| review written by Stephen Marshall | Date Added: 10/21/2009 |  | Beijing Tours
 Everything worked out great, I was called the night before as planned and was colected at 8.30am.
Although I had booked a group tour I had a private car and guide. They were excellent.
We had to visit a pearl factory which was OK but I guess that is part of the deal.
I also visited a tea ceremony where the girl was very pleasant.
The Great Wall and the Summer Palace are both awesome, be ready for quite a climb at the wall.
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Tanja Friedrichs | Date Added: 10/10/2008 | | Beijing Tours
 It was okay, We visit the places in the chinese national holiday, so there were many many people.....so please never visit this great places under the chinese holidays ;O) the guide spoke very good english and had a great knowledge. but because there were so many people the traffic was bad and it took long time to come to the great wall, and it was terrible crowded every where.
If there not have been so many people I am sure it would have been a good trip, but because of the many people it only was OK!
Rating:  [3 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Barbara Bentz | Date Added: 01/07/2010 | | Beijing Tours
Everything worked out great, I was called the night before as planned and was colected at 8.30am.
Althou-_br_gh I had booked a group tour I had a private car and guide. They were excellent.
We had to visit a pearl factory which was OK but I guess that is part of the deal.
I also visited a tea ceremony where the girl was very pleasant.
Th-_br_e Great Wall and the Summer Palace are both awesome, be ready for quite a climb at the wall.
Thanks Lili for the great tour!
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by PHILIPPE CORTEN | Date Added: 09/27/2009 | | Beijing Tours
I have used chinatour.net for all the tours and the cruise I done between 2009 september 1 to september 15 in China. During all the time of bookings before the departure they answer quickly to all the questions I had and they uses the visa adequatly. In each city i had a message from chinatour.net when I arrive at the hôtel and a direct phone contact with the guide the day before the tour with her phone number. The guides spoke well english, were very nice with the clients and helps for anything not included in the tour like adress for good restaurants, good taylors, what to see in priority...
They told that i can use her phone during all the time i was staying in the city (and it is true). For teh cruse on Yangtze, spontaneously they have proposed an other boat at the same price but with a high level of services. Indeed in the Victoria Princess we have more spacious room, the confort was good, the boat is clean and the quality of the foods is at level of international standards.
If you want to use the boat by yourself, book the taxi by the travelagencies or chinatour.net from the airport to the ship gate and do the same from the boat to the airport at the arrival because the shipsgates are difficult to find and the taximen are not speaking english.
Every time have with you the destination writed in chinese.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Anna Ebert | Date Added: 03/07/2008 | | Beijing Tours
Tour guide and driver took us in a private sedan car to the Summer Palace, Great Wall, lunch and several factories/shops. We enjoyed the private tour (despite the cold weather!!) and our tour guide Samantha was great. It was nice having the private tour so that we could have a little more say in how much time we spent at the Great Wall and such. Probably could have done without the factories, but was overall quite satisfied.
Rating:  [4 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Ricardas Suslavicius | Date Added: 01/22/2008 | | Beijing Tours
Tour guide and driver took us in a private sedan car to the great wall,summer palace,jade factory and that was ok. Tour guide was too silent she had little dificulties to understand my questions.
Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Christopher Diamond | Date Added: 11/18/2007 | | Beijing Tours
One day coach tour of the Great Wall ans Summer palace was definely good value for the money. The tour guide spoke English well and was very knowledgeable about Chinese history.
My only real complaint was the allocation of time. We spent, in my opinion, a little too long on the Wall, and then after having to spend time visiting Jade and Pearl factories we had only an hour to walk quickly through the grounds of the Summer Palace. We needed much longer.
Again, good value, nice lunch and an educating experience, but two factory tours was a bit much.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Bridgette Poremba | Date Added: 11/14/2007 | | Beijing Tours
We were picked up at 7:00am and were disappointed to find a shuttle bus that could seat around 12+ people. At the time when I booked the tour, the website read 6 people max. (One of the reasons I made the booking.) I asked our tour guide, Mr. Sherman, how many people were on the tour and he said 10. I explained,\"the website read a max of 6 people.\" He said, \"yes, that\'s old information.\" I\'m a little irritated, but try and let it go. We pick up the rest of the tour group and we\'re on our way to the Great Wall. Well, at least that\'s what we all thought. There is a detour to a Jade Market. Ok, onward to the Great Wall. It was amazing! After about 1.5 hours exploring (plenty of time) we are off to lunch. Lunch was pretty tasty. Mr. Sherman was very accommodating in what foods to order for the table. I\'m not a meat eater, and he ordered fish which was very nice. Service at the restaurant was below par for China though. We were given one small bowl of rice for 10 of us and when we asked for more, they took the bowl and never returned it. They also snatched away the tea kettle midway through the lunch. (Note: tea is the only offered beverage that is included in the price of the tour. Soda, beer, juice, etc. are extra.)
Since our trip back into Beijing City Centre took place at rush-hour, so it took about double the time to get back to our hotels. We are next to last being dropped at our hotel at 19:00! dropped off an hour and a half later than expected.
Although Mr. Sherman and I had a rocky start, overall, he was a great tour guide. He had impeccable English and was sure to explain many happenings going on during our drive to and from the designated stops.
Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Manohar Agrawal | Date Added: 11/11/2007 | | Beijing Tours
One day tour to Great & Sumer Place was excellent and both myself and my wife enjoyed the trip. The tour guide Jessie (English Name ) took lot of interest and made our tour very informative and enjoyable.We had this trip in a family van along with another couple from Germany.
The experience at Great Wall and Summer Place was memorable.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by sandra martinez | Date Added: 11/11/2007 | | Beijing Tours
We had a great time! Our tour guide Jennifer was amazing! Great ´Great Wall ´ part.. since it is up, you get amazing pics.. Some tourists don´t like the fact that you have to do three or four stopovers (Jade, Silk factory) but we thought it was okay plus you can tell ALL TOURS do it anyways, it is a way for them to gain an extra comision. Food is okay also..
DO TIP THE TOUR GUIDE AND DRIVER WELL!! So ..WE DO INDEED RECOMEND THIS TOUR VERY MUCH! don´t forget to wear warm clothes since it is getting very cold out there!!
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Gerard Edwards | Date Added: 10/21/2007 | | Beijing Tours
My mom and I went to the tour of the Great Wall / Summer Palace. We were fortunate enough to have a private car with guide and driver. We were the only 2 that signed up for the tour that day. Value for the money - definately. We requested an additional stop at the silk factory - and were accomodated, also the Olympic venue - we had absolutely no pressure. Our guide was professional and our driver was always ontime and did not drive like he was on fire. We enjoyed our lunch, it was quite nice and fresh. Would I recommend this tour to friends or family? Yes as it was a nice pace and not too many stops.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
| review written by Michelle Scully | Date Added: 10/15/2007 | | Beijing Tours
Tour guide and driver took us in a people carrier to the Great Wall and Summer Palace. My husband and I have been to both before but had a friend visiting from the UK and it was his first time in Beijing. Unlike some tourists we enjoy the stops at the jade and copper factories en route. There is no obligation to buy and it is interesting to learn how traditional Chinese pieces are made. We would have liked to spend more time at the Olympic Stadium but that was our fault as we got along with the other people on the tour so well (J works for FIFA and my men were in their element discussing football!). Despite this, our guide organised us well in a pleasant and friendly manner.
Overall it was good value for money and a great day out with two exceptions:-
1) The buffet lunch. We would recommend the dining room on the first floor as the second floor buffet food was quite cool; and more importantly
2) Safety. As per our questionnaire, though we would book with the company again we would request a different driver.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] | | | | | |
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