Recommended Tours including the visit of Hutong 5 Days Hutong Tour: to visit Hutong and Tiananmen and other popular attractions  Small Group Tour of Beijing: 5 days Beijing highlights tour Suggested Hutong Tours: introduction and transportation information of 11 Hutongs

When you come to Beijing, are you curious about how and where Chinese people lived in the past? Join our hutong tour: the pedicab will take you around the intricate winding hutongs to admire the old courtyards. The maze-like hutongs and deep courtyards are exactly as they were a long time ago. Even today, there are many residents reluctant to move from their beloved hutongs. You are invited to visit a local family's house to experience authentic Beijing life.

There are two high-recommended itineraries of hutong tour. One is ‘Drum Tower – Shichahai – Yinding Bridge (Silver Ingot Bridge) – hutong – the back gate of Beihai Park'. The other is ‘Qianhai – Yinding Bridge – Houhai – hutong – Gongwangfu Garden (Prince Gong's Residence Garden). For the first itinerary, you can start your hutong tour by pedicab from the Drum Tower with about 700 years' history, and then get off at Shachahai to go to many famous hutongs around and have a good view of the beautiful scenery of the three lakes, namely Qianhai, Xihai and Houhai. After that, you can go to the Beihai Park. As for the second itinerary, its starting point is Qianhai. You may have a boating on Qianhai Lake, and then get across the Yinding Bridge, which connects Qianhai and Houhai. Many hutongs can be found after reaching Houhai. Finally, you may go to Gongwangfu Garden to take a break, have a cup of tea and listen to music played by Erhu, a Chinese musical instrument.

During your visiting, you can take some photos of hutong, in which you will find many carvings, gate piers and some characteristic patterns. Additionally, the residents in the hutong and their daily life are also interesting to be taken as photos. For instance, you may see the children playing games, the old men playing cards or the vendors selling Bingtang-Hulu (crystalline candied haw). Taking these pictures of the locals' life will leave you a memorable experience.

Additionally, as a tourist, you should know the approximate charge of a pedicab tour of hutong.  According to many visitors' experience, the pedicab owners usually charge you more than CNY50. Actually, the tour sometimes only costs CNY20 to 30. Fortunately, now Beijing has unified the charge standard of pedicabs. Therefore, few owners dare to claim a lot of money. These pedicabs owners live on their strength and hard work, so please respect them while you enjoy their friendly service.