Traditional Beijing Walking Tour

Your traditional walk tour allows you to explore the old and traditional area on the northern Beijing and starts with Chengxian Street ( some part of the street is also called Guozijian Street), west of Lama Temple; passing by the Confucius Temple and Guozijian (Imperial College); an outside look at the Drum and Bell Towers; stroll through the 800 year old Yandai Byway amd Yinding Bridge; experience some typical hutongs in the Shichahai area like Da Jinsi Hutong Tao, the most famous hutongs keeping the original layout of Hutong.

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

• Outside look at Lama Temple

• Walk along the 800 year old east-west Chengxian Street (also known as Guozijian Street)

• Pass by Confucius Temple and Guozijian (Imperial College)

• Andingmen Inner Street

• East Gulou Street (East Drum Tower Street)

• Drum Tower and Bell Tower

• The 800-year-old Yandai Byway

• Yinding Bridge

• Shichahai and Hutongs

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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 Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Olympic Sites, Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and The Temple of Heaven. Those big attractions take 1 to 2 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).