Hutong Tour — Local services in Beijing

A good, albeit basic rickshaw ride, it was very enjoyable going through the old Hutong, however a large portion of it was spent behind buildings passing some bins, once we got next to the river it was lovely, our riders stopped so we could take pictures where ever we wanted. It’s still something I would recommend doing whilst you’re there, it’s...

This place is now "touristic", meaning the old heritage homes have been transformed into one big commercial area. The nostalgia of the past cultural and historical roots are now disappointingly lost and gone forever. The old Chinese roots are nowhere...

Interesante recorrido por las callejuelas antiguas (hutongs) del casco antiguo de Pekín construidas desde la Dinastía Yuan en 1271 hasta el siglo XX que se pueden recorrer a pie o en un simpático paseo en bicicleta o rickshaw. Las casas de una sola planta tienen un patio central y la ubicacion de los espacios dependen del equilibrio armónico del ying y yang siguiendo el feng-shui Ya quedan pocos, una gran mayoria desaparecieron con las Olimpiadas del 2008. Son muy visitados los de Shichahai situados entre 3...