If you love food and learning about favorite Chinese regional cuisines, then Hias Gourmet's gastro walking tours are for you. They are personalized guided tours of Beijing's tastiest neighbourhoods. Walking tours go beyond tourist areas, venturing into wholesale tea markets, ancient 'hutong' alleyways, and urban districts for restaurant hunting expeditions. These walking excursions helps you focus on select local favorites and learn about the everyday workings of this ancient capital, from a food perspective. Hias Gourmet also organizes private sightseeing trips to the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and beyond.

Consisting of more than 9,000 rooms and spread over 250 acres, this huge palace complex was built in the 15th century and later extensively renovated and restored during the Qing Dynasty in the 18th century.

Dating back about one thousand years, these neighborhoods of narrow, twisting streets represent the “real life” of Beijing, where passageways connect to courtyards of traditional compact homes. Pedicab tours of the hutongs are popular tourist attractions that normally include the Drum Tower, courtyard neighborhoods and Prince Gong's mansion.