Private Tour-Beijing Hutong Life Experience

Summary

If you want to learn some traditional Chinese culture in old hutong area of Beijing, this tour is perfect for your. 9am, meet your tour guide at the Drum Tower ticket office, at the drum tower square, join a traditional Taichi lesson to start the beautiful day in the morning. Your Taichi teacher graduated from the same martial art school with famous movie star-Jet Lee. The Taichi lesson will be about one hour,get on the top of the Drum Tower to have a bird's eye view of the old Beijing downtown area, then take a rickshaw riding through the old hutong alleys with your tour guide who can give a very good introduction of hutong history and culture. Here you can see the Old Beijing and real Beijinger's life. Then walk in the locals home for a visit and start the real hutong culture study tour, which will include learning how to make traditional paper cut, and learn Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink. All of your masterpieces will be beautiful handcrafted gifts to take back home. Here you will enjoy the home cooked yummy lunch, great opportunity to taste the real local home style cookings with Hutong old Beijinger's flavour. It is also a good chance for you to talk with the locals about their life and real Beijing history. You will finish this tour at the drum tower ticket office. Your tour guide can help you to get a taxi back to your hotel at your own expense.

Tour info

Duration
5 hours
Group Size
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Meeting Point
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Why take this tour?

Learn a traditional Taichi lesson with you Taichi teacher in the morning, take a rickshaw riding through the old hutong alleys, walk in the locals home for a visit , enjoy a yummy home cooked style lunch here and learn the traditional paper cutting, and Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink. This tour is full of surprises.

What’s included?

  • Private tour

  • Local home style cookings with old Beijinger's falour for lunch

  • Professional English speaking guide

  • Taichi lesson with a professional Taichi teacher

  • Lesson of Chinese traditional calligraphy, paper cut

  • Rickshaw tour through Hutong old alleys

  • Gratuities for your tour guide and rickshaw driver

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 5h

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operated by:

Beijing Urban Passer

About operator:

We are specialise in offering the best tour experience for our clients to travel in China, our tours cover Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Guangzhou,Chengdu, Yangshuo an so on. We are expert for designing the private customized tours, biking tour and small group walking tour and cooking tour in China, book our tours to travel to those famous sightseeing places, Great Wall and forbidden city in Beijing.

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