The 13 Shopping Trips in Beijing That Earn Their Price

1.Private Beijing Markets Tour with Tea Tasting at Hongqiao Pearl Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $88Our pick

Shop Beijing’s Panjiayuan and Hongqiao markets, learn to bargain, enjoy a tea tasting, and ride back to your hotel with a private guide.

“Lily took us on this tour and it is with her expertise and guidance that it was a magnificent day. The Beijing markets have something for everyone. We began with the Flea Market. We highly recommend this area as a place to buy original art wRead more”

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2.Beijing Exclusive Private Shopping Tour: Curated Just for You

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $118

Build a private Beijing shopping day around markets, antiques, tea, glasses, and bargains, with hotel pickup, transport, and a local guide.

“Good preparation on what you are looking for and where you want to go is important”

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3.Dumpling-Making Class with wet Market visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 5 hours · from $50

Make dumplings with a Beijing family, shop a local wet market, taste tea, and cook classic Chinese dishes in a five-hour food tour.

“Peter was GREAT! He was friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging. He is extremely well traveled and easily draws cross cultural comparisons. The visit to the wet market was fun. Our dumpling teacher was engaging and informative. With that said, a tour that was listed as approximately 5 hours lasted under 3. It was certainly long enough but, had we known the true duration, we would have made other plans for the rest of the day.”

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4.Night Market Haggling Adventure with an English Guide!

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 7 reviews · 3 hours · from $68

Bargain for crafts, taste Beijing snacks, and explore Panjiayuan Night Market with an English-speaking private guide.

“I enjoyed my tour with Lan! You can stop at any stall you’re interested in and the guide will help you translate or bargain. I also noticed cash is not a problem for most vendors in case WeChat and Alipay stop working on your phone ;) It was also nice that meals were included in the tour.”

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5.6-Hour Private Beijing Tour: Flower and Fish Market, Panjiayuan Antique Market and 798 Art Zone

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $158

Explore Beijing’s flower and fish market, Panjiayuan antiques, and 798 Art Zone with a private guide, meals, transport, and hotel pickup.

“Our guide, Ranee, was someone you appreciate when exploring new cultures and scenes. She gave us the context of the markets and galleries and answered questions in a way that showed she wanted us to understand and enjoy ourselves too.”

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6.Private Full Day Beijing Shopping Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $88

Shop Beijing’s markets with a private guide, from Panjiayuan antiques and pearls to tea, silk, local snacks, and tailored clothing.

“Lina and Sunflower were great. They both treated our group like family. If you need any type our tour or guidance in Beijing they are the people to book! See next time.”

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7.Lama Temple, Hutong and Silk & Pearl Market Private Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $139

Explore Beijing’s Lama Temple, hutongs, tea shops, Hongqiao and Silk Street with a private English-speaking guide and flexible transport.

“Our guide was called Aaron, he was amazing in his experience, knowledge and expertise. His english was perfect. Such a lovely person showing us all the sites He picked a great restaurant for lunch and we tried the famous perking duck - its Read more”

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8.Private Tour to Pearl Market Acrobatic Show & Peking Duck Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $158

Shop Beijing’s Hongqiao Pearl Market, enjoy Peking duck, and watch a Red Theatre acrobatic show with private hotel transfers.

“My 2.5-year old son enjoyed it very much! The Peking Duck dinner wasn't as ceremonious as I expected. I thought they'd show how they prepare it but instead our tour guide showed how they eat it at the table. Our tour guide Lucy was lovely! Read more”

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9.Vegan Home Cooking & Local Market Tour with Sanxia

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $47Best value

Cook vegan Chinese food, shop a Beijing market, sip tea, and share a homemade meal with Sanxia in her Tongzhou home.

“This was amazing! I did this cooking class back in September and it was such a great experience! I was the only person booking it that day, so we met a little earlier, went to the market together and bought all the vegetables fresh from there! Then, we went to Sanxia‘s apartment and cooked a lot of different dishes! It was really fun!! We all ate together and talked a lot. I actually ended up spending my whole day with Sanxia, her boyfriend Jürgen and their friends. It was my favorite day of my whole solo trip to Beijing, China ^^”

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10.Beijing Market Tour with 10-course Family Feast

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 4 hours · from $119

Shop a Beijing market, help cook a family meal, and share a generous 10-course feast with local hosts for $119.

“An exceptional experience. There was more food than we could ever eat and everything was prepared with high quality ingredients and love.”

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11.Dumpling Cooking Class and Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $80

Shop a Beijing hutong market, choose fresh fillings, and make dumplings from scratch in a traditional courtyard class.

“Super fun experience! 2 young girls from Beijing with excellent English. We went to a local market together to get groceries and made the Dumplings from scratch. Beautiful building that we prepped and cooked in.”

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12.Full-Day Private Tour Panjiayuan Antique Market and Beijing Capital Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $145

Shop for Chinese antiques at Panjiayuan, see Beijing art at the Capital Museum, and enjoy lunch with a private English-speaking guide.

“Without hyperbole, Robert was an outstanding guide. Knowledgable, very friendlly, not overbearing, VERY clear English. flexible. I enjoyed my activity very much.”

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13.Small Group Beijing Temple of heaven and Summer Palace with Pearl market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $128

Review the Beijing Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace tour, with small-group transport, lunch, Hongqiao Market, and practical booking advice.

“The small group tour was a private tour for two with a driver and a well competent English speaking guide.”

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