Private Beijing Half Day Tour: Summer Palace And Hutong Rickshaw Tour

Beijing, China
Duration4h - 5h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
Instant confirmationYour booking is confirmed right away
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesChinese, English
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Enjoy a private Beijing half day tour that explore Summer Palace, local pearl gallery and interesting Hutong rickshaw tour, at first, we experience impressive gardens that surround the Summer Palace, which include a large and beautiful kunming lake, amazing marble boat and temples built on longevity hill, later visit local pearl gallery and take interesting Hutong rickshaw tour.

What's included

  • Hutong rickshaw tour charge
  • Professional English and Chinese speaking tour guide
  • Chinese lunch
  • Entrance fee charge of sites
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Gratuities
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

What to expect

  1. Summer Palace
    1h · Admission ticket included
    On 09:00am in the morning, our Beijing English guide and driver will hold your name logo and transfer you from your hotel to summer palace directly, combined with the beautiful natural landscape, Longevity hill and Kunming Lake, and the Summer Palace is a impressive resort for scenic views. Experience the exquisite gardens and grounds, the wonderful marble boat and the world’s longest art gallery there. Our English guide will also tell you interesting historical stories of this royal garden.
  2. Bell and Drum Towers
    1h · Admission ticket included
    Later on visit the pearl gallery, pearl farming in China is mainly concentrated in the both north and south part of country, Pearls have gotten strong symbolic status in Chinese culture since ancient time, for example, the pearl has been connected with dragons for the longest time, with the dragon seen as chasing a pearl, then have lunch at a local Chinese restaurant, then take the Hutong rickshaw tour, and the Hutong tour starts from along shishahai near the vegetable and fruit market, in the past,princes', generals' and ministers' housed with courtyards were scattered around the outside of the forbidden city. linking up those courtyard houses were lanes and alleys called hutongs. The Word "Hutong" probably came into use during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), as It is A Mongolian Word, Meaning "Well". These residential areas were so called because where There is a Well, there are People living nearby, later on go back to hotel.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

We can also pick up other clients who stay at hotels within the downtown area of Beijing.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
  • Passport names, passport numbers, date of birth and country is required at time of booking for all participants
  • Please provide all travelers' dates of birth, full passport names and passport numbers. We need this information for buying entrance tickets to attractions for you. This information must match with your passports exactly, on the day of travel
  • Please provide your cell phone number so that we can contact you just in case

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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