Beijing Private Culture Experience with Imperial Lunch/Dinner

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8 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Take a deep dive into the Chinese culture in this private tour, which includes lunch/dinner at the city's oldest imperial restaurant inside Beihai Park. You will visit Temple of Heaven, Drum and Bell Tower, Jingshan Park, Liulichang Street and Yandaixiejie Street. Riding a boat across Beihai Lake, explore Hutongs, and learn a traditional Chinese Handicraft in a private family home.

What's Included

Local Family Handicraft Fee
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entrance Fees and Rickshaw ride
Imperial lunch/dinner with Soft drinks and beer
Experienced English-speaking guide

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Guide will contact you one night before departure, either by calling your room or leave a message, to confirm departure time. Guide will meet you in your Beijing hotel lobby.

Itinerary

Duration: 8 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Temple of Heaven

    After pickup from your hotel, travel by private, climate-controlled vehicle to your first stop: the Temple of Heaven. Take a guided tour of this UNESCO-listed complex, whose origins date to the 15th century. See the ornate altars and halls, and hear how China's Ming and Qing emperors performed rituals and sacrifices here to ensure bountiful crops. Stroll around the gardens to see Beijing’s older citizens socializing, singing, and performing tai chi.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 2

    Then drive on to Liulichang Street, a lane lined with grey-stoned Qing-style (1644-1911) buildings housing antique book, curio, and art shops.

    50 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Jingshan Park

    View some of the artisans at work, and then visit royal Jingshan Park to enjoy bird’s-eye views of the Forbidden City and downtown Beijing. Learn how China’s last Ming emperor hanged himself here in 1644 as enemy forces neared the city.

    40 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Beihai Park (Beihai Gongyuan)

    Then continue to Behai Park, home to Fangshan, Beijing’s oldest imperial restaurant. Admire the richly decorated interior and enjoy a sumptuous lunch/Dinner featuring dishes once favored by the Qing-era emperors.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 5
    Bell and Drum Towers

    Continue to the nearby Bell and Drum Towers, and watch the famous drum-beating ceremony that recalls how the original drum in the Drum Tower was beaten to mark the time in imperial days. Lastly, walk through hutongs to a traditional family home. Here, learn a handicraft like calligraphy, clay sculpture, mask or snuff bottle painting, Chinese yoyo, or paper-cutting.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Imperial meal is set menu, please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Guide would inform the available handicraft options during the tour
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