We offer two great packages in Beijing--one especially designed to help first-time visitors get acquainted with the capital, and another for guests who are short of time or making a return visit to Beijing and want to quickly settle into their holiday.

Our all-inclusive Beijing packages

Purple Dragon's Beijing packages offer great value and save you time and effort by arranging your choice of hotel, round trip airport transportation, and sightseeing with a personal English-speaking guide. You can always add extra nights and optional sightseeing if you wish.

Imperial Beijing This five-day, four-night introduction to China's historic capital is designed for first-time visitors.

Beijing Basics We also offer a shorter program for return guests or people who have limited time and want to see the best of Beijing.

Optional in Beijing

Have extra time to spend in Beijing? You may add one of our optional side trips, which include a personal English-speaking guide.

Ancient City Lanes Explore Beijing's traditional Hutong districts by pedicab before they completely disappear. Enjoy dumplings in a Chinese home and take tea in an ancient tea house.

Forgotten Temples We take you to experience fascinating sanctuaries that are largely overlooked by tourists

Great Wall & Ming Tombs Beijing's must-see side trip. We take you a a "wild" part of the wall that is not completely trampled by tour bus groups.

Summer Palaces China's emperors spent the warmest months of the year in sprawling palaces on what is now the outskirts of Beijing. These were glorious cities in themselves. You spend a day enjoying the Summer Palace and the "old" Summer Palace.

We can also arrange for you to visit a performance of the Peking Opera or Chinese acrobatics.

What We Do

Purple Dragon is Asia's oldest, largest and most respected tour operator specializing in programs for discerning gay and lesbian travelers. All of our tours are private and include private transportation and one of our legendary private guides. We do not offer group tours. The big advantage to a private tour is, of course, that you do not have to put up with other people or compromise your own schedule or activities to suit others in a group. You can spend a bit more time at places that really matter to you, avoid places that do not, and go at your own pace. We use gay-owned or gay-friendly hotels wherever possible and show our guests the local gay nightlife where it exists. You do not have to be gay to enjoy one of our all-inclusive tour packages. A growing number of mainstream guests travel with Purple dragon because they know they will get something better from a gay company.

Gay China Travel: Beijing, Great Wall and Summer Palaces

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"I had a really fantastic time in Bangkok. The Purple Dragon touch with everything was just great: the transportation, the hotel (absolutely gorgeous), the staff and services--wonderful. The tours were just right (not too much, not too little) and my two guides were absolutely fantastic: kind, friendly, discreet...I really connected well with them. I already look forward to my next visit!!!"
-- Marc H.

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