Beijing on a Layover: How Much City a Connection Buys
The honest arithmetic of a Beijing layover — what four, five and nine usable hours actually buy, the visa-free transit rules, and why the…
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Beijing Itineraries
Day-by-day Beijing itineraries from a single day to ten, grouped by neighbourhood so you spend your time on the city rather than on the ring roads.
Beijing on a Second Visit: Five Days Past the Obvious
A five-day return trip: the unrestored Wall at Jinshanling or Jiankou, Yuanmingyuan and 798, the working temples, the western hills, and the two-thirds of…
Beijing With Kids: A Four-Day Plan That Survives the Week
A four-day Beijing itinerary built for families: one big thing a day, the cable car every time, and honest verdicts on which famous sights…
A Weekend in Beijing: Friday Night to Sunday Afternoon
A weekend built for its real constraints: a Friday-night arrival, the Great Wall on Saturday, a compressible Sunday on the axis, and what to…
7 Days in Beijing: A Week That Includes a Rest Day
A seven-day Beijing plan with two Great Wall days, a slow day in the hutongs, and a final day spent either in the western…
5 Days in Beijing: Four Days of Sights and One of Your Own
Five days planned properly: the four-day core, then three costed versions of the fifth day — a Jinshanling hike, a day trip, or a…
4 Days in Beijing: The Core Three, Then a Day of Your Own
Four days done well: the standard three-day core kept tight, then five honest options for the fourth day compared on time, cost and whether…
3 Days in Beijing: Axis, Great Wall and the Two Gardens
Three days done properly: the central axis, Mutianyu, then the Temple of Heaven at dawn and the Summer Palace — with an alternative day…
2 Days in Beijing: The Axis One Day, the Wall the Next
An hour-by-hour two-day route: the central axis on foot on day one, Mutianyu on day two, with the bookings to make before you fly,…
1 Day in Beijing: An Hour-by-Hour Route Down the Axis
One day on the central axis, hour by hour, with the subway lines, the bookings to make first, a layover version, a Monday version…