Most Practical Tips and Information for Your Beijing Tour

Here we provide some practical tips for Beijing tour. Not only common knowledge of the city, but also the detailed helpful tips for sightseeing. 

Tip 1: Chinese Currency and Exchange Rate

When touring in Beijing, foreign currency can be changed in most banks and hotels. Exchange rates do not vary that much, so hotels are often the most straightforward place to exchange. 

Tip 2: Best Time to Tour in Beijing

Springs and autumns are the best times to come to Beijing, but beware that during national holidays the city's hotels and sights will be packed.

Tip 3: Taking Photos Carefully

Beijing is a beautiful city and there are many pictures await you. But if you want to take pictures of strangers or street scenes with people, make sure to get their permission for the photo or do it without detection. Also it's very common locals come across when you are taking a picture.

Tip 4: Beijing Useful Telephone Numbers

China Internationall country code number: 86

Beijing city code number: 010

Ambulance: 120

Fire: 119

Police: 110

Weather Forecast: 121

Time: 117

Tip 5: Useful Guide Book

We suggest you should better bring a Guide Book with you, obviously written in your local language, but make sure alongside every attraction heading, and it has the Chinese name written in Chinese alongside. 

Tip 6: Health Care in Beijing

If you have any health problems while visiting Beijing, there are good medical facilities with modern hospitals and plenty of clinics. Many of the doctors speak English. 

Tip 7: Beijing Safety 

Relatively, violent crime in Beijing is low, so usually visitors should not encounter any problems. Make sure you keep your valuables locked in your hotel safe and avoid carrying more cash than you need.

Hope this Beijing tour tips can help you a lot.

I Am So Excited during My 2 Day Tours in Beijing

I have had a 2 days Beijing tour and I am so eager to tell you some famous attractions in Beijing. All these ancient buildings still abound with the sense of grandeur and wealth as they did in ancient times. They have an aura of pomp and magnificent that transcends the ages.

Forbidden City

As one of the best preserved historical site in Beijing, Forbidden City is the largest wooden cluster in extant in the world today. Forbidden City includes three parts: the outer court, the inner court, and the private imperial garden. The outer court was used for emperors handle court business and ministered state affairs. The inner court is the place where the emperor and his big family lived. The private imperial garden was used for entertain and relaxation. There are 24 emperors ruled the country from here over a span of nearly 500 years.

Repaired and rebuilt many times during some 500 years, the basic form and layout of the Forbidden City remains in the original state.

In addition, the Forbidden City takes pride in its precious treasures of more than 900, 000 cultural and art objects, many of which are state relics.

Forbidden City attracts numerous visitors, and it is a must for your holiday.

Badaling Great Wall 

 

As its name implies, Badaling Great Wall gives access to every direction. Built as a defensive outpost of the Great Wall, there are many watch towers and beacon towers on the wall. The top floor of Badaling Great Wall is wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast and ten people march shoulder by shoulder.

Threads its way through a jumble of mountains like a giant dragon, Badaling Great Wall is the most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall. You could visit it all year round for its dangerous mountain slopes, splendid scenery, and distinctive four seasons. Badaling Great Wall is really worth visiting during your tours in Beijing. 

Summer Palace

Covering an area of 290 jhectares, Summer Palace is a classical imperial garden extant in Beijing. The garden is mainly composed of two parts: Wanshoushan and Kunming Lake. More than 30 classical structures are scattering on the hill and around the lake. With a long history and a high fame, Summer Palace is very popular among tourists and many visitors come back again, only once is not enough.

During this Beijing tour, a look of wonder filled my face.

Where Can We See Incredibly Buildings in Beijing?

With inspired mood, I am eager to tell you that 72 hours visa-free tour in Beijing has really come true from January 1, 2013. Were you wondering on the question of whether you should have visa free tours in Beijing? I suggest that you’d better have a Beijing tour by this chance.
Beijing city is full of mystery, modern and fantastic. Every year, a large number of foreign visitors would like to visit this ancient, modern and mysterious city. We offer visa free Beijing family tour to feel the ancient skin of the capital city with reasonable price and our best service. Our visa free Beijing family tour will leave your family a happy impression about Beijing, containing the representative attractions (listed below) of Beijing, with the private tour guide company.

Tiananmen Square

 

With a total area of 440,000 square meters, Tiananmen Square is the largest public square in the world and the heart of Beijing city.

Forbidden City

 

Forbidden City is the best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world. In ancient times, emperors hold conference and resided there, and common people can not enter.

Temple of Heaven

 

As the largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings in China, Temple of Heaven was used for sacrifice in old times. For the undeveloped science, people though that heaven would help them by sacrifice. Every winter, the emperor would come to here to sacrifice and prayed for good harvests.

 

Juyongguan Great Wall

 

Juyongguan Great Wall is one of the three greatest passes of Great Wall of China. There ara lush flowers and trees around it and make it beautiful that attracts numerous tourists to visit it when they enjoy the policy of 3 days visa free transit in Beijing.

 

Summer Palace

 

Well known as the largest and most well-preserved royal park in China, Summer Palace has greatly influences Chinese horticulture. Also, you can visit a Chinese fresh water pearl shop near Summer Palace to do some shopping. It is a nice place to buy necklace or bracelet. They are very good gifts from China.

 

Beihai Park

 

Beihai Park is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved ancient imperial gardens in China. Beautiful scenery around there you must not miss when you travel in Beijing.

 

Hutong

 

Hutong was the memory of the traditional life and culture in Beijing. If you want to explore the real life of common person, you could go to Hutong where you can deep understanding the life style of old Beijing and appreciate those ancient buildings that full of Chinese character.

We hope these incredibly ancient buildings will leave you a deep impression during your visa free Beijing tour.

Take You Visit Top 10 Beijing Attractions

There is no doubt that Beijing is one of the most visited cities in the world. Distinct different four seasons, you can always find something special whenever you tour in Beijing. There are hundreds of tourist scenic spots and historical sites in Beijing. Beijing attracts millions of visitors flock to Beijing to see the capital of China, a great blend of old and new. Based on the past internet tourism experience, we recommend 10 attractions for your Beijing tour.

The Forbidden City

Seated in the center of Beijing city, was where emperors handled court business and resided. This grand, solemn and palatial structure is the largest wooden cluster in existence in the world today. Those used for government affairs and daily life are displayed in their original places. The Forbidden City is open to the public all year round. Forbidden City is a must for your Beijing tour.

National Museum of China

Located on the east side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the National Museum of China is the largest comprehensive history museum in China. Through display of both material and non-material collections and exhibits, it narrates the history created by the ancestors of the Chinese people. With extremely rich collections, the research of those exhibits and depth are second to none.

Tiananmen Square

Seated in the center of downtown Beijing, the Tiananmen Square is the largest public square in the world. And it is not only the symbol of China but also the heart of Beijing. It had bore witness to many historical events and the decline and resurgence of the nation. So Tiananmen Square Tour is very popular among domestic and foreign tourists when they tour in Beijing.

Bird's Nest

Bird’s Nest got its name for the reason that it looks like a big nest which embraces and nurses human beings. As the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, its allure is deeper though the Olympic Games 2008 fade into memory.

The Great Wall

The Great Wall reflects collision and exchanges between agricultural civilizations and nomadic civilizations in ancient China. In ancient times, the Great Wall of China was used as superb military architecture. Great Wall of China is one of the wonders in the world.

The Summer Palace

Well known for its large and priceless collection of cultural relics, Summer Palace was among the first group of historical and cultural heritage sites in China to be placed under special state protection. Famous as a classical imperial garden, Summer Palace is the largest and best preserved imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty extant in Beijing. Summer Palace is a must for Beijing tour.

Temple of Heaven

Situated in the southern part of the city, Temple of Heaven was built in 1420. In those old times, the emperors worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests. People thought that everything was dominated by heaven due to underdeveloped science. They hope that heaven would help them by sacrifice.

Yuanmingyuan Park

YuanMingYuan Park is very close to the Summer Palace, in fact, slightly nearer to central Beijing. Yuanmingyuan is renowned throughout the world for its fabled charms and association with Chinese modern history. Constructed during the 18th and early 19th century, YuanMingYuan Park was a wonderland of lakes and waterways, bridges, hills and pavilions. Half of the gardens are covered by the waters of lakes, winding streams and ponds.

Nanluoguxiang

NanluoguXiang is one of the oldest Hutongs and it holds a history of more than 800 years. Recent years, NanluoguXiang has become a popular tourist destination with many bars, stores and galleries. It is worth to spend an hour or two walking through the little alley ways and Hutongs around it during your Beijing tour.

Beihai Park

As one of the most famous parks in the city of Beijing, Beihai Park encompasses over 68 hectares, more than half of it is taken up by the lake. In summer, Beihai Park is an ideal place to go to escape from the blazing summer heat, while in winter, the lake freezes over and Beihai Park turns into a huge skating rink. Jingshan Park and the Forbidden are near to Beihai Park, tourists could also pay a visit to them. The excellent scenery of your Beijing tour will deeply impress you.

Which you should do or see in Beijing largely depends on your time, budget, personal interest and tolerance of the crowds. If time permits, you’d better look around all of them that will highlight your Beijing tour by visiting them.

Let’s Go to Experience Different Culture of Religious

Based on humanity's attempt to explain the universe and natural phenomena, Religion has been defined as a system of beliefs. Religion often influences a person’s world outlook, outlook on life and values. Culture has been defined as the system of shared beliefs, values, customs and behaviors that people use to deal with their world. And it can be transmitted from generation to generation through learning. During this Beijing tour, let us feel different culture of religious.

Lama Temple

As one of the key historic sites under national protection, Lama Temple is one of the largest lamaseries of Tibetan Buddhism that remain in Beijing. Boasts a time-honored history of almost 1,700 years, originally Lama Temple was the residence of Emperor Yongzheng before he was crowned. In the years of Qianlong it was changed into a lamasery, and began to serve as the headquarters of the Qing government's administration of Tibetan Buddhism affairs.
Now Lama Temple attracts large number of tourists from all over the world with the mysterious, splendor, and profundity of the culture it embodies.

The Tanzhe Temple

Located in Mentougou District of Beijing, The Tanzhe Temple is about 30 kilometers away from downtown Beijing. With 943 buildings, including 638 ancient architectural halls, the Tanzhe Temple maintains the styles and traits dating back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As the largest ancient temple complex in suburb Beijing, the entire complex fully shows the ancient Chinese aesthetic principles. The Tanzhe Temple is a must for your Beijing tour.

Fahai Temple

Located on the Cuiwei Mountain, Fahai Templ is about two kilometers northeast of Moshikou, Beijing. The main constructions are respectively built on three terraces. Fahai Temple is noted for its murals, which are represented by the mural painting the auspicious clouds. These paintings all adopt the traditional Chinese realistic painting method characterized by fine brush work and close attention in detail.

Yunju Temple

Located south of Shangfang Mountains, The Yunju Temple is an ancient complex and was built around limestone caves. There you would find a shrine and two bone fragments at the site. It is that they belong to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. The Yunju Temple has draw large crowds to the site when they travel in Beijing.

Jietai Temple

With the main complex of Jietai Temple liberally dotted with ancient pines, Jietai Temple is a tree lover's delight. During your Beijing tour, you would likely encounter tour guides with tales of ancient trees in temple courtyards. Inside the JietaiTemple, you will find one of the most famous trees: Jiulong PineTree. Jiulong PineTree is said to be more than 1,300 years old.


Reclining Buddha Temple

Reclining Buddha Temple is located on the eastern side of Fragrant Hills. The 5.2-metre-long Reclining Buddha depicts Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. There are12 sculptures around it, give the deep sorrow of Sakyamuni's 12 disciples.

Through this Beijing tour, we hope you could have a deep understanding of different culture of religious.