Beijing: Dim Sum Breakfast and Lama Temple Morning Tour
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Experience the best of Beijing with a 4-hour morning tour that combines delicious Dim Sum breakfast, sightseeing along Hutong alleyways, and visits to iconic temples and the imperial college. Enjoy personalized attention from your expert guide on this private tour.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • 金鼎轩 - Your English speaking guide will pick you up from your Beijing central hotel,then travel to the Dim Sum Restaurant.

A traditional dim sum includes various types of steamed buns, dumplings and rice noodle rolls, which contain a range of ingredients, including beef, chicken, pork, prawns, and vegetarian options. Feel free to choose the one you like, sit with the locals and fill your empty stomach.

  • Wudaoying Hutong - Let’s do a bit waking after substantial breakfast. About 5 minutes you will reach the Wudaoying Hutong. Wudaoying Hutong has been is an area that has influenced Beijing in terms of commerce, politics, trade, and culture for over 700 years.During the Qing dynasty, it is known that Wudaoying was used as a military outpost to protect the inner city.Now it is an allay with shops, boutiques, cafes, and nightlife hotspots. Enjoy the quietness while walking and learning the histories, culture about the Hutong from your guide.

  • Lama Temple (Yonghegong) - Move on to the Lama Temple. Lama Temple, also called Yonghe Palace, is the largest and best preserved lamasery in Beijing. Constructed in 1964, it once was the residence of Emperor Yongzheng (the third emperor of Qing dynasty). After the death of Emperor Yongzheng, it was converted into lamasery in 1744 and so Yonghe Palace became the national center of Lama administration.The Pavilion of Ten Thousand Happinesses in the Lama temple contains an 18 meters tall statue of the Maitreya Buddha carved from a single piece of White Sandalwood. This statue is one of three artworks in the temple that were included into the Guinness Book of Records in 1993.

  • Temple of Confucius and Guozijian Museum - Next, walking through a beautiful and quiet street to visit the Temple of Confucius and Imperial College.The temple was built in 1302, and officials used it to pay their respects to Confucius until 1911. Inside the temple one can see that 198 stone tablets are positioned on either side of the front courtyard, containing 51,624 names of Jinshi (the advanced scholars) of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Also 14 stone stele pavilions of the Ming and Qing dynasties hold the precious historical information of ancient China.

  • Guo Zi Jian (The Imperial College) - Next to the Confucius Temple, but within the same grounds, stands the Imperial College, where the emperor expounded the Confucian classics to an audience of thousands of kneeling students, professors and court officials – an annual rite. Built by the grandson of Kublai Khan in 1306, the former college was the supreme academy during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Your wonderful tour will ends here ,your guide can give you suggestions and ideas on what to do next on your own, or help you to find a taxi home

What's Included
  • Private transfer available as an option
  • Expert guidance with a professional guide
  • Savor a traditional Dim Sum breakfast
  • All entrance fees included
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Transportation from attractions back to hotel if you choose the tour without transfer
Additional Information

This 4-hour morning tour combine eating and sightseeing.Start your day with a delicious Dim Sum in the local nice restaurant. Follow your expert guide to walk along the Hutong allay and Beijing’s two most iconic temples to learn about the architecture, beliefs and local heritage. The tour also covers the imperial college where you will enjoy an imperial performance. Enjoy the personalized attention from your guide on this private tour with your family and friends.

  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
金鼎轩
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Audioking
Oct 7, 2019
Best Dim Sum ever! - Our guide, Lucy, was great! She was very engaging, full of historical facts and her English was very good! I would definitely hire her again!
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Furion555
Jul 28, 2019
A great tour with a great guide - Our family loves to enjoy local food during our family vacations so this tour caught my eye because it stated that it starts with a Dim Sum breakfast. Yummy!!! So we looked forward to it with high anticipation. We were not disappointed at all on the contrary we had a great day with Lucy. Breakfast choice was really nice and abundant. Lucy is a very competent guide and gave us a lot of insides at every stop of the tour. She took a lot of pictures of us at all the stops (we asked her, as we love to have those memories). The heat and humidity were incredible, but Lucy made the day go fast and interesting. At the end she was very kind to get us a taxi to the Drum Tower and select a fantastic local lunch restaurant for us. We learned about the DiDi app...the Uber of China. What a save! We loved our day with Lucy and we highly recommend her. She’s very easy to interface with because her English is very good and she is very knowledgeable. Great cultural tour if you want to understand a bit more of the complicated Chinese history beyond the classic touristy areas of Beijing!
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Katygboswell
Jul 28, 2019
Amazing Tour with BEST Guide!! - We had an amazing tour of the Confucius Temple and Lama Temple, starting with breakfast of dumplings. Our guide, Jing, was the best we could ask for! She was so knowledgeable and gracious. This was perfect for our family.
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G8trbrian
Apr 1, 2019
Food and History Lovers Ultimate Tour - The ultimate tour if you love food, and are intrigued by China's history. I met my tour guide (Linda) in the lobby of my hotel (only if your hotel in inside 3rd Ring Rd), then we headed out to the Dim Sum restaurant for a nice breakfast. On the way to the restaurant Linda was pleasantly surprised to find out that I love spicy food and that I don't have food allergies. When we arrived at the restaurant Linda ordered me a variety of wonderful treats (chicken feet, sichuan dumplings, rice porridge, sichuan noodles, and steam buns). I enjoyed my food as we discussed the differences between Eastern and Western cuisine. After eating my fill we then began the tours of the Confucius Temple and the Lama Temple. Linda's knowledge of each temple was amazing, and I learned so many interesting things about China's history. If I am ever given the opportunity to return to Beijing I will definitely be taking this tour again!
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Sulatha
Jan 6, 2019
Great tour. A must in Beijing - This a must in Beijing. Our tour guide Linda was very good. She made sure we had a great trip. She is very knowledgeable. She made sure we got the best Dim Sum. Since we wanted vegetarian ones. She txted is the day before and made sure we meet at the correct location and time. It was very cold that day in Beijing. My younger daughter did not wear the appropriate clothes. Linda was ready to give her jacket! We were very touched. I recommend this tour to any one visiting Beijing.
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Sandra
Aug 1, 2018
Great tour guide and the best dim sum - Our tour guide Linda, with Unique Beijing Tours, was the very friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. She speaks English well and treated us like old-friends. She even texted us after the tour to make sure we reached our hotel and did not overpay for the taxi. We had such a wonderful experience at dim sum and the Lama Temple that we promptly booked another tour of the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square with her.
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