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• Great way to learn and experience Beijing!

  BobM450,

  Nov 18, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Our guide, Sevan, was really fun and made a really great day for us. We learned so much and had fun with food tasting, roaming ancient neighborhoods, and even trying our hand with a brush for Chinese calligraphy! I could not give a higher recommendation, it was a really great day full of discoveries and interactive experiences.

• A fantastic tour with lots of information about Chinese culture.

  Sightsee36445391407,

  Nov 17, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  The tour was very interesting, the places we visited were very "local" and not so touristy, and our guide was great. I would recommend it !

• Immersive Experience

  alais2016,

  Nov 17, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  I have done a lot of free tours, and something that I really enjoyed about this one, was the fact that they gave us some free time in several stops to immerse ourselves in the place. This is something I really appreciated because a lot of the times we pass quickly through the different places, and we can't actually enjoy them and many times, we don't have the time to go back before returning home. One of the stops had a very sweet and funny cat, that made our day. Additionally, they taught us a little bit about Chinese calligraphy and how to play with a Jianzi, which was also a great plus. However, some of the stops were too long, so sometimes I felt we were wasting time. We had two tour guides, and they did a great job expressing themselves. Information was good, but I would have like more information regarding the most recent history of China. It was the first free tour I have done were they recommended a price, which for me was a little elevated. I understand the hard work that it implies and that they are giving their heart and time to it. However, if I compared what they recommended to other tours that had a fixed price with other companies, the activity-price ratio was higher. The good thing is that we weren’t obligated to give them that recommended price.

• Carrie did a fantastic explanation in perfect and easy to understand English. Truly a great experience

  GoPlaces819617,

  Nov 7, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Yes, one should do this tour on the first day in Beijing to get a good introduction. The length of the tour was perfect. It is easy to go back to the favorite places.

• Great tour through the hutongs of Beijing

  adaberenstein,

  Oct 29, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Great experience. Carrie was very dedicated and tell us a lot of stories about the houtongs and chinese history. 5 stars for the tour!!!!

• Perfect introduction to Beijing and China

  Cillianly,

  Oct 24, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  This is a great way to see how people in Beijing live in the more every day situation, whilst also explaining it in its historical context. Carrie spoke perfect English and was happy to answer any questions, we were also able to buy some genuine street food

• you can't miss it

  Lauriveirou,

  Oct 19, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Incredible!! Carrie is very friendly and answered all our questions about life and details of the lifestyle. I recommend doing this at the beginning of your visit to the city as it gives you many recommendations to make your experience complete.

• Nice learning experience

  Megan M,

  Oct 19, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  It was a huge group and it wasn't what I expected, but I'm glad I went. I thought we'd do all the big stuff like Tiananmen Square, etc. and instead we went to a Hutong neighborhood but it was good, because I learned about that instead!

• A glimpse into Beijing

  Ramona K,

  Oct 5, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Very knowledgeable and interesting stories of life past and present of Chinese lifestyle. We sampled street food and enjoyed the hustle of Qianmen pedestrian street a must if time is limited

• Short and sweet!

  ramonakS4195QH,

  Oct 2, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Highly recommend this walking tour! Hao our tour guide was very informative. For just a 2-3 hour tour, it gives a good insight into Chinese history and ways of living in Hutongs.

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