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Are you planning a Beijing vacation? With a 1000-year city history, six World Heritage Sites, thousands of shops, plentiful museums with free entry and numerous bars and clubs wowing thousands of each night, it is no wonder that Beijing is one of the world's most popular of city destinations.

For the first time Beijing vacationer: see the major atrractions in Beijing - Great Wall of China ( Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, Simatai Great Wall, Jinshanling Great Wall...), Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Hutong Tour, Olympic Stadiums, Capital Museum and many more. To well plan your vacation in Beijing, please read "Top 10 Must See Places in Beijing"for more information. .
If you are a regular vacationer: we suggest many less familiar places such as Cuandixia Village, Stone Flower Caves, Jietai Temple, Tanzhe Temple, Guyaju Caves, the Longqing Gorge, Yunju Temple, Zhoukoudian, Jingdong Stalactite Cavern, Marco Polo Bridge and many more. For more Beijing special vacation package, please visit Beijing Theme Tours or Beijing Excursions.

If you prefer a custom Beijing vacation package, please advise us your ideas and rough travel plan, and we will send you our suggested vacation package with estimated cost. Visit Beijing Customized Tour to tell us what to do for your great vacation.

This is the one-stop place to plan your Beijing Vacation! Let's start!

Beijing Tourist Map ( Sights, Hotels, Subway, Rail and Airport)

Recommended Hotels in Beijing
1. Crowne Plaza	2. Sunworld Hotel	3. Holiday Inn Express Temple
4. International Hotel	5. Prime Hotel	6. Beijing Oriental Hotel
7. Tiantan Hotel	8. Shatan Hotel	9. Redwall Hotel

Best Selling Beijing Tours Just choose the Best Selling Beijing Tours by following the footsteps of the majority. Beijing Coach Tour ( Daily Departure ) Mutianyu Great Wall & Underground Palace ( Ming Tomb )   US$30 p/p Badaling Great Wall & Changling ( Ming Tomb ) Bus Tour   US$20 p/p Beijing Classic Bus Tour   US$30 p/p Ancient Beijing & New Olympic Tour   US$30 p/p Beijing Highlight Bus Tour   US$40 p/p Badaling Great Wall & Summer Palace Bus Tour   US$30 p/p Jinshanling Great Wall Bus Tour   US$40 p/p Beijing 4-day Group Tour Package With Hotel From US$175 P/P Beijing 5-day Group Tour Package With Hotel From US$210 P/P Beijing Private Tours ( Choose your own date and time ) Mutianyu Great Wall and Underground Palace Day Tour  from US$ 60 p/p Badaling Great Wall and Underground Palace Day Tour from US$ 55 p/p Beijing Classic Day Tour from US$ 60 p/p Beijing Old City Day Tour from US$ 45 p/p Beijing Highlight Day Tour A from US$ 60 p/p Mutianyu Great Wall + Summer Palace Day Tour from US$ 60 p/p 4-Day Beijing Tour Package A ( with hotel ) from US$ 230 5-Day Beijing Tour Package A ( with hotel ) from US$ 280

Beijing Smart Travel Packages How to travel smart and how to stay smart are what many smart leisure travelers seek, who prefer a vacation package containing a rewarding educational or self-enrichment element, like museums and cultural sites and to stay in a simple, but cozy and comfortable hotel. The"Beijing Smart Packages" are a series of Beijing multi-day vacation packages designed byour experienced trip advisors to cater for those smart vacationers coming to Beijing. The branding Holiday Inn Express Temple of Heaven Beijing is selected for the smart vacation packages. Beijing 4-day Vacation Package for young couples from $300 p/p Beijing 4-day Vacation Package for couples with kids from $310 p/p Beijing 4-day Vacation Package for retirees from $310 p/p Beijing 5-day Vacation Package for young couples from $390 p/p Beijing 5-day Vacation Package for couples with kids from $400 p/p Beijing 5-day Vacation Package for retirees from $400 p/p

Beijing Popular Tour Packages Beijing private tour packages ranging from 2 days to 6 days in Beijing, private car or van, an affordable luxury way to enjoy your Beijing vacation including theGreat Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace, Temple Heaven, Ming Tombs, Hutong tour and many more - luxury vehicles and qualified guides. 4-Day Beijing Tour Package A ( without hotel ) from US$ 155 4-Day Beijing Tour Package A ( with hotel ) from US$ 230 5-Day Beijing Tour Package A ( without hotel ) from US$ 180 5-Day Beijing Tour Package A ( with hotel ) from US$ 280 6 Days Beijing Tour Package A ( without hotel ) from US$ 230 6 Days Beijing Tour Package A ( with hotel ) from US$ 364

Beijing Coach Tour Packages The Beijing cheap group tour packages on the this page will give you a chance to explore charming Beijing for an affordable price. You will spend your vacation together with other vacationers. Experience all that Beijing has to offer on an escorted group package tour. Beijing 4-day Group Tour Package With Hotel From US$175 P/P Beijing 4-day Group Tour Package Without Hotel From US$75 P/P Beijing 5-day Group Tour Package With Hotel From US$210 P/P Beijing 5-day Group Tour Package Without Hotel From US$105 P/P

Beijing Great Wall Day Tours (Great Wall Day Trips) Hiking one of the sections of Great Wall of China is on the top list of the must do activities for a first-time visitor toBeijing. The Great Wall day trips on this page are specially designed for those who love Great Wall hiking, but withlimited time - taking a day trip to the Great Wall of China. You may hike one secition, or challenge yourself by putting two sections together for a day trip. Jinshanling Great Wall Day Tour from US$ 60 Gubeikou Great Wall Day Tour from US$ 60 Gubeikou Jinshanling Great Wall Day Tour from US$ 65 Badaling & Mutianyu Great Wall Day Tour from US$ 70 Badaling & Juyongguan Great Wall Day Tour from US$ 55

Great Wall Tour Packages Staying at a local inn under the Great Wall, tasting the farmhouse food, exploring those different sections of the Great Wall and immersing yourself in the breathtaking mountain views, all these experiences are our aims for those vacationers who seek unique Great Wall hiking expereince ranging from 2 days to 5 days around Beijing. Jinshanling Great Wall 2 Day Tour from US$ 170 Gubeikou Jinshanling Great Wall 2 Day Tour from US$ 195 Mutianyu, Jinshanling & Simatai 3 Days Great Wall Tour from US$ 290 Juyongguan, Mutianyu, Jinshanling & Simatai 4 Days Tour from US$ 390 Badaling, Juyongguan, Mutianyu, Jinshanling & Simatai 5 Days Tour from US$ 495

Great Wall Romantic Vacation Packages Spending your vacation by the Great Wall of China in a romantic way designed by our in-house vacation advisors based in Beijing. These creative andromantic great wall packages incorporate helpful tour guides, clean and nice touring vehicles, the most unique restaurants and hotels, and the most unusual vewing of the Great Wall. These creative tours are ideal for romance seeking couples, senior travelers, vacationers with special interest and those who choose VIP vacation packages. Badaling & The Commune by the Great Wall Day Trip from US$ 90 Badaling & Commune by the Great Wall 2 Days Tour from US$ 250 Mutianyu Great Wall & the Schoolhouse Day Trip from US$ 74 Mutianyu Great Wall & the Schoolhouse 2 Days Tour

Beijing Private Day Tour We have listed about 20 Beijing private day tours for you to match your personal Beijing travel request. With the help of your private tour guide and driver, you'll receive more personal care and in-depth interaction, which you will never find from other standardized group travel. Choose your own day tours and pickup times Mutianyu Great Wall and Underground Palace Day Tour  from US$ 60 p/p Badaling Great Wall and Underground Palace Day Tour from US$ 55 p/p Beijing Classic Day Tour from US$ 60 p/p Beijing Old City Day Tour from US$ 45 p/p Beijing Highlight Day Tour A from US$ 60 p/p Mutianyu Great Wall + Summer Palace Day Tour from US$ 60 p/p

Beijing Coach Day Tour Our open group sightseeing tours of Beijing are a great way of discovering all about the fascinating capital. These tours are available on fixed dates all the year round. Each morning, we will pick you up from your midtown hotel, then you will go visit the major attractions together with other tourists. Groups are kept to about 10 passengers in a comfortable modern 22-seat coach with professional Beijing chauffeurs. Mutianyu Great Wall & Underground Palace ( Ming Tomb )   US$30 p/p Badaling Great Wall & Changling ( Ming Tomb ) Bus Tour   US$20 p/p Beijing Classic Bus Tour   US$30 p/p Ancient Beijing & New Olympic Tour   US$30 p/p Beijing Highlight Bus Tour   US$40 p/p Badaling Great Wall & Summer Palace Bus Tour   US$30 p/p Jinshanling Great Wall Bus Tour   US$40 p/p Beijing Opera Night Show Bus Tour   US$30 p/p Beijing Kung Fu Night Show Bus Tour   US$30 p/p

Beijing Short Vacation Packages We also arrange one day, even half day packages for the time-straped businessmen, busy travelers, short vacationers and the weekend guests. Beijing Half Day Packages Beijing Morning Packages Beijing Night Packages Beijing Layover Packages

Beijing Tour by Type Do you want to have an unique vacation in Beijing with your own passion? A passion for bird watching, for hot spring soaking, for snow skiing, for biking Beijing, for walking Beijing, for village exploring, for subway trips...etc. Pursue your special interests by choosing over 40 kinds of guided vacation packages in Beijing. Bird Watching Boat Tour Cooking Tour Cycling Tour Dinner + Show Fall Foliage Getaways Horseback Riding Tour Hot-spring Spa Tour Ski Tour Hutong Tour Martial Arts Tour Subway Tour Spring Festival Tour Spring Flower Tours Target Shooting Tour TCM Study Tour Tower Tour Village Tours in Beijing Walking Tour War Memory Tour

Beijing travel information

When to Visit Beijing
Most foreign visitors prefer spring and autumn to visit Beijing due to the comfortable weather as well as the summer months because of the school holiday. But the sparadic sandstorm in spring has kept people on alert when they plan their spring trip to Beijing. The winter time is not as bad as most people think, a good time to save money and see less visitors, thus advoiding tourist crowds.  Check When to Visit Beijing for more information.  

Before you go to Beijing
1. You need a passport and a tourist visa.
2. Find the best airfare to Beijing from airfare agencies and large travel websites like expedia and travlocity as well.
3. Study the major attractions in Beijing and find the favorable sites you like. See"Top 10 Must See Attractions in Beijing" for your reference.
4. Learn some Chinese simple sentences:

Are you going to visit Beijing China? Worried about your inability to speak Chinese ? Please find below the useful information for you:

a. It's better to pick up some simple Chinese phrases before going. How to learn Chinese?
You may turn to some websites for help. They offer Chinese learning lessons:
1) Learning Useful Chinese Phrases for Travellers
2) Bridge For Education and International Travel
Note: Chinese is a phonic language, very often similar words have different meanings based on pronounciation and different words have similar pronounciation. No pain, no gain!
b. You may go to your local bookstore or library and getting some audio tapes for Chinese learning.
c. You also try to find a community college or school offering Chinese learning for beginners.
d. Each year a huge number of travellers with little knowledge of Chinese language visit or even work in China, actually you will have no big problem at all. You know more and more local Chinese are learning English. And they are pleased to practice with you. No worry! You can find assistance anywhere

What should you pack for Beijing?
Winter ( from Dec.to Feb. ), Beijing is cold and dry, sometime coupled by strong winds. Your lips will feel very dry and uncomfortable. You can eaily buy a hat and overcoat here in Beijing at a good bargain. Take a lipstick to moisten your lips. Beijing has heating system, which is a compulsory measure from the Beijing local government. So it's quite warm and comfortable in your hotel or any indoor places during your trip.

Each year, March 15th is the official day of turning off the heat in Beijing. This special date indicates the dry, harsh cold of Beijing's winter is coming to an end though Beijingers will still have some chilly days in March. A warmer spring usually starts early April and ends early May. So a warm springtime in Beijing lasts over one month, much shorter than the best autumn time in Beijing. Kindly reminder: Wind and dust can be possible in the March.

Summer (July and August) is the rain season in Beijing. Bring a very small umbrella and light rain coat or jacket that can be rolled tight for toting in your day pack while touring. The summer in Beijing is very hot! Don't forget to get your sunglasses.

Autumn ( Sept and Oct ) is the best season for sightseeing in Beijing with blue sky and  a lot of sunshine.

See Beijing Weather  for more information.

Arriving in Beijing
When you arrive at Beijing Capital Airport, you may take a rest and have some coffee at Starbucks or KFC that have the outlets in the international arrival hall. You can exchange your money at the banks in the hall. See Currency Converter . Beijing Capital Airport has three terminals. Most of the international incoming flights land on the terminal No.03 and No. 02. Terminal 01 is mainly for domestic flights.

To get to the downtown Beijing from the airport, you have four choices:
1) Taking Beijing Airport Shuttle Bus
2) Use Beijing Taxi Service
3) Take Beijing Airport Express Train
4) Pre-book a car or van from a local travel agency (Car Rental in Beijing)
For Beijing airport shuttle bus, you should go out of the hall and find some coaches waiting outside. There are several lines. Please be sure where you are going and choose the right line. It costs about RMB 20 ( USD 3 ). If you are not quite clear about the distance between your hotel and the bus stop, we suggest you take the shuttle bus and get off at the Aviation Building in the downtown, then take a taxi to your hotel.

For taking Beijing taxi from the airport to the downtown Beijing, you should wait in line for the taxis waiting outside. For taking taxi, please pass through the "black cab drivers" who may follow at your heels. These black taxi whose rates are far above the going fare. Please head straight for the taxi line outside the arrival doors.

Make sure they use the meter, and if you notice irregularities, just point it out. Even local residents are sometimes the victims of meters. You will have to pay an extra RMB10 (roughly US$1.5 = RMB10) for the Airport Expressway toll. Once it is learned that a foreign tourist is overcharged RMB 400 from the airport to the downtown area! Normally the ride costs about RMB 120-150 ( US$20 - US$25). Most taxi driver speaks little English, maybe, just a few words. So please show your hotel in Chinese. Airport taxis come in RMB2. The flag of the former drops at RMB12 and goes up in RMB2 increments per kilometre after 3 kilometres. Please keep in mind - "a legal taxi's plaque number starts with the number "B"!

Are you looking for the airport transfer service between Beijing Capital Airport and your midtown hotel or residential area in Beijing? Tour-Beijing Travel Service has a fleet of variou kinds of vehicles. We are able to meet most of your Beijing airport transfer service with our years'experience. Check out Beijing Airport Transfer for more information.

Money Exchange in Beijing
How and where to exchange your money when you travel to Beijing China?
Usually you may do money exchange at the banks or ATM machine at the Beijing Capital Airport when you arrive. They make the same deal either you do it at the airport banks or at ATM machine. When you do the money exchange, don't forget to take your passport. Please keep your receipt. It is vaild for three months! you can use the receipt to exchange your RMB ( Chinese money ) back to your currency when you leave China.

When you run out of money, you can also exchange your money at the counter of your hotel in Beijing. Each hotel has the capacity to do the money exchange for you since Bank of China or other banks in China will have their counters at the foreign-related hotels

Where to stay in Beijing
There are the over 800 star-rated hotels in Beijing. A plethora of Beijing hotel options are likely to remain around to tantalize and torture you. We at Tour-Beijing Travel Service try to simplify your selection process into the top 9 best value hotels in Beijing, saving your time and your money. Check the top 9 hotels in Beijin.  More hotel options in Beijing:
Top 10 Beijing Hostels
Top 10 Budget Hotels in Beijing
Top 10 Luxury Hotels in Beijing
Top 10 Boutique Hotels in Beijing

Beijing Cuisine:
No matter where you are from, you can easily find your home food. In Beijing, a capital of China, you can get almost any kind of food you prefer. There are restaurants of all sizes all over the city, showcasing the foods from all the world. There are a lot of western fast food options for the those who prefer international standard food (like McDonald's,Pizza Hut, KFC).

It's interesting to enter a local small restaurants. Most of them have no English menus, but most offer very good food. Street food is amazing. Of course, make sure the dishes appears clean. You can find the night snack market in Wangfujing Street. In the over 50 stalls that open each night, you can get all kinds of local flavors from all over China. You even can find the fried scorpions, little whole barbecued birds, or sea horses, or chicken hearts, or livers.

Top 10 Beijing Restaurants

Must see scenic and historical sites in Beijing
There are five major scenic spots for first time visitors to Beijing, namely, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace ( these three are within the city ); Great Wall and Ming Tombs ( the two sites are in the suburb). To cover the 5 sites, you have to spend 2 full days. Tiananmen Square can be coupled with the visit to Forbidden City since they are next to each other.

In the evening, if you are not dog-tired, you can mix with the local people, and go to Wangfujing Street shopping and enjoying local flavors at Donghuamen night market. The other night, you may go to Houhai Bar street to take a rest having some drinks while enjoying the night view of the Houhai lake.

If you only have one day free in Beijing, we suggest you visit Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Great Wall -- the highlight of the Beijing highlight! If you have an extra day in Beijing ( third full day ), you may go to visit Hutong by taking rickshaw. Still, if you have more free time, you can take some side trips to Chengde, Beihdaihe, Mountain Tai, Qufu or Datong.

If you have more time for sightseeing, you can go to Xian, Shanghai or Guilin, even Yangtze River cruise. The scenic spots and tour cities just mentioned are the "must to see" sites while you travel in Beijing China. See Top 10 Must See Attractions in Beijing, Top 10 Things for Kids to Do in Beijing, Top 10 Beijing Museums,Top 10 Most Romantic Places in Beijing, Top 10 Free Things to Do in Beijing.

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How to go to the Great Wall?
You have five ways to go to the Great Wall:
1) Take Beijing seat-in coach tours organized by a local travel agency to Badaling, Mutianyu or Simatai. The tour of Mutianyu and Simatai exclude any shopping. No worry! But these tours have fixed departures, so have nice and well arranged travel plan in advance.
2) Take Beijing private tour organized by a local travel agency to the Dadaling, Mutianyu, Simatai, Jinshanling or Huanghuacheng. The tour to Badaling includes some shoppping.
3) Take Beijing public bus to the Great Wall. First take a cab to the Deshengmen bus station and take an express bus to the Badaling Section of the wall. The bus leaves from behind the Bell tower and is the no. 919 (make sure you get righ texpress, airconditioned bus, not the normal one which stops all the way).
4) Ask the concierge at your hotel and arrange a Beijing taxi for you to go to the Great Wall. It is pricy, but it's more flexible.
5) Hire a car or van for with a driver to  traverse Beijing ( Beijing car rental ).

Which part of the Great Wall should I climb? And how can I get to the Wall
Tips for Visiting the Great Wall of China around Beijing
How to visit Great Wall by train
Sleeping on the Great Wall
Gubeikou Jinshanling Great Wall Hiking

Go Around Beijing
Touring Beijing with a tour group is good for the first time tourist. But if you really want to travel independently, you should break off from the pack and do some touring on your own. We provide some tips and insight on how to get about Beijing and some spots in the suburban area. See Beijing Transportation. You can take the public bus to the main attractions outside Beijing.

Don't know how to cross the streets in Beijing?

Shopping in Beijing
10 famous Beijing shopping streets including the Wangfujing, Dongdanbei, Longfusi, Xidanbei, Qianmen and Xiusuhi streets, and Liulichang Cultural Street. These streets boast modern malls and boutiques or special articles shops and provide various kinds of services.

The goods tourists to Beijing prefer to buy are unique handicrafts and cultural relics full of Beijing flavor, such as cloisonn, jade ware, bronzes and stone tablets with inscriptions, writing brushes, ink sticks, paper and ink slabs, antiques, paintings, calligraphic works and handicrafts including dough figurines, facial masks and kites unique to Beijing.

Top 10 Beijing Markets
Top 10 Beijing Shopping Malls
Top 10 Beijing Souvenirs

Beijing Nightlife
Actually 20 year ago,there was no nightlife of what people expected like today. Now things have changed greatly and the nightlife in Beijing has been developing. In comparison with the other big cities like Shanghai and Hong Kong, Beijing may be regarded soft night experience, but Beijing is becoming more and more attractive when people seek nightlife. Check out Beijing Night Tour and How to Enjoy Beijing Nightlife for more information.

Wangfujing Night Food Street

Beijing Layout
Beijing local people often mention "ring road" when talking about the city roads in Beijing. Ring Roads circle the city and the city has now six ring roads. The first ring road theoretically goes around the Forbidden City, which is the middle of the city, but in reality, it doesn't exist.

So the ring roads start with the second ring road. People often consider the city within the third ring road as city proper. When people talk about city center, it means the area around Wangfujing Street, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square within the second ring road.

The city is administrationally divided into several districts - they are Chaoyang District, which goes from the centre of the city all the way out to the Olympic sites in the north. Dongcheng District lies directly to the east of the Forbidden City, Xicheng District to the west; Xuanwumen District to the south, and Haidian, holding many of the capital's universities, in the north of the city.

There are now over 10 subway lines; Tiananmen Square, Wangfujing, Qianmen, and Lama Temple and Confucius are can be reached by subway. There are many public coaches connecting the city main sites. There are also tourist coaches to some major sites in the city and the suburbs.

The present city still finds its the basic outline of the Imperial City 500 years ago in Yuan Dynasty with a clear north-south axis and a lot of narrow lanes. The round line of the subway and the second-ring road almost liken the none-existant old city wall. The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square are located in the middle of the city.

The area close the north of the Forbidden City once homed court officials and royal families. Some of these old residential houses can still be found in the hutongs or alleys. These hutongs now has turned into the popular sites for a visit to the city. It's a pity that in some other parts of the city, the old alleys are being fast turned down for new buildings and houses.

Close to the south of the Forbidden City is Wangfujing Street, a busy walking commercial street and a place with some famous hotels. Wangfujing is walking distance to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

To the Northeast of the Forbidden City is Chaoyang District, which holds some of the city's expat community and also the layout of many hotels which are for foreign clients. Far to the Northwest is the Badaling Great Wall and Juyongguan Great Wall. The Beijing Capital International Airport is located to the northeast of the city with about 40 minutes by drive.

Northwest to the Forbidden City is The Summer Palace and Weigongcun which hold many higher learning institutes, like Beijing University, Tsinghua University and more. Temple of Heaven is located within southern second ring road.

Beijing Travel Tips
1. Bring little packages of kleenex to use in the toilets.
2. Carry a card with your hotel's name and address in Chinese.
3. Be prepared to bargain for items when shopping 20-30% of what the shop keepers price is.
4. Make sure you tell the taxi drivers to put the meter on and that you want a receipt.
5. Be careful with your personal items, there are huge crowds of people everywhere.
6. A local guide can be very helpful in touring sites, making arrangements and acting as a middle-man translator.
7. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is spectacular, and supposedly less touristy.
8. Snacks from home are a good thing.
9. Bring bug spray.
10. Bring an open mind, things are different and not necessarily as sanitary as in the Western world.
11. Never accept rides from taxis that don't have a working meter. Just get out and find another one.
12. Don't go hiking far alone on remote sections of the Great Wall.
13. Advice on taking taxi:
Taking a taxi is quite easy in Beijing. Bust there are some illegal taxi in Beijing! You can use the following methods to choose the real taxi:
1) The taxi plaque number starts with the number B
2) The taxi should be equippped with the light on the top and meter measuring.
3) Please take a taxi on the road instead of a taxi waiting somewhere. The empty taxi must show a red light in the front window. My experience tells me that here are two areas where you will encounter the illegal ( black ) taxi:
A.The taxi waiting at the North Gate of Forbidden City. Actually the legal cabs are not permitted to wait in fornt of the gate. If you want to take a taxi when you finish your visit to Forbidden City, we suggest you walk about 200 meters and find a taxi going on the road B.Please take a serious look at the taxi waiting at the Summer Palace. We still suggest you use a moving taxi. Don't use a the taxi which has no B or with funny colour ( normal colour: yellow and Red ).
14. Fake art students:
In some areas, you may meet some so-called art students who are approaching to you and talking with you mainly at the aim of practicing English with you. In fact, later, they want to sell some artifacts by taking you to an exhibition hall!

Beijing: Toilets
Of course,this is a sensitive subject. There are two kinds of restrooms: sitting and squatting, but most are the latter. Please keep in mind that there is seldom toilet paper in the most toilets, so bring your paper always on hand, and even take some anti-bacterial wipes. Hotels here have very good toilets.

Some in the tourist sites are all right. But you will find some toilets are terrible! Sometimes the smell is beyond belief. Usually our tour guide advise us to use toilet before going to some remote area like great wall.But things are changing to the better now at least in Beijing.

Beijing Emergencies
When you are traveling in Beijing or other parts of China and find yourself in emergency, the urgent telephone number is 110 for police, 119 for fire and 120 for ambulance. But while you are in Hong Kong or Macau, please use the number of 999 for emergency services.

Foreign Tourists are every often the victims or the targets for thieves, so visitors should keep passports and money from pickpockets. It is also a good idea to keep from wearing impressive jewelry or disclose money in public.

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