We had a great couple days with Annie as our guide to Beijing. She met us at the train station (as we arrived from Shanghai) and transferred us to the hotel. We arranged a meeting time for the next day.
She was perfectly on time each of the three days we met. First day we traveled out to he Muitianyu section of the Great Wall. We took the chair lift, enjoyed about 2 hours hiking the wall, and then had a fun toboggan ride down. Annie took us to a Chinese tourist place for an authentic Chinese tourist lunch which was delicious. We then did a quick stop back in Beijing at the Olympic Park - Bird's Nest and Water Cube (not a lot to do but neat to see). Then we headed to the Hutong where we had a fun rickshaw/pedicab ride through the Hutong while Annie shared some info about it. We ended at a family's home in the Hutong who invited us in to see how they lived. Very cool.
Day two - we went to Tienanmen Square and Forbidden City and had a great several hour tour, where Annie shared a great deal of knowledge and details we found very interesting. Lunch this day was a Beijinger local place not too far from the Forbidden City. We ended the day with a nice walk around the Summer Palace and dragon boat ride across the lake.
Last day she went with us to the airport and ensured we got checked in and off on our way.
Great arrangements and Annie was terrific! Highly recommend -- and the price of just over $300/person for the three of us including the driver/car, both transfers and two lunches was great.
We did five day tour Beijing and Xian and our tour guide Glen (Wu Hao) was a very informative knowlegeable guide he told us a lot of history and information on all the places we visited. He was very caring and looked after all of the people on the tour. We were most impressed with the job that he did and nothing was too much trouble for him.We visited Tianamen
Square, Forbidden City, Great Wall,Summer Palace , Imperial Gardens,Temple of Heaven,Rickshaw ride tour of the Hutongs,then to Xian to see the Terra Cotta Warriors,Shaanxi Provinial Museum and Big Goose Pagoda.His company CITS should be proud of Glen and the job he is doing. I have been to China twice and both times I have done tours with CITS Their service has been excellent on both occasions
Realmente soy enemigo a los Tours por que no me gusta sentirme atado a los tiempos de los demás, pero en esta oportunidad no me arrepiento en lo más mínimo, La Guía Shopia en Ingles, super atenta, la empresa cumplió con todas nuestras expectativas, realmente vale la pena si necesitas contratar un tour
We had a great trip to Hangzhou from Shanghai. Our tour leader was wonderful and very friendly. We were a little concerned because we didn't have a lot of specifics after we booked until very close to the date of the tour. However, all worked out really well. We were picked up at our hotel and delivered with a ticket to the train station with directions on what train to take and where. Another guide was waiting for us in Hangzhou and she took us to a Pagoda (6 Harmonies), a tea plantation and WestLake. She was lovely and answered every question we had and was full of good information. She too delivered us back to the train station and our original guide met us back in Shanghai to take us back to our hotel.
Luckily, my worries were unfounded! A wonderful day from start to finish!
As CITS is a reputable travel agency, their service has been excellent all the way through. From enquiry process to the tour day, we have been assisted in kindness and excellent co-operation. They provide a reliable & attentive guide as well as a comfortable transportation. It made our tour enjoyable. Thank you
