In 2011, my wife and I used the services of Odynovo Tours and experienced the beautiful sights of China for a fortnight. It was a well organised tourist trip, full of impressions and communication with the company's guides, whom we still remember today. The time has come and I decided to use Odynovo Tours again: I took my 12 year old grandson on a trip and we spent almost a week in early July 2024 seeing the sights in and around Beijing. At my request Odynovo Tours bought us theatre tickets for the best seats and we enjoyed watching a flamenco concert of the Royal Spanish Theatre in Beijing, then went to an amazing and world famous acrobat performance. We saw the great wall of China, and other famous sights. For us it is an unforgettable experience of getting acquainted with Chinese culture. We spent five wonderful days with a charming guide Alice Zuo. She, talking about the sights of the capital of China, showed a deep knowledge of history, various events, answering questions, showing her erudition. Alice was an outstanding guide, very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and friendly and it was a real pleasure to be with her while visiting the various attractions in Beijing.Her professionalism was also evident as she skilfully guided us through the queue to the attractions, saving us time to visit other attractions.When seeing us off, at the airport, she took us all the way to the boarding counter for our next flight.This shows a deep care and respect for tourists. We are very grateful to her!!!Next trip we will ask Odynovo Tours to invite Alice again. I would also like to mention the driver; he is also wonderful alert and caring. There was always water, sweets, apples and peaches in the car, cool after the heat outside. Mola Xiao, our travel consultant, is an amazing professional in her field. A special mention should be made about her. She put together a great programme for our trip, instantly answered many of my questions about the tour arrangements, and advised on how to make our visit better for my grandson's interests. In the process of preparing the tour I had an incredible pleasure to communicate with Mola Xiao in an informal way: we exchanged opinions on the latest modern films, on many cultural and social issues of modern life. I am delighted with my dialogue with Mola Xiao. She is a very erudite, well-educated specialist in her field. Through her I understand better the culture of modern China. I am an experienced traveler, of course I could have found and booked the hotel and everything else I need for my trip myself. Why do I turn to Odynovo Tours? For me it is very important to communicate with people, to get their opinion on certain issues, without such communication it is impossible to understand another culture. I am extremely interested in how our trip organizers talk about themselves, their families, their children who are at school, what their problems are. I have been teaching social studies at university for 44 years, and after visiting China 13 years ago, I talk to my students about many elements of Chinese culture based on my experience with Chinese guides and tour organizers from Odynovo Tours. It should be emphasised that due to various circumstances I was not able to pay the cost of the tour, in advance, as it is always done. This is a very unique example of Odynovo tours consultant Mola Xiao trusting me to pay for the tour upon arrival!!!!In other words, Odynovo tours consultant Mola Xiao paid in advance for the hotel and everything else that was included in our tour!!!This is an amazing fact of trust in travelers in my opinion! I have read many reviews of Odynovo Tours work, all of them quite rightly extremely positive - it really is!!!But no one seems to have mentioned this situation of Odynovo Tours' trust in its customers. This is very important and extremely raises the prestige of Odynovo Tours. It shows the stability of the company, its reliability. Thank you for such trust. It is worth a lot! I would not hesitate to recommend Odynovo Tours to anyone, including my students, and would use Odynovo Tours again - they were professional from start to finish. Thank you again for making our trip to China unforgettable.

If you have 1 tourist day in Beijing, this is just perfect. Saw Tiannanmen, Forbidden City and the Great Wall. Learned about Jade carving, enjoyed a tea ceremony and a good Chinese lunch. Guide was excellent, spoke well and knew the sites and history.

Went to tea plantation after Yao Mountain and walked in the tea plants and learned how tea is picked and why! Then taken to tea preparation and tasting room! Learned proper way to make tea!! Then to sales room!!!

Doing things in China can be a bit imitating because of the language but this tour company is a good choice. James the tour guide gave us all the information we needed and his times and directions were spot on. Don’t book through your hotel, as the cost will be considerably and unnecessarily higher. Only negative was when I called to confirm the time, no one ever picked up the English line after multiple tries. Nevertheless, I was stressing and didn’t need to.

This review has nothing to do with the wall itself. The Great Wall is wonderful. The location at Jinshanling is amazing. Slightly touristy but not overbearing. The section of the wall is spectacular. My review of the tour is that it was average. The guider , Robert, seemed to be limited in his English speaking skills but he was friendly and helpful. Overall, we could have gotten the same experience for a few dollars more had we hired a car and driver through our hotel. The only thing that added to the experience was the family style lunch after we toured the wall.

A must see and climb, wear trainers or good walking shoes as the wall is uneven and the steps are different heights. There is a partial hand rail but not that much benefit. The views are scenic from different heights on the wall . It can be very busy and was very warm in April. There are souvenir shops , coffee , cold drinks and food stores at the base. Toilet facilities are near.

A truely amazing experience, hiking across the mist cloaked wall was something I will never forget, the experience would have been cheap at 4 times the price, the tour guide was great and overall this part of the wall is a must do, spectacular views, lunch was great so really nothing to fault.

I went with two other friends in late March 2018 and it was the highlight of our trip. It was perfect weather and the guide was awesome, he was friendly, happy to hold our stuff while we took photos, or take them for us and informed us of the history of the wall without being boring or feeding us to many facts, he was more than happy to answer our questions we had about the Great Wall. This section was a bit more expensive than the other hikes but totally worth it. There was only 3 other people in our tour from all over the world. We didn't see many people so we were able enjoy it without the crowds. We are still connected with the other people after exchanging emails after the hike. After the hike we went to a local restaurant and the tour company made sure my friends food requirements were met and the food there was exceptional (a little bit spicy but that what I was hoping for).