We had a wonderful day with Justin visiting the Forbidden City and Summer Palace. He gave us an excellent overview and lots of interesting insights into the history of the imperial dynasties. He also brought us to an incredibly delicious and clean dumpling restaurant. Lastly, Justin went above and beyond normal tour guide responsibilities. I forgot my phone in a didi taxi and he contacted the driver, met him after our tour to get the phone and then personally brought it to me at the hotel. A literal lifesaver.

We had an amazing day trip with Justin to Jinshanling Great Wall. It is a great location to view the wall with not too many people. Justin was very knowledgeable about not only the history of the wall but also China’s long and complicated history lunch was amazing at a local farmer’s restaurant near the wall. Highly recommend this tour.

Very nice tour! Small group with lovely people with guide Michael at the helm. He was informative snd witty. Highly recommend this tour!

Amazing experience!!! James and the driver was amazing. Friendly, patient people. Picked us up from the hotel and took us to Gubei water town. We explored the different parts and building significance. As my mother and I loves to buy little trinkets, James would recommend and translate to the local shops owners what we wanted. He was very sincere on when we wanted to take a break or go to eat for dinner. On the way up to the wall, James was continuing to tell us facts and history about the town and the wall itself. As someone who has slight leg injuries, James was really patient on how slow we walked on the wall and in the town. Overall, the trip was amazing and would recommend to everyone. We learnt a lot from him. :)

Amazing tour with detailed historic descriptions. Adam was very supportive and accommodating to all our requests. We went to the forbidden city, Jingshan park, temple of heaven, and summer palace. Everything was well explained with interesting pieces of history

Excellent tour with Adam and driver Lu. Adam was welcoming, hugely informative and friendly - everything you’d want in a tour guide! Food choices were great too. Thank you for an awesome couple of days!

We had an amazing trip. Jenny was very informative and made the entire tour very pleasant and relaxed for our team highly recommend her

Did tour of tinamen square forbidden city and summer palace. Driver and guide Justin were great. We had good history of all the palaces and then had a VERY delicious lunch. Highly recommend’

Absolutely brilliant morning touring these important sites with Tony. Very knowledgeable and told interesting stories . Would highly recommend.

We did a day tour with Sonia of Beijing Catherine Lu Tours to the Great Wall (Mutianyu) and the Summer Palace. She had a great personality, was easy to get along with and was obviously well versed in Chinese history, at ease with dates, dynasties and emperors and the associated intriguing stories which brought to life the structures we saw. After asking about our taste preferences, she brought us to a beautiful local restaurant where we were served exactly the kind of dishes we would have ordered if we knew what to order. The food was prepared from the freshest ingredients, the owner’s farm, and so skilfully cooked we enjoyed every mouthful. That lunch is so memorable, I still think of it. Needless to say, Sonia manoeuvred us through the ticket gates, skipping queues, and guiding us directly to the points of interests, so we did not waste time wandering around by trial and error. To top it all, we travelled in a spacious quiet car well driven by a professional driver. There was no forced shopping, unsolicited offers or other unsavoury conduct. The tour was conducted professionally and honestly.

We booked a full one day tour with Catherine Lu Tours. From the first moment, the communications was clear and quick. Our guide was on time, he picked us up at the station and he told us a lot of information about the region, culture and history. I can highly recommend this company.

During our 4 and half week holiday in China we have booked several tours with Catherine Lu tours company. All of them were excellent organized. The tour guide was on time, English language was perfect and also the knowledge of the history and culture was great. We have enjoyed Suzhou Private Tour very well. The tour included entrance to the beautiful Suzhou gardens and we have seen a lot of Suzhou attractions. The company is reliable, they react quickly on the e-mails. I recommend this company very much.

I would highly recommend this tour! The guides were communicative and gave detailed instructions & information before I arrived. I took the tour during busy golden week and they were able to adjust times to give guests the best experience. My guide, Adam, was easy to understand and very knowledgeable about the city. He was conscientious and asked the group many times what we preferred (how long to stop in each spot, whether to stop in sun or shade, etc). I had a wonderful time.

Fantastic. We visited the Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, what an amazing day. Our guide Angel was very informative and provided lots of information about the sites we were at. Thank you so much.

Amazing day visiting the City Sites with Angel (guide) and Jason (driver). Packed full of information, manouvered around the crowds and traffic during the busy public holidays. would recommend!