Blog Tag - Tours

Experience a Personalized Taste of Beijing With Joyce Pan
I first met Joyce Pan (潘雪 Pān Xuě) when we were neighbors in the Yonghegong/Beixinqiao area of Beijing. When I would pass the door of the hutong...
R No Need to leave Beijing, These Tours Are Back on For the May Day Holiday
Even with the news that those returning to Beijing no longer need to observe quarantine, it may be a bit short notice to sit down and arrange big...
Smoking, Swilling, and Working: New Tour Sees the Women of Dashilar Differently
Beijing's favorite archive-diving tour company, Beijing Postcards, have just released a brand new walk-and-talk. Titled Republican Ladies and the...
Making the New Beijing: On the Way to the Capital's Sights with Gael Thoreau of Beijing Sideways
Our sister magazine beijingkids dedicates its latest issue to the makers of Beijing – the entrepreneurs, crafters, and the movers and shakers who...
H.I.S. Beijing Offers an Affordable, Exclusive Night Tour at the Temple of Heaven Followed by Dinner at TRB
The Temple of Heaven is so synonymous with Beijing that stylized versions of its main attraction, the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, grace...
Lost Plate Food Tours: Not Another Hutong Walking Tour
Having lived in Beijing for over five years, and as an avowed food fanatic, I like to think I have a pretty good handle on the city’s dining scene....
Visit a Beijing Past But Still Standing with Newman Tours' In-Depth and Entertaining Warlord Tour
Far removed from Beijing's teeming tourist hot spots and fenced in by the monotonous apartment blocks encircling the Second Ring Road or the...
Ethiopian Escapades: What to See in Northern Ethiopia
During Spring Festival, I spread my wings beyond the usual Southeast Asian travel destinations, and went on a tour of East Africa. In Ethiopia, we...
Explore the history of the hutongs with Jeremiah Jenne
Historian Jeremiah Jenne is not only interested in the storied past of the hutongs, but also their potentially innovative future. "I think one of the...
Beijing Sideways: Beijing With the Wind in Your Hair
If you think you’ve grown tired of this city and that you’ve been here long enough, let us tell you now: you haven’t. In fact, you haven’t really...
Community Matters: Gulou Under Lock and Key, Tales of the Night Watch With Bespoke Beijing
Be transported to an older time when Beijing was one of the most policed cities in the world. Bespoke Beijing joined forces with the historians...