Beijing Imperial Town Free Walking Tour

Meet your guide at the metro station: line 8 or Line 6 Nan luo gu xiang station exit E.
In Chinese 南锣鼓巷南口 or 南锣鼓巷地铁口E出口 if you take taxi to the meeting point.

A trip to Nanluogixiang lane brings you back to the Yuan Dynasty when the earliest courtyard houses along Nanluoguxiang started to be built. Nanluoguxiang lane is lined with numerousyummy restaurants, unique hostels, lively themed stores. Its vernacular courtyard houses, grey-colored, accompanied by old trees, showcase the solid books of Beijing's traditional architecture.

Continue to feel Beijing long history by walking along Mao'er Hutong. It is a very famous hutong among the 25 surviving hutong protected areas in Beijing, and is also one of the top ten hutongs in Beijing.

There are many famous buildings and character stories in Mao'er Hutong. Stop at "Empress's Mansion" for pictures which is the former residence of the last Chinese emperor Puyi's empress Wanrong.
In addition Beiyang warlord or The Fourth President of the Republic of China Feng Guozhang also lived in this alley. ‌

Visiting a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichahai area with surrounding quiet bars.

Heading to "Smoking Pipe Street" most of the dwellers in this area had a fondness for smoking pipe tobacco. Because of the increasing demand for tobacco, the street saw tobacco shops opening up one by one for business.

Last stop is Drum Tower It served as the ancient city's time-telling tower. With the development of history, the functions of the Bell and Drum Towers have continually changed.