VariArts 'Insider Tour' of Beijing and Shanghai are ground breaking. Know these incredible metropolises with the expert perspectives of local designers, architects, military officers, scholars of history and archaeology, nightlife officiendos and home cooks. Yes you heard correctly! There's no use travelling to the other side of the world to meet someone else staying in a hotel. Our tours provide you with not only amazing guides but we'll cover the major sites and the minor, the grit and glamour in what most tourists pass by, traditional eateries only the locals know about, Chinese micro breweries, behind the scenes access to key museums and even nuclear bunkers. It's interactions and experiences like these which allow you to meet every day folks and perspectives you frankly can't put a price tag on.

We've been pioneering cutting edge English language tours that take you to government buildings, workers studios, museums, archaeological digs, secret places (we'll keep secret) and more with guiding tha... [More]

VariArts 'Insider Tour' of Beijing and Shanghai are ground breaking. Know these incredible metropolises with the expert perspectives of local designers, architects, military officers, scholars of history and archaeology, nightlife officiendos and home cooks. Yes you heard correctly! There's no use travelling to the other side of the world to meet someone else staying in a hotel. Our tours provide you with not only amazing guides but we'll cover the major sites and the minor, the grit and glamour in what most tourists pass by, traditional eateries only the locals know about, Chinese micro breweries, behind the scenes access to key museums and even nuclear bunkers. It's interactions and experiences like these which allow you to meet every day folks and perspectives you frankly can't put a price tag on.

We've been pioneering cutting edge English language tours that take you to government buildings, workers studios, museums, archaeological digs, secret places (we'll keep secret) and more with guiding that is non scripted, expert and insightful. Our internationally renowned - mainly walking tours - show all the main sites while delivering a gripping narrative on China's ancient and imperial, communist and present history, character and contemporary state.

Our highly acclaimed professional guides give knowledgeable and riveting accounts of the stories behind the Cultural Revolution, Mao's Long March, the Last Emperor and Japanese Occupation, the Cold War, through to the emergent and remarkable state of the new world and the 'China Century' - as reflected in the ancient and strikingly modern of Beijing and Shanghai.

Get ready to see a side of China like few others.