On the morning of Jan 12, 2013, Rehman and his friend started the tour by visiting 798 Art Zone. 798 Art Zone, located in the northeast of central Beijing, is often compared with Greenwich Village and ...

"Watch your step. Sit back and off we go," says a cheerful tour leader as a dozen tricycles carrying two foreign tourists each set out on a tour into the innermost parts of Beijing -- its "hutongs", ...

The problem is obvious: Beijing is full of delicious food, representing thousands of years of culinary history. Beijing is also an immense city of some 21 million people, and most visitors are not up ...

Check out any major tour operator's program for Beijing and you are sure to find the following all-but-mandatory stops: the Ming Tombs, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and ... the hutongs. Hutongs?

People at a hutong in Beijing. Although Beijing is making incredibly fast forays into modernization, the true heartbeat of this ancient city still resides in its hutongs, which are today hidden behind ...

Companies that conduct tours of Beijing's classic alleys, or hutong, should only be allowed to take groups to lanes that display traditional culture or contain historical sites, according to a draft ...

A local travel agency has been ordered to pay 80,000 yuan (about US$ 9,638) in compensation for taking advantage of a competitor in the city's popular hutong (back alleys) tours, according to a ruling ...

Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, an exquisite property nestled in the heart of a traditional hutong neighbourhood, has opened its doors this week. With just 42 beautifully appointed courtyard ...