Being the capital of China, Beijing offers rich culture, historical and natural travel resources.
It is important to know the best way of visiting Beijing.
Please find the tips and skill of Beijing travel offered by Beijingservice team.

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How to visit Beijing during public holiday of China ?

Visit Forbidden City of Beijing

Beijingservice always suggest travelers to visit Beijing try to avoid the public holiday of China. Because most top attractions are very crowded during the public holiday. According to experience, part of travelers have to visit Beijing during the holiday.

There is resolution to arrange a pleasant trip for travelers during public holiday.

For the top attractions in downtown, such as Forbidden City, we suggest travelers to get up early to wait in line before its opening. It is not very crowded when you are one of the first batch of travelers.

It is a good idea to visit Summer Palace in late afternoon, when most travelers go back to hotel.

As for the Great Wall, we suggest travelers to visit Mutianyu Great Wall, Gubeikou Great Wall or Jinshanling Great Wall. Forget Badaling Great Wall during public holiday of China, unless you have one day time for this section and take a light hiking for 2 hours to the south direction.

Another resolution for the tour of China public holiday is visiting some interesting but not well known places.

How to visit Beijing without shopping stop ?

Many travelers prefer not to include shopping stop during the trip in Beijing. It is not very easy in the past, because most tour operators include shopping stop to keep the tour cost low. So part travelers only rent a vehicle from tour company of Beijing, or even visit Beijing by taxi. But this is a little hard for travelers.

Now, some tour operator offers Beijing no shopping tour to cater to the needs of travelers. Please ask tour advisor to arrange a no-shopping tour for you, or just select a Beijing no-shopping tour products from Beijingservice.com

How to visit Beijing With Child ?

It is necessary to include some interesting attractions or natural scenery when travel Beijing with Child.

The popular attractions for child include Automobile Museum, Natural Museum, China Aviation Museum, Wax Gallery, Railway Museum, 798 Art Zone, Botanical Garden and Film Museum.

Beijing Happy Valley is a very good place if you travel with kids above 8 years old.
It is pleasant to take a swimming in Water Cube of Olympic Park in Summer.

Skiing or Hot-spring make kids happy in the Winter tour of Beijing. An interesting restaurant favored by China is also a good idea, such as the 'SPACELAB' at Blue Harbor of Beijing.

How to Visit Beijing start from Xingang Port ？

Xingang Port is around 180 km south east of Beijing city. It is possible to visit Beijing from Xingang Port.

Beijingservice suggest you to visit 1 to 2 attractions if you have one day time for sightseeing. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City or Mutianyu Great Wall is suggested if this is your first trip to Beijing. Most top attractions of Beijing can be covered if you have two days time in this city. Please book the Xingang Beijing tour in advance. It is not easy to take taxi in Xingang Port.

Length of Beijing Visiting

How to visit Beijing within one day ?

Visit Tanzhe Temple of Beijing

Private tour is recommended if you only have one day time for sightseeing in Beijing.

Beijingservice suggest you to take 1 day private visiting of Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and Mutianyu Great Wall.
Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City are top attractions of downtown Beijing. Mutianyu Great Wall is one of the best sections of Great Wall in Beijing.
This one one day tour show you the top of popular attractions of this capital city of China.

1 day Beijing visit of Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace is suggested when travelers prefer to see natural scenery of Beijing. The visiting of Summer Palace and Mutianyu Great Wall is longer than a normal one day trip.

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How to visit Beijing within two days ?

Most travelers take the following two days tour of Beijing:
Day 1. Tianmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace
Day 2. Great Wall and Ming Tombs.

This two days Beijing tour make full use of your time in this city to cover most top attractions of Beijing.
Beijing 2 days private package tour and Beijing 2 days join in package tour are both available.

Travelers may decide to include hotel accommodation in the package or reserve a Beijing hotel on your own. Acrobatic show is suggested if you have time in the evening of the fist day.

Visiting of Great Wall can be arranged on the morning, and the visiting of another attractions can be visited in the afternoon, or vice versa.

How to visit Beijing within three days ?

Ancient Architecture Museum

Three days visiting of Beijing covers all top attraction of this city. This tour is available to start from airport or a hotel in downtown Beijing. Beijingservice team recommend the following itinerary.

Day 1. Arrive in Beijing. Visit Beijing Zoo, Beijing Hutong, Olympic Park and Lama Temple,
Day 2. Great Wall and Ming Tombs.
Day 3. Tianmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace.

Beijing private 3 days private tour and Join in group Beijing 3 days tour are both available.
Beijing 3 days package tour based on Mutianyu Great Wall is one of the best choice if you prefer a private tour.
Beijing 3 days bus tour of Badaling Great Wall and Beijing city is suggested if you prefer to join in a daily departure group tour. This tour is possible to be completed in hotel of Beijing, train station or Capital Airport of Beijing.

How to visit Beijing within 4 days ？

Most travelers spend 4 days in Beijing.

China Aviation Museum

On the first day, travelers reach Beijing, check in hotel and then one day or half day sightseeing to visit small attractions of Beijing. Part of travelers prefer to leave this day as a leisure day. It is nice to take a leisure waling near your hotel in Beijing.

The second day can be used to visit Great Wall, such as Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall or Jinshanling Great Wall.

Travelers may visit downtown area on the third day include Tianmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace.

It is possible to visit Temple of Heaven on the 4th day before being transferred to airport. Small attractions can be visited if your flight departure from Beijing in the afternoon or in the evening. Travelers may choose one to three attraction for the sightseeing of 4th day from Beijing Zoo, Beijing Hutong, Lama Temple, Confucius Temple, Qianmen Area, Panjiayuan Antique Market and Olympic Park.

How to visit Beijing within 5 days ?

Travelers may feel comfortable and easy when taking a Beijing 5 days tour.
Most travelers use the following itinerary for their 5 days visiting of Beijing.

Day 1. Be met from airport and transfer to hotel for check in.
Day 2. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 3. Ming Tombs, Great Wall (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 4. Beijing Zoo, Beijing Hutong, Lama Temple, Outside view of Bird Nest and Water Cube Beijing Roast Duck Dinner, Acrobatic Show. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 5. Be met from hotel and transfer to airport for departure. (Breakfast)

Travelers may visit all top attractions of Beijing and enjoy evening performance within the 5 days tour. Private 5 days Beijing tour and join in group 5 days tour are both possible.

How to visit Beijing within 6 days ?

Based on above 5 days Beijing visiting, part travelers prefer to add one day tour for shopping in local market.
For example, Beijing 6 days complete package private tour include Mutianyu Great Wall covers one day Shopping trip to Xiushui Market, Pearl Market/Hongqiao Market on the 5th day. Because this is a leisure day before departure, so Beijing Roast Duck Dinner and Acrobatic Show are arranged in the evening of this day. This 6 days visiting is a private tour. It is still possible to take a join in group 6 days tour.

Most join group travelers prefer to visit one extra sections of Great Wall.
For example the 6 days Beijing join in tour include Mutianyu and Jinshangling Great Wall.
This tour make it possible to visit both Mutianyu Great Wall and Jinshanling Great Wall of Beijing.

How to visit Beijing within 7 days ?

7 days sightseeing in Beijing make it possible to visit Beijing at leisure space. And it is possible to leave one day at leisure for travelers to discover the city on their own. You may find a 7 days Beijing complete private tour on Beijingservice.com

You may find a 7 days Beijing complete private tour on Beijingservice.com
Day 1. Entry Beijing
Day 2. Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Herbal Medicine Class, Temple of Heaven, Ancient Observatory
Day 3. Summer Palace, Pearl Market, Beijing Roast Duck Lunch, Beijing Hutong, Lama Temple
Day 4. Ming Tombs-Changling and Sacred Way, Lunch, Badaling Great Wall
Day 5. Capital Museum, Silk Market, Lunch, Olympic Park, Tea, Beijing Zoo (Panda), Kongfu Show
Day 6. Free at leisure.
Day 7. Departure from Beijing.

It is possible to visit Cuandixia Village or Lugou Bridge & China Garden Museum if you prefer to take sightseeing on 6th day.

How to visit Beijing within 8 to 15 days in Beijing ？

Wuta Temple

Beijingservice suggest you to visit one or two attractions on each day.
Travelers may take a deeply discover on each attraction, such as spending one full day sightseeing to Forbidden City, Great Wall, Beijing Hutong or Summer Palace.

Visiting multi-sections of Great Wall is possible, such as visit Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall and jinshanling Great Wall, even spend one night at a small hostel or hotel under the foot of Great Wall.

Some unique but interesting attractions can be included in the trip, such as visiting of Fayuan Temple to touch Buddhist culture, visit Fahai Temple to enjoy the amazing mural of Ming Dynasty, discover a small museum foucsed on south Beijing culture, etc.

Travelers may easily spend two weeks in Beijing to take a deep visit of this city.

Travel Method to Visit Beijing

How to visit Beijing with a private vehicle and private English peaking tour guide ?

Traveling Beijing with private vehicle and guide is the most comfortable and easily method.

In the past, travelers need to reserve a private vehicle or guide form airport or hotel after reaching Beijing. There was not so many options for choice and the tour routes are limited. Today, it is very easy to reserve a Beijing private tour including private vehicle and guide on website. After sending your arrival and departure date, local tour operator will send you detailed itinerary of Beijing tour.

Travelers may remit prepayment or deposit after receiving confirmation, and then just meet the private vehicle and guide as confirmed.

Most vehicle and guide will meet traveler from airport, train station or a hotel in downtown Beijing. Tour guide or driver catch a paper with the name of travelers. During the private tour in Beijing travelers may talk about the visiting speed with private tour guide.

How to visit Beijing with a daily departure tour coach ?

The daily departure tour coach is available in Beijing. The itinerary of Beijing join in group tour covers the most top attractions of Beijing.
The tour coach, driver and English speaking tour guide are shared by English speaking travelers.

The popular Bejing join in group tour covers:
BJ-ST-01. Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs join in day tour
BJ-ST-02. Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace join in day tour
BJ-ST-06. Mutianyu Great Wall and Ming Tomb join in day tour

Tour coach and guide pick up travelers from each downtown hotel. After the sightseeing, travelers will be transferred back to hotel.

How to visit Beijing via public bus or subway ?

Beijing Public Bus Tour Photo It is necessary to know some Chinese language if you prefer to visit Beijing via local public bus or subway. Travelers need to know the station to get on and the station to get off.

Usually, Beijingservice team suggest to arrange an English speaking tour guide to company foreign travelers to visit discover Beijing by public bus.

It is an unique experience to visit Beijing via public bus or subway.
The popular Beijing tour by public bus is
' Beijing 1 day public bus tour of Forbidden City, Tiananmen, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace'

and
' Beijing one day public bus tour of Olympic Park, Zoo(Panda) and Beijing Hutong ' .
These two tours can be found ' Beijing bus tour ' page of Beijingservice.com

How to visit Beijing on foot ?

It is possible to visit downtown Beijing on foot if your hotel is located in center of this city. This walking tour of Beijing covers an English speaking tour guide, cost of local public bus, and admission fee.

The popular places for walking tour covers: Qianmen Area, Tiananmen area, LiuLichang Street, Beijing Hutong, Jingshan Park, Beihai Park, Houhai area, Wangfujing Street, Grand Hall and Zhongshan Park and Xiushui Market.

Season of Visiting Beijing

How to visit Beijing In Spring ?

Visit Botanical Garden of Beijing

Spring is the most beautiful season in Beijing. By taking a Beijing Spring tour, travelers may combine the attractions visiting with flower watching.
Flower guide to visit Beijing :

Apricot flower at Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, Gubeikou Great Wall and Jinshanling Great Wall.

Winter jasmine is available at Tiananmen Square and Summer Palace.

Magnolia can be found in Hutong area, Fragrant Hill and Botanical Garden.

Peach blossom, Winter jasmine and Apricot flower can be found on the way from Jinshanling to Gubeikou Great Wall.

Beijing International Flower Port is a place to enjoy Tulip, Gerbera and Calla Lily in Spring.

How to visit Beijing in Summer ?

Stone Flower Cave

It is very hot in Summer of Beijing, especially from 11:00am to 15:00.

Beijingservice suggest travelers to get up early on the morning at around 06:00 to 07:00am, and then take sightseeing before 11:00am.

The time period of 11:00 to 14:00 is suggested to be spent in hotel.
Another half day tour of 15:00 to 19:00 is also not so hot. This arrangement help travelers to avoid the most hot time of the day.

The following attractions are suggested to be included in the itinerary of Beijing Summer trip:
National Museum, Beihai Park, Houhai Area, Summer Palace, Beijing Hutong, Capital Museum, Xiushui Market, Mutianyu Great Wall, Gubeikou Great Wall, Jinshanling Great Wall, Stone Flower Cave and China Garden Museum.

Indoor skiing resort and swimming pool are also can be considered.

How to visit Beijing in Autumn ？

Autumn is the best season to visit Beijing. Travelers may include any preferred attractions in Beijing.

Some attractions are recommended because they offers an unique scenery in Autumn, such as :
- Red Jaundice leaves at Mutianyu Great Wall / 慕田峪长城,
- Red Jaundice leaves in Fragrant Hills Park / 香山公园,
- Maple leaf of Beigong Forest Park / 北宫森林公园,
- Gesang flower and birch forest at Labagoumen National Forest Park, / 喇叭沟门原始森林公园
- Yellow ginkgo at Temple of Heaven / 天坛公园
- Chrysanthemum at Beihai Park / 北海公园

How to visit Beijing in Winter ?

Skiing Resort of Beijing

It is cold in winter of Beijing. But travelers from south may touch snow in Beijing.

By taking a Winter tour of Beijing, it is available to combine snow playing with popular attractions sightseeing.

There is skiing place or snow playing ground in Summer Palace, Beihai Park, Shichahai Lake.
The famous skiing resort in Beijing covers Nanshan Skiing Resort, Huaibei Skiing Resort and Badaling Skiing Resort.

Ice light and ice sculpture were available in Longqing Gorge.

Visit Beijing from Another City of China

How to visit Beijing from Shanghai ?

It is around 1100 km / 2.5 hours by flight from Shanghai to Beijing. Beijingservice suggest you to take a morning flight from Shanghai to Beijing, and then take a half day tour of Beijing before checking in hotel. Part travelers even take a one day Beijing tour of Shanghai by flight.

It is 1200 km by speed train from Shanghai to Beijing. You need to spend around 6 hours on the train. bueiness class, 1st class and 2nd class seats are available.

Another option is taking overnight train from Shanghai to Beijing. Soft sleeper is suggested. This method may save one night accommodation cost for travelers.

How to visit Beijing from Xian ?

Train of Xian - Beijing

Flight, speed train and overnight train are all available for the trip of Beijing start from Xian.

The speed train takes 4.5 to 6 hours from Xian to Beijing. This is a good idea if you are interested in the speed train of China.

Overnight train is available, which help travelers to save one night accommodation. Soft sleepers cabin (4 sleepers in one cabin ) and deluxe cabin (2 sleepers in one cabin) are all available. There is a small wash room in deluxe cabin, which make the deluxe cabin just like a small room in hotel.

All train tickets can not be bought more than 30 days before tour date. It is not easy to buy train tickets during peak season.

The flight takes 2 hours from Xian to Beijing, which is the best method for the traveling of Beijing from Xian. Flight tickets can be bought any time, which is very important during peak season, especially during the public holiday of China.

How to visit Beijing ?