Old Beijing Walking Tour

Touch the historic district of the southern Beijing, the cradle of Beijing city development, home to old hutong and genuine local Beijingers. You see Liulichang antique street - the oldest street in Beijing. Liulichang is 800m long with a long history from Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Now, there are dozen of shops here. The area is really a good place to these who love the Chinese culture - ancient books, jade, gold, pottery wares, calligraphy, paintings, musical instruments.

Dazhalan is a 1.26-square-kilometre area of 114 streets and alleys. With more than 51,000 residents, it claims to be one of the most densely-populated residential communities in the world. Qianmen Street is one of the last remnants of the business centers of old Beijing. It has been transformed into a modern commercial pedestrian street, the second walking street after Wangfujiang Street in the downtown shopping ditrict Beijing.

We improvise the walking tour with you. The 2-3 hour walking tour may include the following tentative itinerary:

• Outside look at Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre, oldest theater in Beijing

• Walk along South Xinhua Street ( avenue )

• Liulichang East and West Street (antique street)

• Tieshu Byway （ old hutongs )

• Dashilan West Street ( old hutongs )

• Dashilan Commercial Street ( renovated old commercial street )

• Qianmen Street ( renovated old commercial street )

• The southern end of Tiananmen Square

Just a reminder

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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 2-3 hour tour does not include visits that can be easily done by yourself like the Forbidden City, 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).