The 15 Best Hutong Tours in Beijing

1.Beijing Hutong Walking Food and Beer Tour at Hidden Restaurants

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,132 reviews · from $80Our pick

Walk Beijing’s old hutongs for 3.5 hours with an English-speaking guide and up to 11 other people. Stop at four tucked-away family restaurants and homes for hotpot, noodles, beef buns, and spring pancakes, with unlimited local beer and soda. Guides such as Winnie, Yoyo, Janice, and Haitao add food and neighborhood context before a final craft beer at a local brewery.

“This was a great way to explore a part of Beijing that would be hard to navigate without some local knowledge. The food was delicious, the beer free-flowing and the company was interesting. Our guide, Yoyao, was engaging and informative. Definitely recommend this tour as a way to see Beijing.”

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2.Temple Heaven, Summer Palace, Lama Temple, Hutong Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 319 reviews · from $58

Spend a full day exploring Beijing with an English-speaking guide such as Joy, Jimmy, Shannon, or Andy. See the Temple of Heaven, Yonghe Lama Temple, old hutong lanes, and Summer Palace, with an optional waterway cruise. Expect a busy schedule, long walks, shared bus transport, and a finish near the Bird’s Nest.

“Very pleasant experience! The tour guide was very professional and she was able to mantain the attention of the whole group with interesting details on the visited sites. Highly recommended!”

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3.Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Lama Temple, Hutong Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 311 reviews · from $99

Spend 10 to 11 hours exploring Beijing with an English-speaking guide and a group of about 12. Visit the Temple of Heaven, ride a rickshaw through hutong lanes, see Lama Temple, and walk the Summer Palace. Guides such as Michael, Lucy, and Helen have been praised for clear English, history, humor, and practical help.

“We covered a lot of ground and saw lots of things on this tour but it didn't feel rushed.”

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4.Beijing Private Hutong Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 299 reviews · from $82

Spend four hours eating through Dongsi Hutong and LongFuSi Jie with a private guide such as Allen, Lucy, Miko, Jay, or Anson. Expect more than 20 tastings at markets, bakeries, small restaurants, and local shops, with time for stories about Beijing food and daily life. Vegetarian options are available with advance notice.

“The experience through this tour was amazing. I'd recommend that any traveller in Beijing do so. A big thank you to my guide, Jay. Super informative, knowledgeable, and handles every minute with professionalism and mastery. My experience and memories from this trip became even more memorable after taking this tour. A Big Thank you to everyone involved in this.”

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5.The Hutong Experience by Bike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 163 reviews · from $150

Ride Beijing’s old hutong lanes with an English-speaking guide, using an e-bike or bicycle for about three hours. Dominic is one guide associated with the experience. Expect street-food tastings, local drinks, traditional games near the Drum and Bell Towers, and chances to see cafes, rooftops, and craft shops. The tour begins and ends at 74 Dong Si Bei Da Jie.

“Very safe and smooth ride with a good condition E-bike. Dominic gave us lots of chances to try local food(street food).m which was everything great. It was really fun to ride along the alleys in Hutong. So so fun and 100% recommended!!! Hope to join his other activities for my next visit .”

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6.Hutong Culinary Walking Tour with 15+ Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 162 reviews · 3 - 4 hours · from $76

Meet your English-speaking guide at Dongsi Subway Station Exit B for three hours of Hutong walks and 15+ tastings. Guides such as Jimmy, Lucy, Anson, Mike, Andy, Miko, and Allen adjust the food stops to your tastes, with classic snacks, hot pot, dumplings, desserts, and optional adventurous bites.

“Mike was very nice and very interesting stories !!! Also a lot of talking about China and the culture. The food was amazing. Without Mike we would never found the places!!!”

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7.Beijing Hutong Breakfast Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 155 reviews · from $45

Start at 9:00 am near the National Art Museum of China for a three-hour breakfast walk through Dongcheng. With guides such as Lynn, Lin, or Winnie, you’ll sample more than 10 dishes at four or five eateries, visit a market, try douzhi and tofu pudding, and learn how hutong homes and streets work.

“This was an amazing tour through the hutongs with some amazing food!! Lynn was a wonderful guide and super knowledgeable about Beijing, Chinese history and food!! Not only was the food on the tour delicious but her recommendation for Peking duck was amazing!!”

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8.Beijing City Walk: Explore Hutongs Life and Old Beijing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 146 reviews · from $15Best value

Walk through old Beijing with an English-speaking guide such as Yang, Kevin, Eevee, or Summer Wang. Depending on your chosen time and route, you’ll see Qianmen, Dashilan, Sanlihe Hutong, Nanluoguxiang, the Bell and Drum Towers, and Houhai. Expect local history, food tips, shops, and hands-on cultural moments.

“Highly recommend the tour we did with Yang. Well balanced with knowledge and fun, from bits of history to trying your hand at calligraphy, having local snacks to trying Peking Opera outfits, hutongs, local shops and even shoe museum... you name it.. Totally recommend the guide and the tour.”

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9.Beijing Hutong Breakfast Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 120 reviews · from $55

Start at 8 a.m. near Lama Temple and follow a guide through Beijing’s hutongs, stopping for baozi, jianbing, silken tofu, fried dough, soy milk, brown sugar donuts, and almond pudding. Groups are capped at eight, with guides such as Garth explaining food, customs, and local life before ending near the Bell and Drum Towers.

“Highly recommend this tour and the company. We did multiple tours in Beijing and this was the winner. We were not sure about a breakfast tour but it was awesome. Lots of great food, awesome guide, food focused, informative, and fun.”

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10.Beijing Old Hutongs Tour by Rickshaw

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 73 reviews · from $77

Travel by rickshaw through Beijing’s old hutongs, climb the Drum or Bell Tower, visit a local home, and sample several Chinese teas. Hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, transport, and admission are included. Guides such as Gale, William, Michael, and Cynthia have led this tour, though the exact stops and shopping visits can vary.

“An interesting experience seeing the old Chinese homes situated around the river. We had the opportunity to visit briefly with a family and were shown miniature glass bottle painting, which was interesting. There was no pressure to buy and we enjoyed our experience. Our guide and driver were excellent.”

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11.Hutongs & Drum Tower City Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 57 reviews · 3 - 4 hours · from $69

Meet your English-speaking guide near Shichahai subway station and explore Beijing’s old lanes beside Qianhai and Houhai lakes. You’ll visit Yandai Byway, a Taoist temple, a traditional courtyard home, and the Drum Tower, with local snacks along the way. Guides such as Alice, Amber, Jenny, Lisa, and Tony are praised for helpful explanations and personal food advice.

“Great tour with very interesting insider facts. Highly recommend Lisa as guide.”

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12.Authentic Old Beijing Hutong Food and Beer Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · from $80

Spend about four hours walking Beijing’s old hutongs near Shichahai with a private English-speaking guide. Stop at five or six family-run food places for Mongolian hot pot, noodles, wraps, barbecue, yogurt, and local beer or soda. Guides such as Justin, Nico, and Peter have led this experience.

“This was a very informative and yummy tour, I was 1:1 with the very knowledgeable guide who was local and showed me the secret and not so secret places in Hutong.”

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13.Half-Day Private Beijing Hutong Walking Tour with Dim Sum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 48 reviews · from $148

Spend four hours with a private English-speaking guide exploring Nanluoguxiang, quiet hutongs, Back Lakes, Yandai Xie Street, and Beijing’s Bell and Drum Towers. Sample bubble tea, red bean dessert, and mantou buns, then enjoy dim sum if your selected option includes lunch. Pickup and drop-off are provided within Beijing’s 4th Ring Road.

“One of our highlights of Beijing. Our guide was wonderful. Learned much that most tourists miss about the entryways of the houses.”

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14.Hutong Walking Tour: Discover Real Beijing without Crowds

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $49

Start at Xisi Station and walk about 3km through old Beijing with guides such as Dee, Tracy, or Heidi. See hutongs, temples, a cathedral, courtyard architecture, and local buildings, then enjoy a traditional Beijing drink. The 2.5-hour tour mixes quiet neighborhoods with major cultural stops.

“The guide Tracy was a very knowledgeable and friendly, she provided a lot of insights on Chinese history and culture and Beijing life and valuable suggestions for my trip. I recommend taking this tour on your first day in Beijing, as it's the perfect starting point to the visit.”

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15.Beijing Hutong Food Crawl Delights: Peking duck, Hotpot&More

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 32 reviews · 3 hours · from $80

Spend three hours eating through Beijing’s Dongsi hutongs with an English-speaking guide such as Mike, Andy, Miko or Anson. The route includes Peking duck with live carving, charcoal-fired Mongolian hot pot, Yunnan cross-bridge rice noodles and roadside snacks. Small groups, free-flow drinks and optional hotel pickup make this a practical first taste of local food and neighborhood life.

“Wow - what a fantastic tour! We ate so much delicious food that we never would have gotten to try otherwise. Mike was an excellent guide - funny, knowledgeable, kind and evidently loves his city. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Beijing!”

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