Beijing Pocket Guide

Beijing Cultural and Political Capital of China

Maybe the best Chinese city for sightening， the Summer Palace and Great Wall are the highlights！

Insider Tip:Stay near Qianmen Area， really good for shopping and dining。 Don’t miss the Kung Fu show， and the Hongquiao Market if you wanna grab a bargain， but neeed to develop your bargaining skills。 Start by offering 10-20% of the price and see how you go from there， you‘ll most likely get what you want for 20% of the listed price。Although being the major tourist attractions， the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven are just ok， too crawded with Chinese tourists coming in groups。better to go ea

Beijing - Beautiful but smoggy city

Thousands of years of history make this place unique in the world. Tiananmen Square, the forbidden palace and the great wall are just a few of the wonders you'll see here. The city is smoggy as so don't expect to be breathing like you do at home but in the end its all worth it.

Insider Tip:Get Peking Duck!!

It´s real China

It is the most chinese town I have visited. Living history and little english speakers. I really liked it.

Wonderful City

I LOVE Beijing, I visited early February it was freezing but there is so much to do, looking up on the leaflets I collected I could stay there a year and probably not see everything, I did visit the Temple of Heaven - Beautiful! Of course The Great Wall was spectacular, I booked with a group tour - £28 which included breakfast, coach there and back, admission ticket, and a delicious lunch afterwards, for £8 you can get a cable cart up and a toboggan ride back down the mountain - AMAZING!

Insider Tip:The subway is great, 20p one way ticket in any direction you want, I left Dongsi station and visited the temple of heaven, the Olympic park, and then stopped off just before my own stop to look for lunch and spent just over £4 in total for everything! that's two hot spots, travel and food! I wouldn't want to know what I would spend for a day like that in the UK!

Good for tourists who stay 3-4 days

Beijing is a really nice city with a lot of chinese traditional atmosphere and sights! To see the main sights it's good to stay there 3-4 days... The metro system is pretty easy to use and always enough that you don't need to use so much other transport possiblities (also in english language)... and just enjoy your stay in Beijing

Insider Tip:Must visit: Summer Palace (take at least one day for it! Better than Forbidden City) Great Wall Forbidden City Temple of Heaven