Family Fun in Beijing: Culture & Fun Activities

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Tour Code: ODY-CN-2559

Destination:Beijing

Duration

6 Days

Tour Type

Private & Bespoke

Tour Style

Classic

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About This Trip

Take your family on a fun-filled Beijing city break! Explore the Forbidden City and enjoy traditional Beijing-style pastries in the hutong alleyways. Travel to the Great Wall with a toboggan ride down and take in the sweeping night views. Unveil the charm of Gubei Water Town with a relaxing stroll. Meet the cuddly Giant Pandas in Beijing Zoo and visit a busy local market for a special food experience. This will be a week to remember!

Itinerary Summary

DAY PLACE HIGHLIGHTS
1 Beijing Beijing, Arrival
2 Beijing Forbidden City, Hutong Alleyways with Traditional Beijing-style Tea Break
3 Beijing The Great Wall Trip incl. Special Evening Visit
4 Beijing Gubei Water Town Fun Time, Mutton Hotpot
5 Beijing Giant Panda, Local Market, and Afternoon Tea
6 Beijing Departure
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Day 1: Ni Hao, Beijing!

Welcome to Beijing!

When you and your kids land in this fascinating city, your guide and driver will greet you with a smile and take you to the hotel by private car, ensuring a great start to an unforgettable family trip!

Beijing

Day 2: Best of Beijing Day Tour With the Forbidden City

Kickstart your first day in Beijing with a visit to Tiananmen Square, a sprawling public plaza located across the street from the Forbidden City. This monumental palace complex is the perfect place for you and your youngsters to learn about China's history during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with lavishly decorated palaces and halls providing insight into the lives of the royal families. A cute-looking ice pop (or two, own account) in the shape of auspicious animals from the legends will add more fun to your visit!

Later, venture into the zigzagging hutong alleyways to learn about the lifestyle of old Beijinger. Let your kids spend some of their pocket money on meaningful souvenirs such as tu'er ye dolls and recharge your energy with the sweet flavors of cute-looking pastries, cakes, and jellies in the traditional Beijing-style!

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Beijing

Day 3: The Great Wall Trip With Night Views

An exciting day awaits as you leave Beijing behind for the Mutianyu Great Wall! Winding through mountains and valleys from the eastern coast to the deserts in western China, the Great Wall stands as one of the finest examples of ancient Chinese people's excellent engineering techniques and wisdom. Consider going on an easy hike on the wall with your youngsters to soak up the gorgeous views. You'll then take the toboggan - such an exciting way of heading down the Wall!

Afterward, proceed to Gubei Water Town, where after check-in, you'll discover the charm of this idyllic town with your kids.

In the evening, a short cable car ride takes you to the top of Simatai Great Wall. Lights adorn the sides of the wall and you'll be greeted by a sweeping view of the Great Wall stretching into the peaceful night.

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Gubei Water Town

Day 4: Gubei Water Town Discovery and Old Beijing-style Hotpot

Discover more of Gubei Water Town with your guide! Featuring cobblestone streets, houses in traditional Ming and Qing style, and stone bridges flying over peaceful streams, this laid-back town creates a wonderful setting for you and your youngsters to relax during a stroll and snap some perfect family photos! For those interested in China's traditional arts and crafts, consider partaking in fun optional activities (own expense) such as lantern-making, tie-dying, and scented sachet-making - your family will have a wonderful time together!

After getting back to the city by private car, treat your taste buds to delicious mutton hotpot, cooked using a cooper vessel with veggies and mushrooms - all in the Old Beijing way! On your way back to the hotel, capture the exterior view of the Birds Nest and Water Cube, the venues that hosted the 2008 Beijing Olympics!

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Beijing

Day 5: Giant Panda and Local Market Tour Incl. Afternoon Tea

Rise early for Beijing Zoo's lovely Giant Pandas! In the morning, these cuddly creatures are at their most active, and arriving at the zoo earlier means having more time to watch them enjoy their meal!

After snapping a selfie with the pandas, visit a busy market for a closer look at the local culinary traditions. Stroll along the lanes crammed with shops offering everything from meat and veggies to ready-to-eat sesame pancakes, buns with a variety of fillings, and pan-fried chestnuts (own account) and soak up the sounds and scents.

Later, visit the Temple of Heaven, another landmark of Beijing. Once the place where China's emperors prayed for a bountiful harvest, the architectures are now surrounded by spacious parklands. The day ends with a sweet note as you savor a delicious afternoon tea at a restaurant boasting splendid views!

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Beijing

Day 6: Beijing, Zai Jian!

Say goodbye to Beijing today.

Enjoy some free time for your own explorations before heading to the airport by private car. With memories of a great family trip in your heart, board the plane taking you home.

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Richee Family Adventures

05 Aug 2025

Second Honeymoon My wife and I celebrated our 20th anniversary by spending a few weeks touring around Asia. We loved how Odynovo worked with us to craft a tour of what we wanted to see and how we wanted to see it. This was our first time traveling with a private tour guide, and it was truly amazing. they took care of all transportation, tickets, and everywhere we went we had someone who not only spoke our language, but was also very well-versed in the places we were visiting. We saw Beijing and then took a bullet train to Xi'an. In both cities we had tour guides who had done this "a thousand times," and as a result knew all the tricks on where to take the best pictures, what lines to stand in, where to eat, and what not to waste your time seeing. At one point our guide pulled out ponchos from her backpack when it started to rain, while another helped us haggle for a good price on a new suitcase. We were surprised by how much we loved China, and it is safe to say that is because of the quality of service we got from Odynovo. Oh, and the hotels were great, too! In our first hotel my wife fell in love with her breakfast soup that she had to have every morning, while in Xi'an we were right around the corner from the Muslim Night Market and were able to get to it in less than 5 minutes of walking.We are already looking to see what tours we will be doing next through Odynovo, as the service was amazing, the quality was remarkable, and the cost was very worth it for what we received.
Shannon V

05 Aug 2025

Fabulous! We had a fabulous experience with our guide and Odynovo walking the Great Wall of China, and all other sites in Beijing. We loved our Peking duck dinner. It was fabulous. Thank you, Sammie/Jing for a great experience.
domotic d

05 Aug 2025

Beijing Beauty It started off with a friendly face at the airport, with Roy, our tour guide.The week has been such a pleasure and a treat. From adventures to The Great Wall, Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City, to local markets, delicious Beijing food and roof top tea houses.Roy and our driver, Mr. Zhou, were prompt in picking us up and driving us around safely.The knowledge and fact about history and Beijing that Roy knows and explains is amazing and the fact he could answer my weird and inquisitive history questionsnwoth ease was a treat.He made it so easy to enjoy ourselves and absorb all that was around us, he even takes great photos too! 😊Polite, kind and thoughtful and ever patient in letting us take our time with things that interested us.I would highly recommend this tour and Roy again and again.
Zarah B

05 Aug 2025

Amazing travel experience My name is Zarah M. Babangida a Nigerian and i visited Beijing with my colleagues from the office. During our 5 day stay in Beijing, Ms. Eva Ma, was our Tour guide and from the minute we came through the Arrival Gate of the Airport, we were embraced by her alluring smile and warm welcome. She remained consistent with her warmth, a kind and intelligent professional who exuded unique passion not just for her job as a tour guide but, even more so as a proud Chinese woman. Her outstanding insight and knowledge of the sweet Chinese history and heritage left us in awe. I couldn't be more proud and thankful that she was assigned to our group and she made our stay exciting, fun-filled effortless and knowledge packed. I absolutely commend her dedication to work which she depicted throughout our stay. I recommend her to every visiting tourist because to know Eva, is to love her. If it were up to me, i will increase her bonuses or upgrade her salary as i am sure most tourists would want or revisit for her sake first and then perhaps other reasons.Thank you Eva and keep the passion up🙌.

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