📌 Product Overview
• This private tour is designed for travelers who want a compact old Beijing experience in around 3 hours.
• Meet your English-speaking guide at the confirmed meeting point.
• Explore the lakeside hutong area with old streets, local lanes, waterside views, and neighborhood atmosphere.
• Enjoy a traditional rickshaw ride as part of the route.
• The rickshaw ride is one experience section, not full-tour transportation.
• Walk through a traditional commercial hutong street with your guide.
• Visit the Bell Tower and Drum Tower with entry tickets included.
• Learn how these towers were connected with Beijing’s old city rhythm and timekeeping culture.
• Enjoy one local meal during the tour.
• The local meal may be arranged as lunch or dinner depending on your start time.
• Restaurant style and dishes may vary according to local arrangement.
• This is a private guided tour for your booking only.
• Hotel pickup and hotel drop-off are not included.
• The tour ends in the lakeside hutong area.
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✨ Highlights
• Explore old Beijing hutongs with a private English-speaking guide.
• Ride a traditional rickshaw through part of the hutong area.
• Visit both the Bell Tower and Drum Tower with entry tickets included.
• Walk through historic streets and lakeside neighborhood areas.
• Enjoy one local meal arranged as part of the experience.
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🎫 Tour Options
• Old Beijing Hutong Private Tour with Rickshaw Ride, Towers & Local Meal — suitable for travelers who want a compact private route combining hutong scenery, a traditional rickshaw ride, Bell and Drum Towers entry, and one local meal.
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⏰ Departure Time / Meeting Time
• Available start time: subject to final confirmation after booking.
• Meeting point: Shichahai area meeting point.
• Chinese meeting point reference: 什刹海体育学校西二门。
• Tour duration: around 3 hours.
• Ending point: Shichahai area.
• Chinese ending point: 什刹海区域。
• Final meeting time, exact location, and guide contact information will be sent before departure.
• Please provide passport information after booking for the tour arrangement.
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🗓️ Itinerary
• Meet your private English-speaking guide at the confirmed meeting point.
• Begin with the lakeside hutong area.
• Walk through old lanes, local streets, waterside views, and neighborhood scenes.
• Take a traditional rickshaw ride as part of the old Beijing experience.
• Continue to a traditional commercial hutong street for a guided walk and photo stops.
• Visit the Bell Tower and Drum Tower with included entry tickets.
• Learn about the towers’ historic role in the city’s timekeeping system.
• Enjoy one local meal during the route.
• Meal timing may be arranged as lunch or dinner depending on your start time.
• Restaurant style and dishes may vary according to local availability.
• The route may be adjusted due to tower access, weather, local traffic, restaurant operation, or on-site conditions.
• The tour ends in the Shichahai area.
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📦 Inclusions & Exclusions
✅ Private English-speaking guide
✅ Traditional rickshaw ride
✅ Guided hutong walk
✅ Shichahai area visit
✅ Traditional commercial hutong street walk
✅ Bell Tower entry ticket
✅ Drum Tower entry ticket
✅ One local meal
✅ Guided visit of listed locations
✅ Tour arrangement support
❌ Hotel pickup and drop-off
❌ Transportation before the first location or after the final location
❌ Full-route rickshaw transportation
❌ Drinks beyond the arranged local meal
❌ Additional food orders beyond the arranged meal
❌ Personal shopping expenses
❌ Personal expenses
❌ Tips or gratuities
❌ Any service not clearly listed as included
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⚠️ Know Before You Go
• This is a private guided tour, not a shared group tour.
• This tour starts from a designated meeting point.
• Hotel pickup and hotel drop-off are not included.
• The rickshaw ride is one part of the experience and should not be understood as transportation for the full tour.
• One local meal is included, but restaurant format and dishes may vary.
• The Bell Tower and Drum Tower are usually closed on Mondays.
• Bell and Drum Towers access may be adjusted based on on-site operation.
• Outdoor sections may be affected by weather.
• Please provide passport information after booking for the tour arrangement.
• Please bring the passport or ID used for booking if required for verification.
• This tour is not suitable for guests over 150 kg.
• This tour is not suitable for guests over 95 years old.
• Alcohol and drugs are not allowed.
• This tour involves walking through hutong lanes, streets, tower areas, and possible stairs. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
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📍 Meeting Point
• Meeting point: Shichahai area meeting point.
• Chinese meeting point reference: 什刹海体育学校西二门。
• Please follow the final meeting information sent before departure.
• Ending point: Shichahai area.
• Guests return independently after the tour.
• Final meeting time, exact meeting point, and guide contact information will be sent before departure.
• Please provide passport information and contact details after booking.
