Beijing Historisk Tour inklusive sommerpaladset, Lama-templet og Panda Garden

Vi gik på en 1 dages tur i januar. Første stop var zoo klokken 7. 45.00 for at se pandaerne, derefter en gåtur omkring Sommerpaladset (bemærk: du går ikke op til paladset) og derefter turen tager en hurtig tur kl. 10. 30 am for at handle om salg. Vi blev ført til en perlefabrik, hvor der er et enormt pres for dig at købe ting, og derefter en teceremoni, hvor vi blev svindlet af sælgere og endte med at betale $ 115 AU for to 100 g te! Skandaløst at drage fordel af turister som dette, og oplevelsen blev bestemt ødelagt efter dette. Guiderne foretager klart fradrag for salg og tilskynder det i stedet for at beskytte imod. Vil ikke anbefale.

Vi tilbragte ikke mere end 10 minutter i Zoo og var ikke i stand til at besøge gavebutik. Vi tilbragte for lang tid på Summer Palace, men ingen bådtur bare mange historier, som jeg ikke forstod, da guiden talte så hurtigt. Derefter besøgte vi et sted for en fodmassage, som ikke var på det itinary, hvor de solgte kinesisk urtemedicin til nogle til 200 pund om gangen. Derefter var frokosten så dårlig, at jeg ikke kunne spise den - stedet hvor frokosten var var så grotty. Derefter blev vi ført til et sted, hvor de forsøger at sælge dig silke dyner heller ikke på itinary. Ankom tilbage senere end forventet - faldt dog ikke på hotel på grund af trafik kun få minutters gang. Gruppen vi var sammen med dejlige.

Our guide was very knowledgeable and could tell us a lot of interesting things. It would have done the tour well if either more time had been available or the program would have been shorter. So we have been through all the stations in a great hurry and constant hustle and bustle.

Mr. Lee took us to the Summer Palace and Panda Garden, that was all good. After that he took us to a silk showroom. At the showroom Mr. Lee encourages us to buy things obviously because he gets a cut of whatever we buy. This was followed by a pearl showroom, where again he is encouraging us to buy things. When you don't buy something he comes up to you and encourages you to go look more closely at all the things they sell. After this we were supposed to go to the Lama Temple, but he then suggested that we instead should go to the Temple of Heaven. The reason for this is that he has an arrangement with a tea store right outside of the Temple of Heaven. There they will make you tea and show you how tea should be drank and prepared. After this he encourages you to buy things. After this he took us to a foot massage place for $3 foot massages, they also offer medications they you "need" based on a pulse reading. These medications cost $120. During the tour he tells you about how sick his mother is and how expensive is to care for her and that he watches after her when he is not working. This we felt was done on his part as to not make us upset that he tries to make extra money off of us. We felt that it was unprofessional for him to include and exclude things that were not on the agenda. In addition, we didn't like the pressure he put on us to buy things.

We enjoyed this tour a lot. Summer Palace is beautiful and the Lama Temple is fascinating. We paid extra to do the boat entry and I thought it added something. But advised that the title is misleading. You tour through the grounds of the Summer Palace. You don't go into anything. If you are looking to really get into the Summer Palace, this isn't your tour. But all and all it was fun and our guide did a very nice job. I enjoyed it.

This was avery nice trip to different places of Beijing, with a very nice and friendly guide, who spoke very good English. It was also really good organized. The only little critic concerns the meal, it was fresher and lovingly arranged on the other tours.

It was great to see the panda's, Lama Temple and Summer Palace, but you also go to a silk and pearl factory, which aren't factories at all. They are just stores which they aggressively try to sell you things. Also, if they offer the boat tour to the summer palace for 140 yuan, I would pass, it's nothing really exciting about it.

This was a very good tour to get a feel for a Beijing first visit. Great guide, very well organized. The Panda's were awesome. Great value for the price.

It was nice and fun. Explored some highlights of Beijing with an informative tourguide. I really enjoyed it

it was worth every penny we spent. left well equipped with knowledge about Beijing history , our guide was amazing and he explained everything in details he made the tour fun with he speaks very good english, he knows all stories about ancient Beijing. William our guide you are the best..... we cant wait to come back for another tour with you.