Tour Highlights: • Pedi-cab (three-wheeled bicycle) ride • Visit a home at Hutong • Chinese afternoon tea
Tour Duration
2 Hours
Departures
Daily
Meals
-
Guide
English-speaking guide service
Admissions
Entrance fees to scenic spots or show tickets as listed in the itinerary
Pick-up
Available at your hotel
Drop-off
Available at your hotel
Tour Excludes: • Hotel accommodation. • Flight/train ticket. • Additional meal and drink. • Personal expenses such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities, etc. • Gratuities to the local guide, driver, hotel bellboy. • Services not mentioned in the itinerary. • Traveler insurance.
Hutong
Mostly built during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, hutongs are the narrow network of lanes created by closely built quadrangular homes. The houses and courtyards, hidden away and boxed in, are themselves closed off with wooden gates that often have carved characters intended to bring good fortune to the house owner and his trade.
Guests ride in pedi-cabs (three wheeled bicycles) through the narrow alleys to visit a home and meet a typical family. The residents, who have lived through great changes, interesting yet difficult times, are delighted to discuss their way of life and share stories with guests.
