4 days / 3 nights
Start & End in: Beijing
From $1,450 USD / person
Savor Beijing’s Imperial Eats, Palaces, and Hidden Hutongs
The Essentials:
Spend 4 days eating your way through Beijing’s most iconic sights. Discover the Forbidden City’s ancient halls and courtyards, walk along the Great Wall and its watchtowers, explore historic hutong neighborhoods like a local, sit down to the city’s best Peking duck, and taste dozens of dishes Beijingers return to again and again.
Price
Join-in trips start at $1,450 USD per person. A $300 USD per person deposit is required to secure your spot. Click here for more pricing details.
Group Size
Small group departures of 4-10 people, or contact us to ask about a private trip.
Accommodations
Three nights at a 5-star hotel, centrally located in Beijing’s historic hutong district – one of many highlights of this trip!
Inclusions
- 3 Nights 5-star Accommodations
- All Meals, Including Soft Drinks & Beer
- China Travel Guide PDF
- All Tickets/Entrance Fees
- Transportation, Including Airport/Train Transfers
- English Speaking Lost Plate Trip Leader
- Online Pre-trip Briefing & Q&A Session
Highlights
- Hutong Evening Food Tour
- Forbidden City
- Great Wall of China
- Peking Duck
- Private Dumpling Making Dinner
- Guided E-Bike Ride
- Hutong Breakfast & Market Tour
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Day to Day Itinerary:
This itinerary is subject to changes and adjustments based on seasonality and local operations.
Airport/Train Station Arrivals: Pick-up is included from Beijing Capital Airport (PEK), Daxing International Airport (PKX), or one of Beijing’s main train stations. Arrivals should be at or before 3pm.
Lost Plate’s Evening Food Tour: Ease into Beijing with a guided evening food crawl through historical hutongs, stopping at long-standing neighborhood eateries. Expect handmade noodles, classic Beijing-style hotpot, freshly made local pancakes served with regional dishes, and a lot more.
Hotel: 5-star hotel located in the heart of Beijing.
Meals: Dinner
Forbidden City: Explore the world’s largest preserved imperial palace on a guided walk through the Forbidden City, moving through grand halls and quiet courtyards that once hosted emperors, courtiers, and imperial ceremonies. Along the way, learn how architecture, symbolism, and daily ritual shaped life inside this vast complex of more than 9,000 rooms.
Beijing’s Best Peking Duck: Skip the long queues around town and experience a refined take on Beijing’s most famous dish with a special roast duck smoked over aged Pu’er tea and fruit wood, finished with a splash of port wine to keep the meat fragrant and tender. Served with freshly made wraps, house sauces, and a curated selection of dishes.
Central Axis E-Bike Tour: Ride along Beijing’s historic central axis on a 20km route that passes parks, temples, and quiet hutong alleys. Along the way, see how imperial landmarks and modern city life intersect, brought to life with stories that add context as you go.
Dinner: End the day with a meal featuring Xinjiang cuisine at a halal restaurant that has been serving neighbors and travelers for more than 30 years. Expect smoky lamb skewers, big-plate chicken with potatoes, hand-pulled noodles, and fresh naan bread.
Hotel: Same as previous night
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Great Wall of China: Start early for Mutianyu, one of the most scenic parts of the 21,000km fortification winding across northern China. Ride the cable car up, wander the dense cluster of watchtowers, take in sweeping mountain views, then choose the cable car or the toboggan slide back down for a bit of fun.
Lunch: Enjoy a farmhouse-style meal featuring seasonal ingredients in dishes like chestnut braised pork belly, grilled whole fish, tofu pudding, scallion pancakes, and zucchini in a clay pot.
Dumpling Making: Head to Fang’s Kitchen for a private, hands-on dumpling session. Learn how to make dumpling wrappers from scratch, prepare classic fillings, and practice several traditional folding techniques before sitting down to enjoy your dumplings together for dinner.
Driving: Approx. 2 hours each way to/from the Great Wall.
Hotel: Same as previous night
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hutong Breakfast & Market Food Tour: Walk through the hutongs while sampling over a dozen dishes across six local eateries and market stalls, from handmade rice dumplings at Aunt Jie’s stand to sesame flatbread stuffed with beef and warm bowls of tofu pudding from Mr. Yu.
Airport/Train Station Departures: Drop-off is included to Beijing Capital Airport (PEK), Daxing International Airport (PKX), or one of Beijing’s main train stations. Departures should be at or after 3pm.
Must-See Trip Highlights:
Beijing doesn’t reveal its secrets all at once. You earn them block by block and meal by meal.
At the heart of the city, historic hutong alleyways are home to generations of families who have cooked, traded, and lived their daily lives just steps from the Forbidden City. Built over 14 years as the political center of an empire, it is China’s largest palace and holds over 9,000 rooms.
Today, that same city hums with modern cafés, art spaces, and glass towers, where old rhythms and new ideas coexist side by side.
This 4 day, food-forward journey dives into Beijing’s many layers. Explore hutong neighborhoods where noodles are still hand-pulled, and taste recipes that have been passed down for decades. Then burn it off with a hike along the Great Wall, known for its steep climbs and dense collection of watchtowers.
From a private dumpling making experience and neighborhood food crawls to iconic landmarks seen through a local lens, the pace is intentionally relaxed, giving you time to absorb stories, ask questions, and of course eat yourself silly.
Regent Beijing, a 5-star hotel in central Beijing and steps away from the city's top sights.
Accommodations may change based on group size and availability. If so, an equivalent will be used.
- Join-in trips require a minimum of 4 people to operate. You should only purchase your transportation to/from Beijing after you receive a tour confirmation notice. Private tours (for an additional fee) are always an option if your join-in trip does not hit the minimum number of people.
- A deposit of $300 USD per person is required to secure your spot. This deposit is non-refundable for any reason unless the trip is cancelled by Lost Plate or due to the minimum group size not being met.
- Solo travelers not sharing a room will incur a single occupancy fee of $370 USD. See more details in our FAQ below.
- Payment of your remaining balance will be collected 14 days before the trip starts.
- If you need to cancel, the amount you have already paid cannot be refunded. This is because spots on each trip is limited, and because we arrange accommodations when you reserve your spot. You are able to transfer your spot to someone else.
- Payments can be made by credit card, WeChat, or Alipay.
Beijing doesn’t reveal its secrets all at once. You earn them block by block and meal by meal.
At the heart of the city, historic hutong alleyways are home to generations of families who have cooked, traded, and lived their daily lives just steps from the Forbidden City. Built over 14 years as the political center of an empire, it is China’s largest palace and holds over 9,000 rooms.
Today, that same city hums with modern cafés, art spaces, and glass towers, where old rhythms and new ideas coexist side by side.
This 4 day, food-forward journey dives into Beijing’s many layers. Explore hutong neighborhoods where noodles are still hand-pulled, and taste recipes that have been passed down for decades. Then burn it off with a hike along the Great Wall, known for its steep climbs and dense collection of watchtowers.
From a private dumpling making experience and neighborhood food crawls to iconic landmarks seen through a local lens, the pace is intentionally relaxed, giving you time to absorb stories, ask questions, and of course eat yourself silly.
Regent Beijing, a 5-star hotel in central Beijing and steps away from the city's top sights.
Accommodations may change based on group size and availability. If so, an equivalent will be used.
- Join-in trips require a minimum of 4 people to operate. You should only purchase your transportation to/from Beijing after you receive a tour confirmation notice. Private tours (for an additional fee) are always an option if your join-in trip does not hit the minimum number of people.
- A deposit of $300 USD per person is required to secure your spot. This deposit is non-refundable for any reason unless the trip is cancelled by Lost Plate or due to the minimum group size not being met.
- Solo travelers not sharing a room will incur a single occupancy fee of $370 USD. See more details in our FAQ below.
- Payment of your remaining balance will be collected 14 days before the trip starts.
- If you need to cancel, the amount you have already paid cannot be refunded. This is because spots on each trip is limited, and because we arrange accommodations when you reserve your spot. You are able to transfer your spot to someone else.
- Payments can be made by credit card, WeChat, or Alipay.
