Beijing Antique Buying

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- Beijing Antique Buying Tour, Beijing Curio Shopping Trip - Beijing Escorted Antique Buying Day Tour - Do you want to enjoy a totally new antiquing experience in Beijing? Beijing is a grand hunting ground for collectibles of every type, from early antique items right on up to modern day collectibles. Take our one day "antique shopping" trip to Beijing. This one day antique tour enables antiquers to visit the most famous antique and curio markets in Beijing as well as some of the beaten path sources most international travellers are unaware of. - In this escorted antique markets tour, we include Liulichang Antique Street, Panjiayuan Flea Market, Beijing Curio City and Beijing Hongqiao Market.

- It would be hard to find another city in China that is as rich in such extraordinary antique markets with primitives, jewelry, glass, crystal, porcelain, pottery, toys, dolls, folk art etc. You can buy antiques tax free as long as they are exported. Our antique private day tour includes travel by chartered car or minibus, bilingual guide and visits to antique markets, retail shops, trade sources and wholesalers. Just a word of caution - watch for fakes and reproductions. - Finishing point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 5:00pm - Pick up from your hotel around 8:30am. First visit the Liulichang Antique Stree . It is probably the most popular of the antique street markets for tourists in Beijing. Liulichang is a small street with some hutongs ( lanes ) lined with shops facades bearing Ming and Qing dynasty architectural features. With brightly painted doors and eaves and gracefully curved black-tiled-roofs buildings, a little of old Beijing's lifestyle is preserved here. - Then drive to Panjiayuan Flea Market . This flee market is only open on Saturday and Sunday. This is a multi-sectioned covered shopping area. It is actually a huge market place for selling and collecting Chinese folk handcrafts, maybe the largest in Asia! What you will see are jewelry, ceramics,calligraphy, teapots, ethnic clothing, Buddha statues, paper lanterns, Cultural Revolution memorabilia, PLA belts, Ming- and Qing-style furniture, old pipes, opium scales, and painted human skulls and many many more!

- In this escorted antique markets tour, we include Liulichang Antique Street, Panjiayuan Flea Market, Beijing Curio City and Beijing Hongqiao Market. - It would be hard to find another city in China that is as rich in such extraordinary antique markets with primitives, jewelry, glass, crystal, porcelain, pottery, toys, dolls, folk art etc. You can buy antiques tax free as long as they are exported. Our antique private day tour includes travel by chartered car or minibus, bilingual guide and visits to antique markets, retail shops, trade sources and wholesalers. Just a word of caution - watch for fakes and reproductions. - Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 9:00am - Finishing point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 5:00pm - Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire - Pick up from your hotel around 8:30am. First visit the Liulichang Antique Stree . It is probably the most popular of the antique street markets for tourists in Beijing. Liulichang is a small street with some hutongs ( lanes ) lined with shops facades bearing Ming and Qing dynasty architectural features. With brightly painted doors and eaves and gracefully curved black-tiled-roofs buildings, a little of old Beijing's lifestyle is preserved here. - Return to your hotel in Beijing around 5:00pm. - Service package includes:

- Liulichang Antique Street - Panjiayuan Flea Market - Beijing Curio City - Beijing Hongqiao Market - Book This Tour - Creat Your Own Trip