Eat and Live Like a Local: 4-Hour Local Life Experience and Street Food Tasting
- 4 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Combine eating, shopping and sightseeing in this 4-hour local life exploration private tour. You will mingle with local,sitting in the bamboo armchair, having a cup of Jasmine tea in the over 100 years old tea house. Walk around an active local park,check out Chengdu people's daily life and the match making corner. Visit a local wet market and the famous culture street Kuan-Zhai Alley where you can browse countless interesting shops. Try 4-5 courses of authentic street food such as DanDan noodle,sweet chewy noodle, Sichuan fried crispy pancake in the back alleys where only local go . Flexible departure options(9am/1pm/5pm) available at the time of booking.
Inclusions
What's included
- Bottled water
- Local street food tasting (4-6 varieties) Professional local guide Unlimited beer and soft drinks Transportation within 3rd ring road By taxi or metro when participants are less than 4. Private van will be arranged when participants are 4 and more.
- Snacks
- Lunch
- Coffee and/or Tea
What's not
- Gratuities
- Personal expense,such as shopping and other optional activities
Itinerary
Your friendly local guide will meet you at your hotel
Authentic local snack tasting in the oldest tea house of Chengdu Slow down your pace,let's sit in the traditional bamboo armchair,mingle with local,order some local snacks,such as sweet chewy noodle,steam dumpling in the time-honored Ziwei restaurant and have a cup of jasmine tea in the hundred years old Heming tea house,relax and find your inner peace. Then check out the active Renmin park which is a showcase of Chengdu people's daily life.You will find people stir the boat on the lake, practice Taichi,and your guide will show you the famous match making corner
Keep walking about 10 minutes from Renmin Park to the famous culture area--KuanZhai Alley. You will not only browse countless interesting shops, your informative guide will also take you to explore the hidden backstreets where local live, show you a busy market and explain about the spices and ingredients essential to Sichuan cooking.
Then move to Sichuan Art Academy,which situated in the 100 years old quartyard,to check out the recent exhibition of Chinese painting.
After all the walking you had done, it is time to eat! Your guide will take you to the quietly brilliant food street where you will find all kinds of local food, such as "chuan-chuan"(food on stick),famous noodle restaurant which offer more than 20 kinds of noodle,Sichuan style pancake...... Your guide will explain what dose the restaurant offer, you pick what you like to try. If you are brave enough,try the rabbit head and intestine soup! Flexible departure options(9am/1pm/5pm) available at the time of booking.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- ChengDu WestChinaGo Travel Service
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
How it compares in Chengdu
- Its from-price is 41% above the median of the 35 food tours we list in Chengdu.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Chengdu
Chengdu is the Sichuan capital where giant pandas, tea houses, Three Kingdoms shrines and blazing hotpot define an easygoing western Chinese city.
Chengdu is best known as the home of the giant panda, and a breeding and research base on the northern edge lets visitors watch pandas feeding and climbing. In town, the Wuhou Shrine honours Zhuge Liang and other heroes of the Three Kingdoms period, while Du Fu's Thatched Cottage preserves the garden where the Tang poet lived. Wenshu Monastery and Qingyang Palace are working Buddhist and Daoist temples.
Top-ranked sights in Chengdu: Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo), Kuan Zhai Alley (Kuan Zhai Xiang Zi).
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