Full-Day: Beijing Antique Shopping Tour with Lunch

Sightseeing  :  China  :  Northern China  :  Beijing  :  Shopping Tours

Make full use of your time in Beijing while exploring through the antique markets and shops. You will visit Liulichang Antique Street, Panjiayuan Market, Baoguosi Cultural Market and Hongqiao Market, escorted by knowledgeable English-speaking tour guide. Hotel pick-up and drop-off, and a Chinese lunch are included. Your guide will pick up from your hotel around 8:30am. Then transfer you to the Liulichang Antique Street, a small street with some hutongs (lanes) lined with shops facades bearing Ming and Qing dynasty architectural features. With brightly painted doors and eaves and gracefully curved black-tiled-roofs buildings, a little of old Beijing's lifestyle is preserved here.

Then drive to Panjiayuan Market. This so called "weekend market" is a huge, eclectic mix of goods from all over China: old, new, curios, antiques, fakes, craft and treasure, with some amazing items for sale. It's fascinating just to wander and even more fun if you can find a bargain. It's well organized, full of life, color, and the 3000+ stalls are a variety of open-air, covered and shops mainly open on the weekend.

After lunch, go on to visit Baoguosi Cultural Market which is similar to Panjiayuan Market but started later.