Five-hour private tour to Temple of Heaven Longtan lake morning market and Hongqiao market

See some of the best in Beijing on a 5-hour tour that starts with a morning visit to the Temple of Heaven. After touring the impressive imperial complex, test your bargaining skills while visiting Longtan lake morning market and Hongqiao (Pearl) market, known for a vast number of handicrafts and pearls, along with selling vegetable, fruits, grains, meat and fish. This tour enables you to explore the history ,culture and local life in Beijing from an insiders perspective. You will be accompanied by a local guide for whole tour. Travelling public transportation including subway or taxi refreshes your general Beijing experience.

Tour guide picks you up from the hotel or the subway entrance near the hotel you reside in the early morning. You commence the tour from the Temple of Heaven at first. Decorated in blue which is the color of the Heavens the complex brings out a perfect link between the architectural environment and nature. See many local residents playing Taichi in the park and you can join them if you want to experience the local life. Then you head for the Longtan lake morning market which offers many activities mainly for selling vegetables, fruits, fish, meat and grains. You are able to experience the daily life for locals here and at last, the tour guide leads you through the vibrant Hongqiao Pearl Market that is very popular among tourists and locals, the market has everything you can think of – electronics, clothes, shoes, jewelry, art and crafts, and of course, pearls! The tour ends by sending you back to the hotel.