5 Things to Know Before Going to Beijing
5 Things to Know Before Going to Beijing
I look forward to winter in Beijing the most, walking through the hutongs with a smoky aroma, eating candied haws and watching people come and go in the hutongs.
1️⃣Transportation tips: Direct flight from Shanghai to Beijing, 300 yuan. Beijing has Beijing Capital Airport and Daxing Airport. The Capital Airport is closer to the city, recommended. You can reach the city area by 3 subway stations.
2️⃣Accommodation tips: I like Xicheng District, which has a very old Beijing feel. There are many quadrangles here. I live in a hutong on Yan Dai Xie Street, the feeling of an old courtyard, and I can chat with the old men when I go out in the morning. 250 yuan per night.
3️⃣Tour tips: Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Yan Dai Xie Street, Nanluoguxiang, Bird's Nest, Water Cube, Badaling Great Wall.
This route is very suitable for friends who are visiting Beijing for the first time. Tiananmen and the Forbidden City are together, and you need to queue up to enter. The Forbidden City ticket is 40 yuan.
Jingshan Park is a hillside park overlooking the panoramic view of the Forbidden City, with a good view, recommended. The ticket is 2 yuan.
Yan Dai Xie Street and Nanluoguxiang are both centuries-old historical districts. Many famous hutongs are here, where celebrities gather and there are many snacks and delicacies.
The Bird's Nest and Water Cube, take subway line 8, get off at the Olympic Sports Center, the ticket is 78 yuan.
The Badaling Great Wall, the ticket starts at 35 yuan, the Great Wall is in the suburbs, and it takes a day to visit.
4️⃣Food tips:
Recommend Baozang Roast Duck Restaurant, Liu's Restaurant, it's crispy and can be dipped in white sugar. About 200 yuan for one, and there are many Beijing special dishes.
Qixun Baizhao Hutong Cuisine, Beijing cuisine in the old hutong, retro style, recommended almond tofu. Average 100 yuan per person.
Huguo Temple Snacks, a must-visit halal snack shop in Beijing, with baked buns, pea yellow, donkey rolls, etc. Average 20 yuan per person.
5️⃣S2 train tips: The S2 train is a beautiful sightseeing train route, and it is also the most cost-effective transportation from the city to the Great Wall. The starting station is Huangtudian Station to Yanqing Station, passing through Nankou Station and Badaling Station. The round trip to the Great Wall is 14 yuan.
Ordering is convenient and fast. Especially suitable for people with inconvenient legs and feet, climbing from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain can get a lot of energy; suitable for people with "special soldiers travel", one-click upgrade to the most precipitous and beautiful essence scenic spot.
The Dongzhimen bus is directly accessible (near Tiananmen Square, you need to swipe your ID card to enter, and the household registration book is also OK). You still need to climb a section of the Great Wall to get off the cable car. It takes about an hour to climb to the return cable car station.
First of all, it is recommended that foreign tourists can choose to travel by high-speed rail. Living near Beijing North Railway Station, take the high-speed rail at about 8 o'clock in the morning, and arrive in an hour. You can feel the elevator like a ladder at the exit. Pay attention to walking to climb the mountain, from the Badaling high-speed rail station to walk for more than ten or twenty minutes to the walking entrance. The suggestion of good physical strength should not consider the cable car. We go directly to the north and then to the south. The eighth floor of the north and then the fourth floor of the south are the highest points of the north and south lines. If you have patience to queue up, you can take pictures and punch a card. Sheed Huayin can also ask the special photography in the scenic area to spend 60 yuan to take a 12-inch big photo, it is worth it, it takes some time to queue up for the photo (according to the on-site brother, it is normal to wait for an hour on holidays). Whether it is the South Line or the North Line, it is not recommended to return on the original road on the Great Wall when you come down. One is that there are too many people and the slope is too steep. The other is that it always feels a bit awkward to go back. You can follow the special lower city passage next to it. It will come down soon. There are several pieces when the South Line comes down. The stone monuments of "not a good man" who is not a good man can take pictures and punch in, and there are not many people in line. Before going up the mountain, I personally feel that I don’t have to prepare too much food, but I must bring more water, and bring a thin coat. The wind will be a bit strong in spring and autumn. After going down the mountain, follow the signs to the 877 bus station, there are many cars, one after another, the middle is non-stop, about an hour to Deshengmen.
First time to Badaling Great Wall. Walked along the north side route to the 12th floor. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the scenery is excellent. Because it is the rest time of Qingming Festival, there are many tourists and occasionally stop, but the rhythm is very good when resting. It was great to have lunch with you at a scenic spot on the way. I was very happy to be able to experience the wonderful world heritage firsthand. Although we bought tickets with the APP, we were foreigners so needed to change to paper tickets so this job took a long time.
Undoubted attractions, China 5A scenic spots, how to shoot are beautiful. It is recommended that people who do not often exercise should take the cable car/cableway up. Not everyone can climb, especially the elderly. Some places are very steep and slippery. I see many people slipping and falling. But the cable car price is very expensive, one-way 100, two-way 140
The night Great Wall and the like under the lights of the Great Wall, which are not good people, show us the beauty of different dragons. It avoids the poor experience caused by crowding. Folk customs and other activities are also worth watching. The lighting atmosphere at the entrance and exit is also very suitable.
On the afternoon of January 15, 2024, it took 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete the round-trip of the 12 floors of the North Great Wall. The scenery is good. There are several buildings that are steep. The sun is a bit cold when it is fast down the mountain. The focus is on being close to the Badaling High-speed Railway Station. You can walk there.
The Badaling Great Wall is located at the north exit of the ancient road of Jundushanguangou in Yanqing District, Beijing. It is an important part of the Great Wall of ancient China's great defense project and is an pass of the Great Wall of Ming. The Badaling Great Wall is an important outpost of Juyongguan. It is anciently said that "Juyong's risk is not at the gate but at Badaling." Young people can climb from Beiyi to Beiba, and can't experience the feeling of being a non-good man in the Great Wall. Old people or inconvenient legs can take the ropeway directly to the North Eight, climb for a while to the highest point of the Great Wall, wheelchairs can be stored at the cableway entrance. Pay attention to the time when the cableway goes down the mountain, and the cableway is the last bus at around 4 pm. Beijiu and above roads are getting more and more difficult to walk, if you have good physical strength, you can challenge it. The scenery is more magnificent and suitable for taking pictures. It is a pity that life does not come once. Basically, you can see all the north eight, because it is close to the highest point.