Option 1:
Biking around 20KM along the dragon’s backbone of Beijing is the coolest and best way to explore the mysterious ancient Beijing city for tourists.
What we can see through this whole tour?
1.Tian’anmen Square-the iconic place in China and
2.Tian’anmen gate with Mao’s portrait and all the surrounding buildings such as the parliament building, national museum, ect
3.Huge formal entrance, beautiful city moat and amazing corner turrets of the Forbidden City
4.Beautiful ancient commercial streets in Beijing
5.Jing-hang canal-the longest manmade canal in the world, beautiful temples and stores beside it.
6.Time’s announcer in the ancient time twin towers: drum and bell towers
7.Along the route, we will also explore the hutongs where ordinary people live.
What is Beijing Central Axis and why we choose this route to show you Beijing City from ancient time to modern day.
It is a 7.8-kilometer-long axial line that runs through the old city of Beijing, starting from the Bell and Drum Towers in the north and extending southward through the Wanning Bridge, the Jingshan Hill and the Imperial Palace down to the Yongdingmen Gate at the south end. It is an ensemble of city historical architectures that comprises imperial buildings from ancient China.
Itinerary for today:
Meeting point: At the Exit D of Ci Qi Kou station of Line 5
Get a taxi through Alipay, set the destination as “ Exit D of Ci Qi Kou station of Line 5”
Get a local taxi, just show “ 磁器口地铁站D出口”to the taxi driver
After you meet your guide. We will start our exciting biking tour for 3 hours in the most beautiful Beijing City to see all the most important and beautiful ancient architectures in Beijing, mainly built for the emperors. Side hutongs connected with the central way are the homes for ordinary people in Beijing.
Option 2:
Biking in the ancient most beautiful Hutongs for the local life by exploring the local markets and local family to encounter locals, climb the Drum Tower to overlook the whole Beijing city where ordinary live in.
Come and join us, we won’t let you down.