Please pass on to the staff of China Tour, our thanks for our special time in Beijing. We did enjoy your tours and found them to be run by excellent young people who went out of their way to make us both welcome and comfortable on the tours we had.. We would have no hesitation in using your service in and future, and have already made recommendations to our friends who are travelling in your beautiful country, to use your service. A most enjoyable time - which we would liked to have extended, maybe next year.... Kindest regards to all Elaine and Russell Crane.....
We book the tour through the internet only few days before and we found it to be very reliable. If you have only few days to spend in Beijing, we do recommend this tour. Lisa our guide was friendly and helpful and very well spoken in English, with professional attitud and with good knowledge on the sites that were visited. Lisa made us feel as one group of friends and we had a very pleasant and relaxing time. She was always punctual. The lunch provided on the day that we visited the great wall was very good. We will recommend this tour to our friends Emilio and Patricia from Sydney..
I booked this tour the night before the tour, and still was able to communicate with the driver and join the door next morning. The price is good for what you get, the lunches are quite nice, we took two shopping tours per day, but that was already explained at the tour description. The guides are good, we had two different ones at each day, and their English not perfect, but good. In general, good value for money...
I took the tour on 17 & 18 August after reading reviews of others. Our guide Tony was very responsible to contact me when he was delayed in traffic on the 1st day. I learnt much about the history as well as Beijing today from Tony. The lunches on the tour was quite good and overall, it was an interesting, well covered tour of the must see places in Beijing...
I booked this two-day tour three month earlier from the Internet, and all schedule worked as it was arranged. Excepting the weather, everything was excellent, and I recommend it to everyone, if staying only for a few days in Beijing. The bus was OK, the guide very nice, with appropriate English knowledge and ability to explain o lot of details of the visited sites. The lunches were also good, even for European people. Excellent value for money!..
The two day tour was interesting and good. I was NOT happy to be taken to the Jade, Pearl and Silk shops that were NOT mentioned in my tour. I did not like that the driver and tour guide, Mr Wang were angry when I did not buy anything. I still do not believe that this is an acceptable practice from your company. A half an hour less in the jade shop could be a half hour more in the Ming Temple! The purpose of obtaining the services of your tour company was to save time and see as much as possible of Beijing's history NOT to go shopping. PS Silk and the history of silk is best shown in Suzhou...
We did the 2 day tour of Beijing with Cynthia and were very impressed with her knowledge, promptness and kindness. Your website was highly recommended to us by a fellow Canadian who is living in China that uses your website whenever he has guests. We loved the culture and people of China and will return again. We will probably do tours outside of Beijing to see other things. Thank you so much for making our stay in Beijing so memorable and welcoming. Thank you Cynthia...
I will recommend this tour we took by 2/11 and 2/12 to all my friends and colleagues interested in visiting Beijing. I really can recommend to everyone as we enjoyed seightseeing and value the convenience of the tours. Everything fit our needs, the agenda, price, vehicle, always on time. We also value tour guide and driver kindness...
I booked this tour on 9/10 Feb. with my family and two friends. The tour had a lot of lovely sites such as the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs on the first day and The Forbidden Palace, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven in the second day. Although these were monumental and memorable places to visit on both days we were on a little rush and didn\'t have plenty of time to bask in the beauty and glory of these ancient places. Our guide was Wendy on both days. She guided us through all the site seeing wonders and she often walked ahead of us while we were trying to look at all the relics and antiques, after our tour (on the first day) Wendy left the bus before the dirver dropped us off at our hotel - technically as a tour guide one should pick and drop customers off - not look for a convenient way to get home early especially since we (the customer) paid for her service. On the second day we went to all the places on the list except for Tianemen Square because apparently it was not in the 2 days tour description - We ended up going on our own to Tianeman Square the third days morning. Although I enjoyed my visits to the places in our tour list I would suggest the tour guide give customers extra time to see these places and visit these places and exhibitions. Also out of courtesy to the customer don\'t leave the customers even if they are moving slow. It was quite evident that the tour guide had a lot of knowledge about these ancient places but when we had questions we couldn\'t quite ask them since we had to catch up to the tour guide and by that time the tour guide was well passed the site that we had questions about. All in all I wish I had more time at the site-seeing places...
We booked the tour a week before we got to Beijing. The information and confirmations were all OK to make sure we know what to expect. The night before we got a message to the hotel about the time of the pick-up. The pick-up was on time and we got very good company both days. The groups were small enough (6-8 people) to be able to fully enjoy the tour almost like a private one. The lunch was very OK both days. The stops at the shops were also OK, if you wanted, you could buy nice things, but if not, you could have a nice look around. And our guides were always there to help us, if needed. We had Wendy and Samantha as our tour guides. They were both very knowledgeable and had good English. We spent a little bit more time with Samantha, and I can say just very good things about her kindness. All in all, we got exactly what we wanted. If you have only limited time in Beijing or do not want to spend much time with individual travel, this is the tour for you! Thanks very much again! Gabriella Toth Dunaharaszti, Hungary..
I booked 2 days tour for May 26 and 27 for 2 persons via online before departed to Beijing. A night before, the guide - Cynthia - called me to confirm the pick up in the next morning. It was an on time pick up. Cynthia was really nice, friendly and very informative. Her English was quite good too. She knows my mother speaks Chinese and doesn\'t speak English so she explained in English to other European tourists and me while she speaks Chinese to my mother. We spent about 1.5 hours at Great Wall then had lunch before heading to Ming Tomb. From Ming Tomb, on the way to our hotels she brought us to a traditional herbs store for foot massage. The massage was great, healing our exhaustment after climbing Great Wall. We were satisfied with the tour and the guide The next day the tour changed the guide (Wendy). Sorry to say but she was a lousy guide and it was a bad tour experience. Firstly she picked us up late around 15 minutes. In Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven, she was really rushing us so we didn\'t have a chance to take photos and explore the beautiful landmarks. In Temple of Heaven we even only have 20 minutes to explore this place! She didn\'t explain a lot and most of her times just playing around and joking with other male tourists. She also gave us too much unnecessary time in jade and silk shops and let us wait for her in every shop. The most amazing thing, when the coach drove us back to hotel, she jumped out of the coach to go home when tourists were still in the coach. I\'ve never seen such a neglectful, irresponsible guide like her! Although her English was better than Cynthia but with her manner, I\'m not sure she\'s ready and capable to be a guide! I hope next time China Tour can select better guide...
Absolutely recommendable! Very smart guides who spoke fluent English. Good organisation of the tours with delicious lunch. And rather inexpensive. Would book Chinatour again!..
We totally recommend this tour. The guide, Peter, was excelent. We had a small group, and had lots of fun. The meals were very good. It was a great way too see the major sites in a short time. Adriana & Leandro Brazil..
I took this tour on 8/9 June, I booked just a couple of days before online. For the money paid (in cash to tour guide after day one completed) I cannot believe how much is packed in and included - We visited everything on the list and there were other places of interest added, such as Pearl, Jade, Silk Factories, Tea. Granted some of these stops were for commercial purposes, but if that's what keeps the price of such a comprehensive tour down, then I'm all for it. Christin, our tour guide, was excellent and the driver was always ready and waiting for us and kept us on schedule. There are many tour options in Beijing, this one will take care of all your needs...
My husband and I took the 2 day tour on June 6th and June 7th 2008. We were only in Beijing for a long weekend trip and I booked this tour online after reading so many wonderful reviews about it. I paid for the tour in full with my credit card when I booked the tour. Our tour guide Rita called us the night before (just like they informed us she would) to let us know what time to meet her in the lobby of our hotel. She arrived promptly the next morning to pick us up to start the tour. From the start of this tour my husband and I were not disappointed! The tour was great! Rita was so nice and friendly and knew so much about all the places we went to visit! Her English was excellent! The time we spent at each place was well planned out and we never felt rushed. The lunch on both days were very delicious. We were driven around in a air conditioned mini van for the two days we took the tour and we met some great people along the way! I strongly encourage anyone to take this tour (especiialy if you are only in Beijing for a short time and want to see as much as possible)...you will not regret it! You definitely get more than what you pay for! Thanks again to our tour guide Rita for a wonderful Beijing experience! Ed and Nicole Ely..
I really recommend this tour. The guides + Mr Song and Cindi+ were very professional, they express very good in english. know their theme. the bus was ok, the driver very proper, always on time. we enjoy the meals, very flavour, and places neat. i will recommend it to my friends. annie lanfranco lima peru..
Highly recommended. Excellent english speaking guides with extensive knowledge. Our guide even arranged for us to go to the acrobat show, at the last minute - which was awesome and also highly recommended. Meals were all very good. Be aware that you will be taken to local shopping factories (jade, pearl, silk)...
We had a great time on our 2 day tour. We were very please with the different places we saw and we enjoyed our tour guide - Rita. She was very well informed in Chinese history and was very accomodating to us. The only thing we didn't like was lunch on the first day. The restaurant was dirty and the food was not very good. Other than this one thing, everything was great. I would recommend it to other visitors. Lucille Lopez, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA...
We enjoined the tour both days. Dia Day 2 first and was a full day of knowledge, also lunch was very nice. Then we decided to rest the second day and took tour Day 1 the following. Well, the Great Wall is amazing, enjoyed the visit to the tea house and lunch was delicious. Also both our guides spoke good english and gave us lots of information. I will truly recommended these company to friends travelling to Beijing. Weather was cold but nothing to stop the sightseeing, we were in a group of 7 family and friends and had a good time. Cheers, Viviana..
I enjoyed the tour very much.The groups were small , and very international.The guides Jennifer and Jessica were very friendly,happy people with much knowldge and information.Theit english was good.The transport was allways punctual for the tours and my transport to and from the airport.I found this tour accidently in internet and I recommend it to all.Everything was professional and efficient........many thanks for a wonderful two days in Beijing...
The 2 day Beijing Tour was ok and value for the money, the guide speaks good English...
Overall the tour was satisfactory and the guide was well-informed and sufficiently fluent in English. The schedule was on time. However, the following areas could be further improved: 1. As we booked the more expensive value coach tour package we expected one shopping stop per day, but a little too long at the stop, 20~40 mintues. 2. More time needed especially at Tiannamin Sq, as there was barely time even to take photos...was just a walk-through...
the tour in overall is great and many thanks to our excellent tour guide, Ms. Sophia, who has an extraordinary knowledge of the history and she has done a marvelous job in this tour. For any travellers who wants to book this tour, i strongly recommend to get Ms. Sophia for your tour guide...
I found this website while on business trip to Beijing. The price was reasonable and after reading customers review, booked online. Tour guide Sofia was very knowledgeable and accommodating. The tour covers most famous places in Beijing. Very convenient pick-up and drop-off at the hotel. Even arranged shopping stops are not just a stores but a factories with a guided tours and no obligations to buy, which makes tour more interesting to me. The only advice is not to use PayPal payment option, since you can pay in cash upon first day tour pick-up...
