Tours & Activities in Beijing
🎆Hello curious traveler! Welcome to the FIRST, EARLIEST, and BEST-RATED free walking tours in China!!
🏆WHY CHOOSE US?🏆
💡Since 2017, we've conducted OVER 1200 FREE TOURS, delighting 22,000+ visitors worldwide!!
💡We understand the significance of your visit, which is why we're committed to showcasing the very best of Beijing through immersive 3.5-hour-long tours!
💡Excited for the fun? Choose your booking date, pack your curiosity, and walk with us to explore the best of Beijing!
🎊TOUR DETAILS🎊
🤩From the ancient walled capital to the political center of the new communist country, Beijing has undergone a groundbreaking transformation, blending thousands of years of history with cutting-edge modernity.
🚶Join our walking tour to experience the power center of China, visit the city’s most notable sites with hidden cultural secrets, learn about the city's unresolved urban planning dilemmas, and dive into this remarkable journey of tradition, triumph, and transformation!
🔍️THE HIGHLIGHTS 🔍️
· Ancient Peking Opera Theatre
· Liulichang Antiques Cultural Street
· Courtyard Museum
· Yangmeizhu Byway
· Snack Break at a Local Hutong Market
· Dashilar Commerical Street
· the Narrowest Hutong of Beijing
· Qianmen Pedestrian Street
· The Central Axis of Beijing
· Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower
· Tiananmen Square (View from Outside)
And More!
🕙️ MEETING TIME:
10:00 AM Every Day
The schedule may vary on certain days. Please refer to the calendar for available booking dates.
The tour lasts about 3.5 hours until 1:30pm.
📍MEETING POINT:
Hufangqiao Metro Station (Line 7), Exit D (South-West Exit);
After exiting, head straight to the main road, turn right, and walk 60 meters east to the green space at the intersection.
Address for Taxi: Huguang Guild Opera Theatre / Corner of Hufang Road & Luomashi Avenue
(Chinese: 7号线地铁虎坊桥站D口【西南口】出门向东60米，虎坊路与骡马市大街路口，湖广会馆东侧小广场）
🧭ENDING POINT:
Qianmen Metro Station (Line 2&8, South of Tiananmen Square)
(In Chinese: 前门地铁站，天安门广场南侧）
⚠️Notice: The tour ends in front of Tiananmen Square, but we will NOT enter to visit Tiananmen square. Please make your own reservation at least one day in advance if you wish to visit, as same-day reservations are not possible.
🤑HOW MUCH THE TOUR COSTS:
The Free Tour operates on a tip-based system, meaning you get to decide the price at the end of the tour based on how much you enjoyed it (and we believe you’ll love it!). Based on data from our 15,000+ previous visitors, the average tip for this tour is around 20-25 EURO (180-200 RMB) per person.
✅️ Please bring your passport for potential checkpoints
✅️ Please plan to arrive 5-10 minutes early
✅️ Look for the YELLOW umbrella to find us!!
💓We look forward to meeting you soon!!
We will wait for you at Metro line 4 Beigongmen station Exit C.
If you take taxi to the meeting point you can show this to the taxi driver: 地铁4号线北宫门站C口
Please bring Chinese yuan cash and passport with you to buy tickets.
Summer Palace (颐和园) is the largest and most complete existing royal garden, reputed as the royal garden museum. Located in Haidian district, about 15km from Beijing center, Summer Palace covers an area of 290 hectares.
Its predecessor was the Garden of Clear Ripples (Qingyiyuan) started in 1750 and burned down by the British and French allied troops in 1860. In 1886, Empress Dowager Cixi used navy outlays and other funds in the reconstruction and renamed the park as Summer Palace in 1888.
The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China.
It is a imperial garden most completely reseved with richest landscapes and concentrated buildings. The Summer Palace was added to the world cultural heritage list in 1998.
Meet your guide at the metro station: line 8 or Line 6 Nan luo gu xiang station exit E.
In Chinese 南锣鼓巷南口 or 南锣鼓巷地铁口E出口 if you take taxi to the meeting point.
A trip to Nanluogixiang Hutong brings you back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368) when the earliest hutongs and courtyard houses along Nanluoguxiang started to be built. The 800-meter long south-north Nanluoguxiang Hutong is lined with numerous trendy bars, yummy restaurants, unique hostels, lively themed stores and itirant vendors. Its vernacular courtyard houses, grey-colored, accompanied by old trees, showcase the solid books of Beijing's traditional architecture.
Continue to feel Beijing long history by walking along Mao'er Hutong. It is a very famous hutong among the 25 surviving hutong protected areas in Beijing, and is also one of the top ten hutongs in Beijing.
During the Ming Dynasty, Mao'er Hutong was known as Zitong Temple Wenchang Palace, which was a place where Emperor Wenchang was worshipped. Emperor Wenchang, also known as Wenqu Star, was a mythical deity in charge of literary activities. During the Qing Dynasty, the area was called Mao'er Hutong, named after a hat making workshop.
There are many famous buildings and character stories in Mao'er Hutong. For example, Ke Yuan (located at No. 9 and No. 11) is one of the most representative private gardens in Beijing, built by the Qing Dynasty scholar Wen Yu, modeled after the Humble Administrator's Garden and Lion Grove in Suzhou. The former residence of the last empress Wanrong is located at No. 35 and No. 37, commonly known as the "Empress's Mansion". In addition, Ming Dynasty generals Hong Chengchou and Beiyang warlord Feng Guozhang also lived in this alley.
Visiting a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichahai area with surrounding quiet hutongs.
Houhai Lake area used to be part of the old Grand Canal of the Yuan Dynasty 600 years ago. And now it is circled by the former palaces of ministers, temples, well-kept Siheyuans (quadrangle) as well as residences of celebrities in the past.
Hutong walking tour will finish at Houhai lake area where you can find some restaurants for lunch.
I will wait for you at Metro line5 Tiantandongmen station(East Gate of Temple of Heaven) Exit A2.
In Chinese天坛东门 if you take taxi to the meeting point.
Please bring Chinese yuan cash and passport with you to buy tickets.
The Temple of Heaven Park, Tiantan in Chinese, is located in the Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is the largest and most representative existing masterpiece among China's ancient sacrificial buildings.
Originally, the Temple of Heaven was the place where emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911) held the Heaven Worship Ceremony. First built in 1420, the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), the Temple of Heaven was enlarged and rebuilt during the reigns of the Ming emperor Jiajing and the Qing emperor Qianlong.
In 1988, it was opened to the public as a park, showing ancient philosophy, history and religion. Its grand architectural style and profound cultural connotation give an insight into the practices of the ancient Eastern civilization.
NOTE: 1.Take passport with you
2. Bring cash to buy ticket
Discover the ancient art of Feng Shui on a tour of the Hutongs in Beijing. Learn how to alter the energy of your home and family for good fortune.
Feng Shui is one of the most mysterious and captivating aspects of traditional Chinese culture. It seeks to alter the energy of an individual or even an entire family by carefully considering the location and layout of homes, the design and matching of clothing and accessories, or the patterns of daily customs such as diet, thereby bringing continuous good fortune. This experience will take you deep into the Hutong cultural district in the heart of Beijing. You will wander through several historical sites with the strongest energy aura, embarking on an authentic and pure traditional Feng Shui journey to seek good fortune for yourself and your family. Let's get going!
*Notice: The entrance fee would be 45 yuan per person.(25 yuan for Lama Temple and 20 yuan for Drum Tower) While the snack would cost 40 yuan per person.
