Private Tour-3 Hour Old Beijing Hutong and Houhai Lake

8am in the morning or 2pm in the afternoon, our professional tour guide will pick you up from the lobby of your Beijing hotel at downtown area, then take the private transportation to the famous Beijing old Hutong alley nearby the Drum Tower, it is the old downtown centre of Beijing, a real old Beijing area. A lot of old alley and traditional courtyard are preserved here for more than 600years history. Many local old Beijingers still live here, very traditional Beijing old neighborhood, very traditional old Beijing life can been found here everywhere.

let's follow your professional tour guide to walk in these 600years old Hutong alley, the entrance fee of Drum Tower is included. Drum Tower is 600years history for Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, it is used for beating the drums on it to show the accurate time to the whole city in the old days. Get on the top of it, you can have a bird's eye view of the whole old downtown area around here, you can see these old coutyards just like hundred years ago. There is a drum performance will be held on it as well.

After the visit of Hutong and Drum Tower, let's walk to the beautiful Houhai lake nearby, it is also the coffee house and bar area in Beijing, many imperial families and high ranking officers' courtyard were located here in the history,many tourists come here to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Houhai lake. The locals come here to pratise morning exercies and dance near the lake.

Let take the private transportation back to your hotel, your 3hour private tour will be finished then.