4 Days in Beijing

Our 4 days Beijing inerary, the best things to do in Beijing: The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, The Temple of Heaven, The Naonal Art Museum, Lama temple, The Great Wall, Shopping and more aracons and things to do in Beijing, Our China travel guide.

Day 1 - Beijing

Accomodation: Beijing Prime Hotel Wangfujing

Address: 2 Wangfujing Avenue

Website: http://www.booking.com/hotel/cn/prime.html

Day 1 - Beijing

skyline. Fair warning, the best views come with a fair 4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 1. Beijing Capital International Airport number of stairs, but it's well worth the eﬀort. The other 100009 parts of the park are beauful and worth walking around to Duration ~ 1 Hour Telephone: +86 10 8500 7421 enjoy, and there is a small tea shop in the back that has tea Shunyi, Beijing, China Website: www.dpm.org.cn sampling to enjoy. Rating: 4.5 Telephone: +86 10 96158 Website: www.bcia.com.cn Great historical palace. Got there early so there weren't WIKIPEDIA Rating: 3.5 too many visitors buying ckets or blocking photo Jingshan Park is an imperial park covering 23 hectares opportunies. The audio guide is highly recommended and WIKIPEDIA immediately north of the Forbidden City in the Imperial City made me appreciate the palace more with the historical area of Beijing, China. The focal point is the arﬁcial hill Beijing Capital Internaonal Airport is the main internaonal knowledge. Jingshan, literally "Prospect Hill". Formerly a private imperial airport serving Beijing. It is located 32 km northeast of Beijing's garden attached to the grounds of the Forbidden City, more.. city centre, in an enclave of Chaoyang District and the WIKIPEDIA surroundings of that enclave in suburban Shunyi District. The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing more.. The Palace Museum is a naonal museum housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. It was established 5. Nine Dragon Screen

in 1925 aer the last Emperor of China was evicted from his Duration ~ 1 Hour 2. Prime Hotel Beijing palace, and opened its doors to the public. Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the museum consists of 980 buildings and Jiu Long Bi, Xicheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100009 Duration ~ 2 Hours more..

2 Wangfujing St, WangFuJing, Dongcheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100006 7. Tiananmen Square 4. Jingshan Park Duration ~ 0.2 Hours Telephone: +86 10 5816 9999 Website: www.empark.com.cn Duration ~ 1 Hour Dongcheng, China Rating: 3.8 44 Jingshan W St, Xicheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100009 Rating: 4.3 Arrival to the hotel in Beijing Telephone: +86 10 6403 8098 Great view and one of entrance to forbidden palace, it has Website: www.bjjspark.com a picture of Mao Zedong in front of it, and also across to Rating: 4.6 the Tiananmen Square, usually you need to pass the security 3. The Palace Museum Stop here aer going through the Forbidden City for a check before enter the area. Beer go in on exit B Duration ~ 3 Hours spectacular and unique view of the City and the Beijing Tiananmen East Subway that exit on the side of ananmen square than in exit A, because you get a very long queque

Day 1 - Beijing

6. Beihai Park

Duration ~ 1 Hour

1 Wenjin St, Xicheng Qu, China, 100034

Monday: 6:30 – 9:00 AM Tuesday: 6:30 – 9:00 AM Wednesday: 6:30 – 9:00 AM Thursday: 6:30 – 9:00 AM Friday: 6:30 – 9:00 AM Saturday: 6:30 – 9:00 AM Sunday: 6:30 – 9:00 AM

Telephone: +86 10 6403 3225 Website: www.beihaipark.com.cn Rating: 4.5

Beihai Park is one of them most beauful parks in Beijing. Beijing is a very dry inland city, but there are decent "arﬁcial" lakes in this area. Beihai Park is also connected with Shichahai and Houhai Lake, too. However, the way is pretty long.

WIKIPEDIA Beihai Park is a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial City, Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples. Since 1925, the place more..

Day 2 - Beijing

Accomodation: Beijing Prime Hotel Wangfujing

Address: 2 Wangfujing Avenue

Website: http://www.booking.com/hotel/cn/prime.html

Day 2 - Beijing

complex popular with tourists and locals. There is are a 1. Temple of Heaven 2. National Art Museum of China number of impressive statues inside some of the temples, including a giant golden Buddha statue that is worth seeing Duration ~ 2 Hours Duration ~ 2 Hours by itself. Easy to walk around and people watch as well. 1 Tiantan E Rd, Dongcheng Qu, China, 100061 Zhong Guo Mei Shu Guan, Dongcheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100006 WIKIPEDIA Monday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM The Yonghe Temple, also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or WIKIPEDIA Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM popularly as the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of Thursday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM The Naonal Art Museum of China is located at 1 Wusi Ave, the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located in Dongcheng Friday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM Dongcheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is District, Beijing, China. The building and artwork of the temple Saturday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM one of the largest art museums in China, and is funded by the is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles. Sunday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ministry of Culture. The construcon of the museum started in 1958, and concluded in 1962. It has a total land area more.. Telephone: +86 10 6702 8866 Website: www.tiantanpark.com 4. Beijing Zoo Rating: 4.5 3. Lama Temple Duration ~ 3 Hours Beauful park crowned with a spectacular series of 137 Xizhimen Outer St, Dong Wu Yuan, Xicheng Qu, Beijing Duration ~ 2 Hours historical temples. Deﬁnitely pay for the through pass in Shi, China order to get into the temple grounds themselves. The 12 Yonghegong St, Dongcheng Qu, China, 100007 temples are spectacular and are a can't-miss part of a trip to Telephone: +86 10 6839 0274 Beijing. I would recommend avoiding tour groups for vising Website: www.bjzoo.com Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM here, because you're going to want to wander the park and Rating: 3.9 Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM spend some me enjoying the grounds. The park itself is Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM WIKIPEDIA massive and well kept. Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM The Beijing Zoo is a zoological park in Beijing, the capital of the Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM China, in Xicheng District. Founded in 1906 during the late WIKIPEDIA Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Qing dynasty, it is one of the oldest zoos in China. The zoo is The Temple of Heaven is an imperial complex of religious also a center of zoological research that studies and breeds buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. Telephone: +86 10 8419 1919 rare animals from various continents. The zoo more.. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing Website: www.yonghegong.cn dynases for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good Rating: 4.6 harvest. Built during the Qing Dynasty, this is a massive temple

Day 2 - Beijing

5. Wangfujing Street

Duration ~ 1 Hour

Wang Fu Jing Da Jie, WangFuJing, Dongcheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100006

WIKIPEDIA Wangfujing is one of the most famous shopping streets of Beijing, China, located in Dongcheng District. The majority of the main area is pedestrianised and very popular shopping place for both tourists and residents of the capital. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty there have been commercial more..

Day 3 - Day trip to the Great Wall

Day Description: Take a tour to the Great Wall

Accomodation: Beijing Prime Hotel Wangfujing

Address: 2 Wangfujing Avenue

Website: http://www.booking.com/hotel/cn/prime.html

Day 3 - Day trip to the Great Wall

1. Beijing

Duration ~ 2 Hours

Beijing, China

WIKIPEDIA Beijing, alternavely romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's third most populous city proper, and most populous capital city. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the central government with more..

2. Muanyu Great Wall Scenic Area Ticket Office

Duration ~ 3 Hours

Mutianyu Rd, Huairou Qu, Beijing Shi, China

Website: www.mutianyugreatwall.com Rating: 4.8

The Muanyu Great Wall is one of the best-preserved and best-known Great Wall secons. Compared with the top- notch Badaling, Great Wall at Muanyu is less crowded, thus a good desnaon on hot holidays for a Great Wall tour at ease. Located 40 miles (65km) to the north of Beijing city proper, it can be reached by bus no. 916 Express with a transfer in Huairou District.

Day 4 - Beijing

Accomodation: Beijing Prime Hotel Wangfujing

Address: 2 Wangfujing Avenue

Website: http://www.booking.com/hotel/cn/prime.html

Day 4 - Beijing

Many countries have a naonal sport stadium, which typically 1. Summer Palace serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a Duration ~ 3 Hours country's naonal representave sports teams. The term is most oen used in reference to an associaon football 19 Xinjiangongmen Rd, Haidian Qu, China, 100091 stadium. Usually, a naonal stadium will be in or very near Telephone: +86 10 6288 1144 more.. Website: www.summerpalace-china.com Rating: 4.5

Gorgeous historic palace and park, and a must see if you are 3. 798 Art Zone 798 Theatre vising Beijing regardless of the season. However, you will Duration ~ 2 Hours deﬁnitely want to visit on a day when the weather is good, because the view from the Tower of Buddhist Incense and 798 Yi Shu Qu 798 Ju Chang, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100096 the top of the hill are incredible with good weather. Make sure to buy the through cket which allows access to the Tower, it's a can't-miss part of the day.

WIKIPEDIA The Summer Palace, is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing Dynasty. Mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, it covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three- quarters of which is water. Longevity Hill is about 60 m high and more..

2. National Stadium

Duration ~ 2 Hours

Guo Jia Ti Yu Chang, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, China

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Day 5 - Flight Back

Accomodation: Beijing Prime Hotel Wangfujing

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Day 5 - Flight Back

1. Beijing Capital International Airport

Duration ~ 2 Hours

Shunyi, Beijing, China

Telephone: +86 10 96158 Website: www.bcia.com.cn Rating: 3.5

WIKIPEDIA Beijing Capital Internaonal Airport is the main internaonal airport serving Beijing. It is located 32 km northeast of Beijing's city centre, in an enclave of Chaoyang District and the surroundings of that enclave in suburban Shunyi District. The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing more..

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