 Hutong is a unique form of community that exists only
in China. If you are fed up with high buildings
and wide streets, then come to Beijing's hutongs.
Here, you will find "Hutong Culture"
and "Courtyard Culture". "Hutong"
literally means a small street or a lane between
two courtyards. There are thousands of hutongs
in Beijing City. Surrounding the Forbidden City,
most of them were built in the Yuan, Ming and
Qing Dynasties (1271-1911).In the prime of these
dynasties the emperors, in order to establish
supreme power for themselves, planned the city
and arranged the residential areas according to
the etiquette systems of the Zhou Dynasty. The
center of the city of Beijing was the royal palace
-- the Forbidden City. One kind of hutongs, usually
referred to as the regular hutong, was near the
palace to the east and west and arranged in orderly
fashion along the streets. Most of the residents
of these hutongs were imperial kinsmen and aristocrats.
Another kind, the simple and crude hutong, was
mostly located far to the north and south of the
palace. The residents were merchants and other
ordinary people.
In
the past, several thousand lanes, today, as the
city develops into an
 international
metropolis, its lanes and alleyways, occupying
one third of the city proper, still serve as dwellings
for half the total urban population. If sightseeing
at the Imperial Palace, Ming Tombs and the Summer
Palace is helpful in learning about the lives
of China's emperors, the Hutongs of Beijing reflect
in turn the lives of ordinary Beijing people as
a whole.
So
roaming through Beijing's old, narrow streets,
hutongs, by old-fashioned pedicab has attracted
more and more overseas visitors.
Tour
Name : HT-1 : Half-Day Hutong Tour (Hutong alley
-Pipe Street-Local family-Drum/Bell Tower)
Tour Name : HT-2 : One-Day Hutong
Tour (Drum and Bell Tower - Hutong alley - Local
family(lunch)-Prince Gong's Garden)
Tour Name : HT-3 : One-Day Hutong
Tour (Drum/Bell Tower-Hutong alley-Local family(lunch)-
Lama temple)
Tour Name : HT-4 : Evening Hutong
Tour(Hutong alley-Local family(Dinner)-Pipe Street-Hou
hai Bar Street(Lotus Market).
Tour
Name : HT-1 : Half-Day Hutong Tour (Hutong alley
-Pipe Street-Local family-Drum/Bell Tower)
Tour schedule: Hotel pick-up
either in the morning(9:00am) or in the afternoon
(1:00pm) based on your convenient time. Approximately
2 hours and includes the following:Rickshaw ride
(2 persons share one rickshaw). Bell Tower(or
Drum Tower)- built over 700 years ago and provides
a panoramic view of the traditional parts of Beijing
. Local Family Visit - get a general idea of what
the local family's life is like, enjoy free chat
with the host/hostess. Pipe Street : a well-known
historical shopping street for local residence.
Drive back to the hotel at 12:00 or 16:00.
Tour
includes: Private, English-speaking tour
guide. Transportation. Entrance fees to attractions
visited. The above private escorted tour is customized
for you, your family or your friends exclusively.
No other travelers will join in your group.
Tour
excludes: Meals, Hotels, Tips to the
driver and the guide.
Tour Cost : One person: RMB 360
2 -- 5 persons: RMB 280 per person
6 -- 9 persons: RMB 240 per person
10 or more: RMB 200 per person
Tips
: This tour is half-day one. When you
book you should let us know when you want to take
this tour, in the am or pm. If you want to eat
at the local family with the hosts/hostess, please
add US$ 10 per person. The above timetable is
just for your reference which is subject to change
due to bad weather or traffic jam or upon your
requirements.
Tour Name: HT-2 : One-Day
Hutong Tour (Drum and Bell Tower - Hutong alley
- Local family(lunch)-Prince Gongs Garden)
Tour
schedule: Our guide will pick-up
from your hotel at 9:00am.Visit the Bell tower
and Drum tower (enjoy the Drum Beating Show),
take Rickshaw to Hutongs, (2 persons share
one rickshaw). Visit the Local family, get
a general idea of what the local family's
life is, chat with the host/hostess. Make
Chinese lunch together with the host/hostess,
especially
learn how to make the Chinese dumpling; Lunch
at local family .Leave for the Prince Gongs
Garden and Madam Songqnglings former residence.
About 17:00pm back to hotel. |
 |
Tour includes: Private, English-speaking
tour guide, Transportation, Entrance fees to attractions
visited, Chinese Lunch. The above private escorted
tour is customized for you, your family or your
friends exclusively. No other travelers will join
in your group.
Tour
excludes: Hotels, Tips to the driver
and the guide and others not mentioned above.
Tour cost: One person: RMB 680
2 -- 5 persons: RMB 520 per person
6 -- 9 persons: RMB 400 per person
10 or more: RBM 320 per person
Tour
Name : HT-3 : One-Day Hutong Tour (Drum Tower-Hutong
alley -Local family(lunch)- Lama temple)
Tour SchedulePick up from your
hotel about 9:00 am, Start at the Drum Tower- built
over 700 years ago where you can have a birds
eye view of the old city and enjoy the drum beating
show. Take the Rickshaw (2 persons share one rickshaw)
touring in the hutong alley and drop in one courtyard-style
home. Visit the Local family, get a general idea
of what the local family's life is, chat with
the host/hostess. Make Chinese lunch together
with the host/hostess, especially learning how
to make the Chinese dumpling .Lunch at local family
.Leave for the Beijing Lama Temple- a renowned
lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism,
Transfer to your hotel after the tour.
Tour
includes: Private, English-speaking tour
guide, Transportation, Entrance fees to attractions
visited, Chinese lunch. The above private escorted
tour is customized for you, your family or your
friends exclusively. No other travelers will join
in your group.
Tour
excludes: Hotels, Tips to the driver
and the guide and others not mentioned above.
Tour Cost
One person: RMB 640
2 -- 5 persons: RMB 440 per person
6 -- 9 persons: RMB 360 per person
10 or more: RBM 280 per person
Tour
Name : HT-4 : Evening Hutong Tour(Hutong alley-Local
family(Dinner)-Pipe Lane-Hou hai Bar Street(Lotus
Market).
 |
Tour
schedule: Hotel pick-up at 5:00-6:00 pm
based on your convenient time. Approximately
2.5 hours and includes the following: Enjoy
outlook of Drum tower and Bell tower, take
Rickshaw to Hutongs, (2 persons share one
rickshaw). Visit the Local family, get a general
idea of what the local family's life is. Chat
with the host/hostess. |
Enjoy
dinner together with the host/hostess, taste the
traditional Chinese Dinner, especially the Chinese
dumplings. Then to Pipe Street:, a well-known
historical shopping street for local residence.
Finally visit one of most famous Houhai bar street
(Shishahai area -- the lotus market).Drive back
to the hotel at about 21:00.
Tour includes: Private, English-speaking
tour guide. Transportation . Entrance fees to
attractions visit. The above private escorted
tour is customized for you, your family or your
friends exclusively. No other travelers will join
in your group.
Tour
excludes: Hotels, Tips to the driver
and the guide and others not mentioned above.
Tour cost: One person: RMB 480
2 -- 5 persons: RMB 320 per person
6 -- 9 persons: RMB 280 per person
10 or more: RMB 240 per person
How
to book the tour:
1. You can book the tour on-line or by emailing
to sales@familytourbj.com. You are required to
tell us which hotel you will stay at in Beijing and what kind of seat you want.
2. You will receive our confirmation email within
two working days. Your reservation is done then.
3. Our tour guide will contact you the night before
the tour to inform you the time to pick you up
in the next evening, or, if you are not in the
hotel, the guide will leave a message in your
room to inform you the time to pick you up.
4. Our tour guide or operator can go to your hotel
to discuss with you for your tour arrangement
on the night your tour start or when you arrive
Beijing at your convenient time
Payment:
How to pay us?
We offer three payment methods to our customers; you may choose one based on your convenience to accomplish your payment.
Note: In our website most quotations listed in RMB(also known as CNY), We also accept USD or EURO payment with the latest exchange rate(exchange rate of payment valid date), the current exchange rate is around 1 USD to 6.7 RMB and 1 EURO to 8.87RMB.
Method 1:
Pay to our designated bank account while booking.
Method 2:
Pay to our tour operator or guide when you aboard the vehicle.
Method 3:
Use Paypal
Paypal support online secure payment. Here's the security center of Paypal:
https://www.paypal.com
The ways for using Paypal:
Way 1 (non-paypal member):
We will send you an email to offering secure online payment by using Mastercard,Visa,American Express after you booking the tour.
Way 2 (Paypal member):
Simply click the button 鈥淧ay Now鈥,then you will be brought to the Paypal and show you the way to work on it. It's no necessary to become a member of Paypal to use the service although membership is free.
Notice: 4% transaction fee should be added when using Paypal.
Our Paypal account is:
familytourbj@yahoo.com.cn
When you receive a mail from familytourbj@yahoo.com.cn for asking tour fees, you need to make sure which come from this account.
TOP
|
