Tour Stops: 1 Tiananmen Square, 2 Forbidden City, 3 Silk Factory, 4 Temple of Heaven, 5 Foot Massage, and 6 Lunch at Shanshuijian Lamb Spine Hot Pot.
Review by: Jasmine A, February 2018
Overpriced for what it is... Got rushed through the sites with barely any explanation on their history or architecture. The guide barely spoke English so it was difficult to communicate at all. Half of the time was basically spent at the silk factory or pearl shop where they try really hard to make you spend more money nice try, but I'm broke after paying for this tour lol. Tour was supposed to be 7 hours but I was brought back after barely 4? What? The food was ok at least. But nothing special. I don't recommend... There's cheaper tours out there with better guides...
Review by: princessleah, January 2018
Our tour guide spoke good English and she showed us around some very interesting places. Be aware though, the queue through security at the Forbidden City can be very long, and locals push their way closer to the entrance. Other than the general behaviour of the locals, this tour was fantastic, especially if you want to learn about the history of China.
Review by: Luke R, January 2018
Guide was ok at English, however she was quick and knew how to avoid the crowds. So shes perfect.
Review by: Lauritz Clement L, November 2017
Lovely tour, the guide Mark was extremely friendly and joyful. He gave us plenty of details to the history and development of the different monuments. He spoke english relatively well although he had a hard time understanding some of our questions. The tour to the silk factory was not very interesting but these kind of detours are to be expected in a country like China. Overall definitely worth the money!
Review by: satkugo, September 2017
Excellent Tour. Our tour guide Cherry did an excellent job. She put things in context. She also helped us to make great compositions for photography including panorama shots.
Review by: Emma B, June 2017
I have just completed the Beijing Historical Tour and was extremely disappointed. I would absolutely advise you not to book this tour. _br/_ The tour guide gave us only about 10 minutes in Tianmen square and simply pointed out the various building - with no mention of the cultural revolution. Nor did we get the opportunity to walk around the square- this was by no means a comprehensive tour of the square. _br/_ The tour of the forbidden city was also disappointing as we spend only 90 minutes there all tour books and guides suggest a minimum of 2-3 hours - for the central route alone!!!!, we were only taken on the central route, I would have thought that a tour where this was the main draw card would at least have taken a more comprehensive route and tour of the renown attraction. _br/_ Then we were taken to the Silk factory, which was more like a shopping trip than an informative part of the tour - we were there for over 2 hours, much longer than we spent at the Forbidden City, this is completely unacceptable. After lunch we were taken to yet another shopping stop neither of these were mentioned in the description. _br/_ The final place was the temple of heaven - we were given less than half an hour here and did not get the opportunity to explore the rest of the extensive grounds and gardens. Further it was promised that there would be a traditional tea that we would participate in- this was not mentioned by the guide and absolutely did not happen.
Review by: LUIS M, June 2017
Very good tour
Review by: Iulia, June 2017
The tour was good but a bit rushed.
Review by: Xavier M, April 2017
For this tour, our tour guide Alice reviewed the itinerary of what we would be seeing that day. She was very knowledgeable and was captivating while giving the introduction prior to each site stop: 1 Forbidden City 2 Silk Weaving then we had a nice Chinese lunch 3 Temple of Heaven and 4 Pearl Factory. Alice was very engaging while sharing Chinese culture and ancient traditions. I would highly recommend this tour to friends and family visiting the Beijing area.
Review by: mweinzimer, March 2017
Excellent tour! My tour guide was knowledgable and friendly. I was lucky enough to have been the only person who booked this outing that day so I had a private tour. Private driver and Guide were on time and always waiting to take me to the next stop. Tour guide had extensive knowledge of the places we visited and was pleasant and informative. Only downside was that being on my own I ended up eating lunch by myself. It would have been nicer to have been able to share experiences with others, but that was not under the control of the guide.
Review by: Alexandra D, February 2017
I enjoyed this tour and our guide was informative too. It was a worthwhile experience for me and what I had expected.
Review by: gsenderlin, January 2017
Roy and our driver picked us up on time and delivered us safely back to our hotel. We thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this tour and would highly recommend it. Roy was very knowledgeable and a very considerate guide.
Review by: Paul M, January 2017
This was a fun tour with lots of walking. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable. We had a very small group and it was not crowed due to the New Year so that really helped. The one thing I would change is the lunch. It seemed to be more for tourist as far as flavor or lack thereof egg drop soup was the best part of lunch as I would like more authentic food or even to go to one of the snack streets which I think was close by.
Review by: Whitney J, December 2016
Worth it if you and #39;re in Beijing, but obviously you and #39;ll get a censored commentary on the history of these sites.
Review by: nomad, November 2016
Amazing trip!!! This was a dream come true..Only our guide was not right n had expected a better guide via Viator..He rushed us everywhere n did not give us time to see the historical sites well..Beijing is historical n beautiful too..Truly wish to go back again..
Review by: Zachary S, November 2016
Do not let all the 5 and 4-star reviews sway you like they did me.
Review by: Vasco S, October 2016
Great tour and our guide was great!
Review by: John C, October 2016
Great tour, very fast paced. Bring your walking shoes and be prepared for a workout.
Review by: Rishi S, June 2016
Fantastic tour all around! This was the quickest way to see around these places. The tour guide was awesome at taking us around, avoiding the large crowds, and very knowledge about the sites. The only thing I thought was odd is that we have to pay an extra 20 RMB to go inside the Temple of Heaven. I thought this would be covered. However, the tour guide allowed me to go inside the Temple of Heaven. It was totally worth the 20 RMB to see this temple. Also, I was the only one on the tour, and had a private car and tour guide. I got very lucky, so take for what it is worth.
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