They’re here! Bespoke Beijing is proud to announce its rather beautiful set of Beijing Gift Vouchers (if we do say so ourselves). Each one guarantees the recipient an unforgettable Beijing experience. So what are you waiting for? Choose your favourite and then get in touch with us directly at info@bespoke-beijing.com to purchase.
Closed Doors & Petit Fours: A Secret Boutique Shopping + Lunch Experience
Perfect for: The ladies in your life
Psst. Yes you. Come closer. We hear you like shopping… Handily, this 5-hour experience offers not only an opportunity to power up with a delightful lunch at Beijing’s most stunning restaurant (it’s located in the grounds of a 600-year-old temple), but an opportunity to go, with a stylist, to 3 of Beijing’s most exclusive hidden hutong boutiques. Two of which aren’t even open to the public! You lucky thing, you.
Included: Car & Driver, Stylist, Set Lunch at TRB.
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Trip must be booked at least 10 days in advance. Subject to availability. For a full list of Terms & Conditions, see www.bespokebeijing.com
Voucher for 2: 4,150RMB
Voucher for 1: 3,950RMB
Mutianyu Great Wall Day Trip
Perfect for: Visitors and Beijing first timers
Ah, the fresh air, the spectacular scenery… there are few things in this world more impressive than the Great Wall of China. And this is your ticket to a section that’s nearly 450-years-old. You’ll be spirited up the mountainside in a cable car and after your hike across the Wall you’ll even get to toboggan back down. An incredible day out? We think so.
Included: Car & Driver, Tour Guide, Entrance tickets, Toboggan and Cable Car.
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Trip must be booked at least 48 hours in advance. Subject to availability. For a full list of Terms & Conditions, see www.bespokebeijing.com
Voucher for 2: 2,350RMB
Voucher for 1: 2,150RMB
Wild Wall Weekender
Perfect for: Your adventurous friends
You’re in Beijing. You’re thirsty for adventure…. You’re Indiana Jones! Ok, not quite, but pretty close. This little voucher means you get to be a roving historian for a weekend, venturing out to one of the most beautiful and interesting sections of the ‘wild’ Great Wall as guest of expert William Lindesay (OBE). You’ll hike, eat dumplings, see the Wall at dawn, uncover the secrets and crush the myths. By the end of the weekend you’ll no doubt be an expert too. And have thighs of steel.
Included: Great Wall Expert, roundtrip transportation, all meals and board.
Terms & Conditions: Available March-November. Trip must be booked at least 7 days in advance. Subject to availability. For a full list of Terms & Conditions, see www.bespokebeijing.com
Voucher for 2: 7,000RMB
Voucher for 1: 3,500RMB
Morning Tai Chi Class in the Temple of Heaven with Master Leo
Perfect for: Kids and big kids
To help you engineer your very own Mr Miyagi moment, this hour-long tai chi class amongst the cypresses in the Temple of Heaven will teach you the key moves you need to look graceful in combat /your local park (delete as appropriate). And like all kick-ass kung fu masters, your instructor was packed off to the Shaolin Temple at the age of 5 to begin his rigorous training, so you’re in good hands.
Included: Tai Chi Class and entrance tickets to the Temple of Heaven.
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Trip must be booked at least 48 hours in advance. Subject to availability. For a full list of Terms & Conditions, see www.bespokebeijing.com
Voucher for 2: 600RMB
Voucher for 1: 550RMB
TCM discovery tour
Perfect for: Sinophiles and health freaks
Ever wondered how Chinese people stay so slim? Or why they’re so damn flexible? So did we. Turns out it’s down to 2,000 years of preventative health practices, a set of 8 exercises invented by a Chinese general, and a lot of hot water. Your Australian-Chinese guide will help you unlock the surprisingly helpful mysteries of Traditional Chinese wellness, via a tour of the Temple of the Earth, a traditional Beijing breakfast and a 30 minute qi gong lesson. Prepare to be enlightened.
Included: TCM Expert, all entrance tickets and breakfast.
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Trip must be booked at least 2 weeks in advance. Subject to availability. For a full list of Terms & Conditions, see www.bespokebeijing.com
Voucher for 2: 1,800RMB
Voucher for 1: 1,600RMB
Bespoke’s Signature Hutong Tour
Perfect for: People who want to ‘meet the locals’
No other city in the entire world has hutongs. What does that tell you? That you should go see them of course! These ancient, labyrinthine alleyways are where ‘real’ Beijing life happens, so to help you navigate some of the most interesting bits, we’ll fix you up with Frank, an old Beijinger who’s lived in the hutongs his entire life. You’ll ascend the ancient Drum Tower, visit a local wet market, hop into rickshaws for a whizz around the neighbourhood and even visit a cute private museum crammed with artefacts from hutong life. A most enjoyable day out if we do say so ourselves.
Included: Hutong Tour Guide, all entrance tickets, rickshaw driver fee and rickshaw driver tip.
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Trip must be booked at least 48 hours in advance. Subject to availability.
Voucher for 2: 640RMB
Voucher for 1: 320RMB
Meet Beijing’s Craziest Cricket Trainer
Perfect for: Families
On the quirky scale, this one’s a ten. Admit it, you didn’t even know people fought crickets did you? Well in China this is a serious sport and has been for centuries. This is your opportunity to meet Beijing’s most famous cricket trainer (yes you heard right) and find out all about this ancient practice. You’ll get to meet the clients (read: insects) he’s currently working with, and hear all about the instruments and methods he uses to get them fighting fit. Have you stumbled into Bizzaro World? Nope, just Beijing. But it’s the same thing really.
Included: 90-minute session with ‘Cricket Liu’ and translator.
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Trip must be booked at least 4 days in advance. Subject to availability.
Voucher for 2: 480RMB
Voucher for 1: 480RMB
Bespoke Jet-Lag Remedy Massage
Perfect for: The just-landed
Disappointingly, modern science hasn’t yet figured out a way for people to teleport between countries, so we assume that you got here the same way everyone else did – by plane. It’s hardly the best way to start your holiday is it? That’s why we asked Beijing’s best and most affordable spa to come up with an exclusive massage to magically disappear the puffy ankles and dry skin that has more in common with one of Gandhi’s flip flops than a baby’s bottom. This 90-minute Bespoke Jet Lag Remedy consists of foot reflexology (using an invigorating lemongrass oil) and an Oriental Massage (lots of stretching, pushing and kneading). You’ll feel like new in no time.
Included: 90-minute Bespoke Jet Lag Remedy Massage
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Must book at least 1 day in advance. This voucher must be presented before services. Hummingbird reserves the right to final disputes.
Voucher for 2: 900RMB
Voucher for 1: 450RMB
Savvy City Kit
Perfect for: Visitors who want to explore in their own time (but need a little back up)
When your friend announces they are coming to visit you in Beijing, do you think:
A: Great!
B: Oh God, how the hell am I going to fit that in? And if I have to go to the Forbidden City for the 50th time, I will scream.
If the answer’s B, we have the perfect (polite) solution: Bespoke Beijing’s ingenious Savvy City Kit. This gorgeous box of treats features a personalised pocket guide and a local cell phone with Bespoke Beijing’s bilingual experts on speed dial from 8am-10pm daily. In other words, everything your friend needs to get around by themselves, with confidence. Any problems, they call us, not you. Can’t say fairer than that now can we?
Included: Personalised pocket guide (based on your guest’s preferences, timescale and budget), local Nokia cell phone with pre-programmed numbers and 4-hours of local calling credit, direct access to Bespoke Beijing’s bilingual team between 8am and 10pm daily, delivery to your home/their hotel, and a map of Beijing.
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Must be booked at least 7 days in advance to enable personalisation.
Voucher for Four days or less: 980RMB
Voucher for 1 Week or less: 1,400RMB
Voucher for 2 Weeks or less: 2,400RMB
Limited Edition Fluttering Leaf Teapot & Tea Cups Gift Set and Private Tea Tasting
Perfect for: A gift that will last a lifetime
Admit it, you drink Twinings out of an IKEA mug more than you sip proper Chinese tea don’t you? Well now’s your opportunity to up your game a little. Bespoke Beijing has teamed up with Wallpaper*-featured tea boutique Tranquil Tuesdays to bring you a beautiful handmade Fluttering Leaf teapot and tea cups set and a private tea tasting with the owner where you’ll learn all about the background of what makes Chinese tea culture unique (its as complex as wine you know). You’ll also get to taste three of their personally sourced tea collection. We wouldn’t miss this for all the tea in China!
Terms & Conditions: Available throughout the year. Subject to availability. Cannot be combined with another offer.
Voucher for 1 Fluttering Leaf Teapot & Tea Cups Gift Set +
30 Minute Private Tea Tasting
Exclusive Bespoke Beijing price: 800RMB
(usually retailed at 980RMB)