4-Hour Private Tour: Lama Temple, Confucius Temple, Guozijian Museum with Dim Sum
Description
4-Hour Exclusive Beijing Temple Tour: Escape the crowds to explore two serene, lesser-known gems – the sacred Lama Temple and the scholarly Confucius Temple, linked to the ancient Imperial College (China’s top imperial university) for an intimate cultural immersion. Led by a local expert guide, you’ll uncover fascinating stories: from the Lama Temple’s role in welcoming the 6th Panchen Lama and its towering sandalwood Buddha, to the Confucius Temple’s 700-year-old stone tablets inscribed with 50,000 scholars’ names. Then savor authentic dim sum at a local favorite spot (loved by Beijingers). Choose morning (lunch) or afternoon (dinner) slots. Two packages available: 4-person round-trip transport included, or guide-only (self-transport).
Tour Options
Itinerary
Your English - speaking guide will meet you at your Beijing hotel. If you've opted for public transportation, the guide will accompany you on the subway or in a taxi to reach the attractions(at your own cost). For those who have booked a private air - conditioned vehicle, simply follow the guide and enjoy a comfortable ride to the sites. First, visit the Lama Temple, once an imperial residence and now the largest, best - preserved lamasery in Beijing. It combines a Tibetan Buddhism museum and an active temple. Admire the Buddha Maitreya statue, carved from a single sandalwood log from Nepal, the world's largest wooden Buddha. The architecture here is a fascinating blend of Han and Tibetan styles, with each hall housing unique religious artifacts. The air is filled with the fragrance of burning incense, creating a truly immersive spiritual experience.
Next, head to the Confucius Temple. This temple is dedicated to the great Chinese philosopher Confucius and serves as a symbol of traditional Chinese culture and education. It's a place where you can pay homage to Confucius and learn about his teachings that have influenced Chinese society for thousands of years. The temple complex is adorned with ancient steles inscribed with important historical and educational texts, and rows of cypress trees line the paths, exuding a solemn and serene atmosphere.
After that, make your way to the Imperial College (Guozijian), which was the highest educational institution in ancient China. Here, you can explore the architecture of the ancient educational system. The highlight is the imperial performance held within its historic grounds, which adds a touch of grandeur and allows you to feel the atmosphere of the imperial era. Finally, conclude the tour with a sumptuous dim sum meal. If you started the tour in the morning, you'll enjoy a lavish lunch. For afternoon tours, a delightful dinner awaits, featuring a variety of mouth - watering dim sum dishes to satisfy your taste buds. If you choose the option with private transfer, our driver will take you back to your hotel afterwards.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up in the lobby of your hotel if your hotel is within the 4th ring road of Beijing city, if your hotel is out of the 4th ring road, you can travel to city to meet our guide or hotel pick up may have extra cost
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infant meals not included
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Reviews(22)
We had a wonderful half day with our guide Padma, who took us to the Lama Temple, the Confucius Temple, and the Imperial College, and organized a delicious dumpling lunch. She was always kind, professional, and very knowledgeable, and her availability in giving us advice for the rest of our trip was a great help. We truly appreciated her support and highly recommend her as a guide.
My guide, Lucy, was friendly and excellent at explaining the history of the Lama temple and its complicated place in history and the current relationship with Tibet Buddhism
The Lama Teme is definitely not an experience to miss with its several temples and incense burning with the Chinese pilgrims to the site. Confucous temple also very interesting with an informative museum attached. Our guide Alice was livliveovly,lovely we had a great half day with her finishing off with a short stop at the silk museum and a delicious dumpling lunch. Highly recommended.
Rich in culture and history tour! If you want to know more of the Chinese culture, this tour is a must for you. Our English tour guide Ana is well verse on the different stories in the past.
We had an amazing time on this tour! Everything ran smoothly and our tour guide was very knowledgeable on Chinese history. She answered all of our questions and took a lot of pictures for us. Our tour guide’s name is Alice, and we would definitely recommend her to everyone. We had a dim sum lunch and Alice knew exactly what to order for us! We chose the option with a private car, and it’s definitely worth it. Our driver Li YangBing was very personable and chatted with us in Chinese during our drive. He was very professional and told us he often drives foreigners around Beijing.
Worth the money especially with an English speaking tour . Did quite a bit in those 4 hours and a little shopping too . Highly recommend !
Amazing tour! We booked last minute and everything went well, the guide was simply wonderful and the places were charming. Taking a tour with a specialized guide is another level! Being in the temples and understanding the history there is immersing yourself and feeling the energy of the place! I would do the tour again!
Definitely worth a visit when in Beijing. All 3 structures are rich in culture and history and we had a great time exploring! Jessie was knowledgeable, animated and experienced and made the trip much more fun.
The tour is very good. It is possible to perceive the contrasts in world views translated into the memories that these places carry. I enjoyed learning about the details offered by our excellent quia Lucy. She knows the history of palaces and interacted very well with us
I highly highly recommend this tour. Lucy was amazing and so knowledgeable on the Temples we visited. The history and the stories were absolutely fascinating and definitely worth doing the tour and walking through the streets and talking about the history of the area was amazing. We finished our tour with a Dim Sum dinner that Lucy ordered and everything was out of this world. I highly recommend this tour.
