🏨 3-Hour Private Hutong Walking Tour with Drum Show at Drum Tower and Tea Tasting Activity

3-Hour Private Hutong Walking Tour with Drum Show at Drum Tower and Tea Tasting

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Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Take a morning or afternoon 3-Hour walking tour at ancient Beijing Hutongs. Stroll around the Houhai Lake area, walk along small alleys, explore the Tobacco Street (Yandaixie Street) with interesting stores, clime up to the Drum Tower to watch a 20-minute drumming performance. Then sit down and enjoy a Tea Ceremony at a tea house inside Bell Tower.

What's Included

Entrance fee

Hotel pick up

Local guide

Tea tasting

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Gratuities

Hotel drop-off

Transportation to/from attractions

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Please leave your contact number upon booking if available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Please leave your contact number upon booking if available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Back Lakes (Hou Hai)

Choose your tour option when you book: Morning or afternoon departure. Then, meet you guide in your hotel and start your 3-hour walking tour in ancient Beijing hutongs. The Hutong, an old-style city alley or lane, is one of the most distinctive features and must-see attractions in Beijing.

First, walk beside Houhai lake.The lake is surrounded by shops, bars, restaurants and lots of culture. Also, past the first row of bars are some of Beijing disappearing hutongs. Houhai Lake is a great place to enjoy nature, escape for all people from the hustle bustle of big city life.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Yinding Bridge

Then walk through the narrow alleys and have a stop at Yinding Bridge. The bridge is in the shape of a silver sycee, and that is why it is called Yinding Bridge. It is one of the eight sights in Beijing. “Viewing the Western Hill at Yinding Bridge” was one of the amazing sceneries in ancient Beijing.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Yandai Xie Street

Afterward, continue to Yandai Xie Street, also known as Tobacco Pouch Tilt Street, it was a prosperous commercial street specializing in the sales of tobacco pouches, calligraphy and paintings and jade articles during the Qing Dynasty (1616 -1911). It is lined with famous curios stores now,which have become highlights when visitors taking Hutong Tours.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bell and Drum Towers

Then climb up to the top of Drum Tower, listen the history from your tour guide and enjoy a drum show.

Following the climb up the stairs, you will visit a tea house inside the Bell Tower, enjoy a tea ceremony and taste a cup of Chinese tea, such as Green Dragon, Jasmine tea, or Oolong tea.

Your tour finish after your tea tasting. Your tour guide will provides directions to your hotel from there.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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