Modern Beijing Walking Tour

Experiencing window shopping at Wangfujing Street, the most popular commercial street in Beijing and Silk Street Market; Walking along Jinbao Street, East Chang'an Avenue and expploring the Central Business District to feel the "Manhattan" of Beijing and view the famous Reem Koolhaas's CCTV building.

We improvise the walking tour with you. The 3-4 hour walking tour may include the following tentative itinerary:

• Wangfujing Street, the most popular commercial street

• Wangfujing Snack Street

• St. Joseph's Wangfujing Church (Dongtang Cathedral)

• Jinbao Street, a cluster of world famous brands

• East Chang'an Avenue, the No.1 Street in China

• Silk Street Market or Silk Market, a shopping center accommodating over 1,700 retail vendors

• Central Business District, the city's largest, most international center of commerce

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Important Reminder

1. As for pick-up point, at present we include the pickup points ( your hotel or residential place ) within the East 3rd Ring Road, North of the Temple of Heaven, West Second Ring Road and North 3rd Ring Road. You'll pay for the transfer from your hotel to the starting point (subway, bus or taxi) escorted by our tour guide.

2. We provide one English speaking tour guide for each traveling party.

3. The 3-4 hour tour does not include visits that can be easily done by yourself like the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and The Temple of Heaven. Those big attractions take 2 to 4 hours each.

4.If it is necessary to visit some of those places during one of our tour, entrance tickets have to be paid by you and the time to visit those places will be part of the time of the walking tour.

5. For payment and cancellation policy, please refer to our Terms & Conditions .

What you should bring

1. Sun glasses, your camera and your best smile

2. Wear comfortable shoes!

3. Don't wear expensive jewellery overtly.

4. During summer (Between May and October): sun block

5. For spring and autumn, the weather changes daily: a windproof jacket and an additional sweater

6. For winter (between November and April): you will need thick winter clothes (gloves,beanie woolen hat, scarf, winter sweater and long underpants).