actually live in the hutongs. The tour felt relaxed and not overly touristy, which we really appreciated. We saw places we definitely wouldn’t have found on our own. A really enjoyable and insightful experience. Julia, UK
Roy is an excellent guide and we had a great introduction to Beijing and the Hu Tong area, history and culture. He's enthusiastic and fun and made everything interesting. We had so many questions which he was happy to answer, he explained some of the street food, and gave us a list of other places to visit. We enjoyed it so much that we booked his tour of the Forbidden City a few days later.
I had a very informative and personable tour this morning with Roy who was open to answering any questions that came to mind, and made me feel welcome and more knowledgeable about the city and the country as a whole. I would reccommend him to anyone wanting a starting point for Beijing or Chinese culture.
Roy is highly knowledgeable and professional which made the guided tour an unexpected fun and interesting experience both for my foreign friend and myself as a Chinese person. Highly recommended
I did several of the free walking tours with Roy in Beijing. He was very informative, easy to understand, patient and delivered his stories with humor…all in perfect English. I highly recommend him for one or several of his tours. I did the Beijing night tour, Summer palace, and the Hutong tour.
Our guide was perfect. His name is Roy Lee, he was interesting, kind and he made everything exciting. He made a lot of quiz for us and everything was clear in his explanation. The tour was beautiful and he has showed us the real life in Hutongs and the typical places and things of the area. Our guide showed us particular monuments and places, like the Hutongs habits (non-touristy things). The lake near the Hutongs was beautiful and our guide showed us many typical restaurants. We loved this tour because everything was amazing and our guide made every monument interesting and memorable.
Time flies with tour guide Roy! Informative insights, funny details, Entertaining stories. Roy is the perfect Beijing tour guide.
We booked this for our first full day in Beijing. The tour guide did not show up and despite multiple attempts to contact him, we did not hear back. We waited for about 25 minutes before going off on our own/. Very dusappointing.
Thank you for your time to post the review. I was at the meeting point with other 4 people but we didn't find you there. You were super late for the tour. That's why we left the meeting point.
