We don't take you to tourist shopping or eating emporiums, just good local sources.
Chinese Cuisine and Cooking Tour
Shop, cook, dine!
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Your Private Tour Includes:
English speaking guide, driver and vehicle.
All admission tickets to tourist sights .
Meals as specified.
Free bottled water kept in the vehicle.
Itinerary Details:
Day 1
Pick up at your hotel
First start the morning by going shopping in a local market for ingredients. Then learn from a Chinese chef how to cook 3 dishes. Eat the results! Meal and drinks included.
Walk through the Bird's Nest, where Olympic records were set in 2008.
Walk through the Swim Cube, an architectural wonder where Olympic history was made in 2008. THIS IS CLOSED UNTIL JUNE 2010.
Return to your hotel
This tour has no shopping stops unless you specially request.
We can add airport transfers, hotels, domestic flights and train tickets to any tour, please ask for a quotation.
Cost per Person
Remember when comparing price, you get what you pay for. We don't earn money by taking you commission shopping, a common practice in China, wasting your time. Our guides are carefully selected and highly trained to be friendly and patient travel companions. We don't cut corners on meals, there are no extra charges for drinks or additional food. We are not the cheapest, but we are one of the best.
Payment Methods:
Cash upon pickup
Visa, Mastercard, Amex or JCB (via Credit Card Form, by phone or upon pickup)
Bank Transfer
Notes:
Meals include unlimited standard drinks. Free bottled water kept in vehicle.
Children under age 12 receive 25% discount. Children under 5 free.
Tipping of guide/driver recommended for good service on a 2:1 ratio.
Save money: Tour Matchmaking
Join someone else's group or start your own for this tour on your dates.
You can also make a custom itinerary for others to join.
The China Guide
7-1-8-1 Jianguomenwai Waijiaogongyu
Beijing, China
Telephone: (+8610) 8532 2274 or 8532 1565 (English hotline)
