We recently visited Beijing and used China Travel Depot for Private Day Tours. we visited Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace . Carol was our personal tour guide and despite the rushed atmosphere caused to having to see so many sites in one day, she was very informative, exceptionally helpful, and a delight to be with all day. I highly recommend personal tour guides. The next day we visited the Lama Temple, the Panda Zoo and the Hutong. This was a small group tour and turned out to be a lot of fun. The Hutongs we visited were being renovated so there was a lot of construction debris. I think it’s great that these areas have been declared protected and are being redone. Lunch was great, in one of the Hutong houses. The Lama Temple was gorgeous and the pandas were sleepy and cute.
My advice? Start really really low. If we return to China, we will definately use this service again.
Rogelio
Brazil