Nicholas created
Travelers who visit Beijing to see only the Great Wall or the Forbidden City miss much of the beauty and mystique this city has to offer. With thousands of years of history, many of them as a capital city, Beijing has layers and layers of rich culture and hiddem gems to uncover within it's countless ancient alleyways, called "hutongs", where ancient princes and dukes used to lived, yet still inhabited by locals of many generations of Bejing lineage. These "hutongs" are quickly being transformed, however. No longer are they solely used to house some of the city's nearly 20 million residents, but they are now finding new life as hotspots of local youth culture, as cafes, pubs, tattoo shops, boutiques, and high-end restaurants weave their way into the DNA of these ancient urban arteries. On this walking tour, we'll uncover Beijing's hidden gems of both past and present, seeing the best the city has to offer that you didn't even know existed. 15.0 USD
