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This one day tour gives you a unique opportunity of visiting a 300-year old courtyard, and experiencing a 20-minute rickshaw drive through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs.

You also expect standing on the Silver Ingot Bridge ( Yinding Bridge ), a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichahai area with surrounding quiet hutongs, and then wandering along the Yandaixiejie ( Tobacco Pipe Lean Street ), a quaint 800-year-old hutong.

Ascending the 67-meter high and two-storey Drum Tower dating from 1420 is sure to bring you back to the old Beijing by seeing the big drum tower and having bird's eye view of the surrounding communities of hutongs and siheyuan - existing traditional courtyards in Beijing.

Walking through the 700-year old lane - Nanluoguxiang. This lane is about 800 meters long with 16 hutongs - 8 hutongs on each side of the lane. The lane is now famous for the cafes and bars and clothing and handcraft shops that line its hutong laneways as well as its traditional hutong and courtyards (siheyuan).

After yummy Chinese lunch, head to Lama Temple for a 1.5-hour visit, the most handsome and impressive Buddhist temple in the city. Lama Temple ( Yonghe Lamasery ) was built in the 33 Qing Kangxi year (1694) and it is now the largest and best-preserved Lamasery of Yellwo Sect in Beijing. Then return to your midtown hotel in Beijing.

Book now! Beijing One Day Hutong & Lama Temple Tour regularly sells out days in advance, so book in advance to avoid disappointment.

Tour Highlights:
. A private tour - your own tour guide & driver
. Immersed in the 300-year old courtyard
. Detailed account of the hutong and courtyard culture
. 30-minute pedicab drive through the most typical hutongs in Beijing
. Walking through quaint 800-year-old Tobacco Pipe Lean Street
. Ascending the two-storey Drum Tower
. Walking through the 700-year old lane - Nanluoguxiang
. Yummy Chinese lunch at Baguobuyi Restaurant
. 1.5 hour tour of Lama Temple

Schedule Details:
Departs:
Daily
Departure Point:
8:30am from your midtown hotel
Finishing time
Around 5:00pm
Duration:
8 hours (approx.)
Return details:
Transfer back to your midtown hotel

Itinerary

8:30am Pick from your midtown hotel in Beijing and have a private transfer to the 300-year old courtyard in the Shichahai Area.

Arrive at the old courtyard and begin the one hour visit inside. With the help of your English speaking tour guide of the courtyard, you will have a detailed explanation of the old courtyard ( Siheyuan ) - its history, its layout, its Fengshui, and its traditiona Chinese culture involved.

After visiting the old courtyard, take a 30-minute pedicab drive through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs. Two people share one rickshaw. You are not supposed to tip the pedicab driver since the tour cost includes the tip.


10:30am - 11:00am - Drop off at the the Silver Ingot Bridge (( Yinding Bridge ), a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichhai area with surrounding quiet hutongs. Walking along the Yandai Xiejie ( Tobacco Pipe Lean Street ), a quaint 800-year-old hutong located directly north of Yinding Bridge between Qianhai and Houhai and the south of the Drum Tower, used to be well-known for sellers of long-stemmed pipes, hence the name.

11:00am - 11:40am - Ascending the 67-meter high and two-story Drum Tower dating from 1420 is sure to bring you back to the old Beijing by seeing the big drum tower and having bird's eye view of the surrounding communities of hutongs and siheyuan - existing traditional courtyards in Beijing.


11:40am - 12:30pm - Walking from Bell Tower to Nanluoguxiang, the 700-year old alley running from north to south. This lane is about 800 meters long with 16 hutongs - 8 hutongs on each side of the lane. The lane is now famous for the cafes and bars and clothing and handcraft shops that line its hutong laneways as well as its traditional hutong and courtyards (siheyuan).

12:30 - 2:00pm - Lunch at Baguobuyi Restaurant. Baguobuyi Restaurant literally means a Sichuan restaurant for common people. It is a national-level Sichuan-style restaurant chain with its headquarters in Chengdu - the capital city of Sichuan.

2:00pm -4:00pm - After lunch, continue to visit Lama Temple, also called the Yonghe Lamasery, or Yonghegong. It is the most handsome and impressive Buddhist temple in the city. Lama Temple was built in the 33 Qing Kangxi year (1694) and it is now the largest and best-preserved Lamasery of Yellwo Sect in Beijing.


After visiting Lama Temple, you are transferred back to your downtown hotel in Beijing around 5:pm.

Optional add-on:
If you are interested in the Chinese tea culture, after the day tour, you are transferred to a nice tea market in the center of Beijing. There you see a tea performance and learn how to conduct your own kungfu tea ritual. The knowledge of tea, tea selection, steeping and savoring will be explained. After a simple tea ceremony, you are free on your own in choosing your favorite tea, teapots and teacups.

Price Details for this tour:

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Cost: in US$ per person
Travelling Party	Tour Cost Per Person
1 person	$120
2 persons	$80
3-5  persons	$70
6-9  Persons	$65
10 persons and above	$50

Booking Note
1. Just wear casually for the hutong culture experience full day tour.
2. Tipping for the rickshaw driver is included. So you don't have to tip the pedicab driver on the spot.
3. It is a private tour. You have your own tour guide and car driver.

Inclusions
1.All private transfers
2.Entrance tickets as mentioned.
3.30-minute Rickshaw driver
4.Private car or van with English speaking guide.
5.The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.
Exclusions
1.Tips to your English speaking tour guide and car driver
Available:
Daily

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Tour Code: BHRT-02

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