What should I do in Beijing???

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daniel_gourvitch

03-Mar-2007 00:49
Posts: 2

What should I do in Beijing???

I'm traveling to Beijing tonight (Sunday, March 4) and am planning to spend a week in/around the city. I'm looking for any advice on things to see and do outside of the city's most famous sights (which i've heard can be seen in 3/4 days) --- I'm not averse to day-trips, or other slightly more costly adventures (organized tours, etc), so any suggestions are welcome. I'd like to be able to stay in a single hostel for the duration and use it as a home base, but if there are any particularly fantastic overnight trips you can recommend, please do. Finally, if you're actually traveling to Beijing during the next week feel free to email at dag37@georgetown.edu or call my Chinese cell at 13162799217.

Daniel

JustTraveler

03-Mar-2007 02:23
Posts: 295

This question has been asked by others several times so you should see the answers to these threads . Besides, there is an LP guidebook to Beijin. The top places are:
Summer Palace
The Great Wall
Heaven Temple
Lamma Temple
The Forbidden City
The Silk Market
Mao's Moseleum

wyattwang

03-Mar-2007 03:06
Posts: 601

There are alot of things to see in Beijing. Just to add on the list, i suppose you should make a trip to Wang Fu Jing (pretty touristy though) and Marco Polo Bridge. Do check out my beijing blog.

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zhaoyun

03-Mar-2007 09:39
Posts: 733

If you are here for a Sunday morning the Panjiayuan antique market is also excellent and relatively non-touristy. Beihai park is an excellent place to visit as well- I think overall parks are the feature of Beijing, though they won't be looking their best now. Maybe the snow we're getting tonight will help, if it doesn't melt.
The City Wall ruins are also kindof interesting, and don't forget Hutongs. I also liked Prince Gong's mansion.
If the weather still isn't good when you get here the Military Museum is pretty interesting.

zgtong

03-Mar-2007 15:29
Posts: 87

The Confucian Temple, almost right next to the Lama Temple, is also nice. And then I think that a first (?) trip to Beijing should include the opera. Certainly not my kind of music, but still a good experience.

needcoffee

04-Mar-2007 13:10
Posts: 214

underground city and sanlitun

Harry_Mudd

04-Mar-2007 14:05
Posts: 4,086

#5, I refer you to comments you made about my efforts to help (on another thread), and can only say, "Pot calling the kettle black".

OP:

TianJin for a day tour.

The aircraft museum at XiaoTangShan (On the way to Ming Tombs)

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