Beijing hutong tour by rickshaw

Highlights:

• Private tour in Beijing

• Rickshaw ride through the traditional hutong district of Shichahai

• Visit Prince Gong’s mansion

• Climb the Drum Tower for views over the courtyard houses

• Great Wall day tour from Beijing

Overview:

Private half day hutong tour in Beijing by rickshaw and on foot, admiring the typical architecture of humble homes, fine mansions and civic buildings of an ancient era.

Description:

Beijing’s fast-disappearing hutongs explored on foot and by rickshaw

Pick up from your Beijing hotel and drive to the old quarter of the city where the traditional hutongs still survive, Shichahai, and stroll around the prettily-preserved streets around the lakeside. Take a rickshaw ride along shady lanes some 700-800 years old, and climb the 4-metre high Drum Tower that dates from 1420 and admire the views over the hutongs and the vast modern city beyond. Visit Prince Gong’s Mansion, the chief advisor to the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Price includes:

• Private transfers by car to and from your Beijing hotel
• Private English-speaking guide
• Rickshaw ride through the hutongs
• Short walking tour
• Entrance fees as mentioned

Not included:

• Meals, entrance fees not mentioned above
• Personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Gratuities to driver, guide

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