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88 Reviews The Beijing Subway is a quick way to get around and it's cheap. But it can get PACKED at times. It doesn't even have to be rush hour! By the way, you'll never be able to park at Tiananmen Square, so...
53 Reviews The cheap way to get into the city from the airport (till the subway extension is available in 2008) is to take one of the airport shuttle buses. There are 5 services, going to different parts of the...
98 Reviews From the airport to downtown (Tianamen Area) most hotels will arrange a taxi for you for the bargain price of £25. You may also be approached in the terminal by the cheapest taxi in Beijing £28. We...
44 Reviews Hi we have not long returned from bejing where we stayed for around seven days . we were show by a couple of aussies hot to navigate the local buses. What a great way to get around Beijing, we were...
48 Reviews Beijing West Railway Station was opened for operation in 1996. It is the largest railway station in Asia, with 510,000 square meters. Most of the trains here are heading to the west or South west of...
15 Reviews Hiring a car in Beijing (or anywhere in China) is not that easy. If you can get a Chinese-issued driving license, then you can hire one and drive by yourself. If you can’t get that license, then you...
16 Reviews chinese version of the Tricycle, similar to the Tuk Tuks of Thailand and Tricycles of Philippines and Cyclo of Vietnam. cost 20 RMB a short ride of 3 kilometers and 5 rmb per kilometer afterwards. a...
29 Reviews I was studying Chinese language and culture at BIT, Beijing institute of Technology when I decided that I wanted leave the campus and explore Beijing for my self. It wasnýt long after I arrived (from...
24 Reviews Hummm...what to say about Air China. I've flown worse but I've definatly flown better. The plane was a little beat up...there were plastic shopping bags stuffed above the windows...I think to plug the...
8 Reviews If you don't speak Mandarin, it can be a bit of a challenge communicating in China. However, I found that when I sought out younger people, more often than not they were able to speak enough English...
8 Reviews Beijing is a flat city. So if you have a good physical condition, choose a hotel in the city center and go around walking. Is the best way of know a city. Sometimes we used the subway, but I didn´t...
TRAINS IN CHINA--GREAT WAY TO TRAVEL
DennyP Says: TRAINS I found travelling by train through China to be a good and reasonably inexpensive way to travel. China has a vast train network and is adding to it...
cal6060 Says: After visiting Yuanmingyuan, I think ridding the boat to cruise around the Yuanmingyuan is the perfect way to see the park. This giant park is linked by water...
Pedal Boat For Hire in Summer Palace
cal6060 Says: If you are visiting Summer Palace, you might be interested to hire a boat to cruise around Kunming Lake. You will find their booking counters near a dock at...
Hire Alvin - the best tour guide in Beijing!!!!
lindyz Says: I had been told that the best way to see the Great Wall of China was by way of a personal guide, and Alvin had come highly recommended by many fellow VTers and...
Airticket booking website inside China
cpim2004 Says: HelloJust introduce the airticket booking website to you. I also use it a lot to book the ticket.Yoee.com, best real time air ticket booking website in beijing,...
Nissanmit Says: I have been to Beijing twice. Once in 2007 and now in 2010. Alvin Jiang, a local guide, never fails to impress me on both my visits! His service attitude is...
wangyixuan1981 Says: According to Internet, international train between Beijing and UlanBator runs only on Monday. The tickets cannot be sold at stations. Check with the agency...
The overnight train from Beijing to Xian
lindyz Says: Tracy and I had wanted to do an overnite train trip in Vietnam but didnt get around to it. So we were determined to do it in China, although we had received...
lindyz Says: We used taxis in Beijing several times and always found them to be very cheap. Although very few, if any of the taxi drivers spoke any english, they always...
Willettsworld Says: Contrary to what Lonely Planet (May 2007) states, buses to Chengde depart from the Liuliqiao bus station in the south-west of the city centre and NOT from the...
idy Says: All you have to do is catch an early bus direct to Chengde and then hop into a cab or bus (lots of buses go to the Summer Resort) when you get to the Chengde...
Up the Mutanying Great Wall, take a cable car!
Penelope4 Says: There is so much walking to do as you climb up the Mutanying Great Wall. In order for you to enjoy the experience, take the cable car at the foot of Mutanying...
machomikemd Says: As everyone knows, i'm not a back packer so I love to travel personalized hence this private tour van with my friend. the personalized van was arranged by our...
jlanza29 Says: On the 2nd night in Beijing we were standing at a que at the Grand Hyatt hotel waiting to get to our hotel, which was only about 3 miles away but we had done a...
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5 Reviews and 908 Opinions Well, unbeknownst to me when I booked our stay at the Park Plaza Hotel during the Olympics that it...
6 Reviews and 1030 Opinions I stayed there in April of 2007 and was at first disappointed when the driver approached the...
15 Reviews and 1376 Opinions The Beijing Hyatt provided a welcome familiar respite to a hectic, foreign world. It turned out to...
Reviews and photos of Beijing attractions posted by real travelers and locals. The best tips for Beijing sightseeing.
Beijing has excellent bus transportation. After all, there are more than 8 million Beijingers in the city and taking the bus is the most common mode of...
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Q: What is the best way to get from Beijing to Xi'an?
A: 1. Fly; 2. Take the train (8 or 10 hours, as I recall). We took an overnight train from Xi'an to Beijing and it was a good thing the journey went overnight. The...
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Beijing: from the Forbidden City to the Great Wall
Our China - Tibet roundtrip started in Beijing. We had 3,5 days to see Beijing. But there is so much to see and to do in Beijing, that you really need to select, and that is not as easy as there...
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Beijing - The Northern Capital
Few cities in the world besides Beijing have served as the political and cultural centre of an area as immense as China for so long. Described as "One of the world's great cities", Beijing has been an...
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