Beijing Travel query

[Joseph098765]

I have two questions for Beijing Travel

1. Which is the better and cheaper way for Beijing Airport transfer ?

2. Is there any 1 day Beijing Local tour ??

[bryant.english]

1.) Taxi
2.) Taxi (I booked a taxi for the whole day during Olympic time, took in the Square, Forbidden City, Hutongs, Jade Market, The Great Wall at Badaling, all for about 600RMB split 4 ways, apparently I should have paid less!!!

[dumbdonkey]

1. Better and cheaper than what? Where are you going?
2. Of course there are. There are also travel books.

Your interweb should have a google function. You can also try wikitravel.

[virago]

There are buses at the airport that go to various locations throughout the city. Just mention the hotel and location to the guy at the ticket counter to know which bus to take.

Outside of Tianamen, Forbidden City and Hutongs there is not much to Beijing to see. All these are within walking distance from each other.

For nightlife, Shopping Wangfujing and drinking, Sanlitun.

[Morrison]

what's "Beijing Airport transfer " ?

[pin]

There are buses at the airport that go to various locations throughout the city. Just mention the hotel and location to the guy at the ticket counter to know which bus to take.

Outside of Tianamen, Forbidden City and Hutongs there is not much to Beijing to see. All these are within walking distance from each other.

For nightlife, Shopping Wangfujing and drinking, Sanlitun.

Um, what about the summer palace and the great wall?

[Stoob]

There's also the airport express which will take you to Dongzhimen for 25RMB

[virago]

Um, what about the summer palace and the great wall?

Oh, forgot about the summer palace.

I didn't include the wall as I didn't think it classed as a local tour.

[bryant.english]

Outside of Tianamen, Forbidden City and Hutongs there is not much to Beijing to see. All these are within walking distance from each other.

Jade & Silk Markets
Summer Palace
Olympic Park
Paleontology Museum
Panda exhibit

Come on Virago, I was there for 6 weeks and there was heaps to do and see - it's an incredible, massive and extremely interesting city. You could spend three days in the Hutongs alone. A few times I sat down in the Hutongs, the old ones, not the tourist ones, with a cold beer and just enjoyed soaking up local life happening around me.

Olympic Park could absorb most of a day..

Anyway!

[Morrison]

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Come on Virago, I was there for 6 weeks and there was heaps to do and see - it's an incredible, massive and extremely interesting city. You could spend three days in the Hutongs alone. A few times I sat down in the Hutongs, the old ones, not the tourist ones, with a cold beer and just enjoyed soaking up local life happening around me.

Olympic Park could absorb most of a day..

Anyway!

that's right. I think virago cracked the biggest joke ever.
Capital Museum at MuXiDi, Military Museum is one stop further west,
Lama & Confucius Temple at YongHeGong,
BaDaChu park八大处公园, to mention a few.