Beijing Trip Overview
History preserved nearby Beijing’s modern developments and viewed from a bicycle saddle. The Hutongs by bike offer an up and close insight in the history of the capital’s historical buildings through alleys, where a leisurely pace lifestyle rules.
• Watch how history is preserved in modern Beijing
• Head out on a leisurely bike ride, exploring the Hutong
• Follow in the track of an experienced cycling guide
• Turn into new corners, see courtyard houses and more
• Return transfers from and to your hotel are included.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Bike & Mountain Bike Tours
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History preserved nearby Beijing’s modern developments and viewed from a bicycle saddle. The Hutongs by bike offer an up and close insight in the history of the capital’s historical buildings through alleys, where a leisurely pace lifestyle rules.
• Watch how history is preserved in modern Beijing
• Head out on a leisurely bike ride, exploring the Hutong
• Follow in the track of an experienced cycling guide
• Turn into new corners, see courtyard houses and more
• Return transfers from and to your hotel are included.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Beijing Hutong culture tour, Beijing 100004 China
Your guide and driver will be ready at your centrally located hotel in Beijing for a ride through downtown Beijing, where cars, motorcycles and bikes move in all direction of this metropolis. We arrive at the starting point of the Beijing Hutong. A connection of narrow network of lanes created by closely built quadrangular homes not only show reminders of the construction skills of the Chinese during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties but still provide living quarters, quaint cafes and galleries for those appreciating the older times. Your cycling trip will bring you passing traditional courtyard houses, hidden behind high walls as you paddle along tree-lined alleyways that form the heartbeat of this unique city and a real-life link to its fascinating past. Many of the houses and buildings have ornately carved characters intended to bring good fortune to the house owner and his trade. The size and style of gate denoted the owner’s wealth and social rank.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hutong 792104
Your guide will be able to explain the details and the various unique sights passing by such as a little-known temple, parks where locals spending quality time chatting and mingling. A visit to one of the old courtyard houses gives you a sneak peek inside these stone walls and ancient aristocratic architecture.
In the end, we have to leave the unusual mix of and current-day locals, giving the hutong alleys their unique character behind as we end our cycling tour near the Forbidden City. Transfer back to your booked accommodation in downtown Beijing is included.
Duration: 1 hour
