Beijing is packed with hundreds of attractions – scenic spots, historical sites, museums and a great choice of local events. To visit all these sites takes you over one months. If you are going to spend only three days for your Beijing Tours, you should well choose the attractions worth visiting and catching your interest as well.
I’m pleased to give you my version of Beijing three day tour for your reference. Hopefully based on my suggested 3-day Beijing Tour plan, you are able to design your own Beijing three-day tour schedule.
Day One:
Get up early in the morning. Temple of Heaven is your starting poit. Then take a walk along the axis from south to north and enjoy the harmony of the city structure which took its form in Yuan (1279-1368) and Ming ( 1368-1644) Dynasties.
Taking some time to walk through the newly renovated Qianmen Pedestrian Street lined with shops and restaurants. You may grab some local food as your lunch. Dazhalan is a must for you to walk for a while exploring the ancient street in Beijing. Pass through Zhengyangmen Tower ( Arrow Tower) and then walk through a Beijing Subway tunnel to Tiananmen Square.
The Forbidden City is a must see highlight for every first time visitor to Beijing. Jingshan Park is not to be missed a visit. Often dubbed as Winter Palace by westerners, Beihai Park is the oldest imperial garden in the world as well as one of the largest in China. Walk through the north gate of Beihai park, you come to the most famous night hangout in Beijing – Shichahai. Take a cab to the nearby Guijie, Ghost Street , a 1442-meter long gourmet street, located within Dongzhimennei Dongcheng District.
How to visit Beijing in One Day for detailed travel information.
Day Two:
If you’ve already finished your ” One Day in Beijing “, you are advised to have a full-day excursion the Great Wall Mutianyu and the Ming Tombs in the northen part of Beijing. Please check How to visit Beijing in One Day for more Beijing Travel information if you haven’t read my previous post regarding how to see Beijing in one day.
On this second day, you have a full day excursion to the most beautiful section of the Great Wall - Mutianyu Great Wall and the mysterious Ming Tombs (one of the 13 imperial tombs in Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644).
How to Visit Beijing in Two Days for detailed travel information.
Day Three:
Your morning is focused on Summer Palace, Capital Museum and National Threatre. Summer Palace is the largest summer resort in China. Now it has long been turned into a huge public park. Capital Musuem is your afternoon’s highlight. After Capital Museum, you move on to Tiananmen Square, then visit China National Threatre.
Summer Palace was a royal palace in later Qing Dynasty, only secondary to the Forbidden City ( now the Palace Museum ). Summer Palace is actually not just a royal palace where once Princess Dowager Cixi and the emperor lived and handled court affairs, accepted laudations and received foreign diplomats during their stay in the Summer Palace. It also epitomizes classical Chinese architecture, in terms of both garden design and construction. It is the largest royal garden in Beijing, now a good retreat for holiday makers.
Add: Yiheyuan (Summer Palace) Road, Haidian District 62881144-209
Open Time: 6:30-20:30
Take busses No.726, 826, 718, 332, 331 or 737 and get of at Yiheyuan Dongmen
Entrance Fee: RMB 40 (low season) / RMB 50 (peak season)
Open Time: 6:30-20:30
Take busses No.726, 826, 718, 332, 331 or 737 and get of at Yiheyuan Dongmen
Entrance Fee: RMB 40 (low season) / RMB 50 (peak season)
With grandeur architecture, abundant exhibitions, advanced technology and complete functions, the Capital Museum, large and modern, makes its contribution to the titles such as “famous historical and cultural city”, “cultural center” and “international metropolis” of Beijing and ranks among the first class museums both at home and abroad.
Entrance Fee: Free
Subway: Muxidi Station, Line 1
Buses:
Bus No. 1, No. 4, No. 52 and No. 37 to the stop “Gonghuidalou” (Labor Union Building)
No. 937, No. 727, No. 717, No. 650, No. 708, No. 26, No. 319 to the stop Baiyun Rd.
Special Bus No. 1 to the stop “Muxidi”
Reservation on phone: 63370491 63370492
Open Time: 09:00-17:00 ( Closed on Monday )
Buses:
Bus No. 1, No. 4, No. 52 and No. 37 to the stop “Gonghuidalou” (Labor Union Building)
No. 937, No. 727, No. 717, No. 650, No. 708, No. 26, No. 319 to the stop Baiyun Rd.
Special Bus No. 1 to the stop “Muxidi”
Reservation on phone: 63370491 63370492
Open Time: 09:00-17:00 ( Closed on Monday )
National Grand Theatre
National Grand Theatre , or The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), is one of the 4 most important buildings in Beijing. The other three landmarks are China CCTV Tower, Water Cube (Beijing National Aquatics Center) and Bird’s Nest (National Stadium). If you are interested in modern contemporary architecture, the egg-shape theatre is absolutely worth having a glimpse.
Address is: No. 2, West Chang’an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100031
Take subway and get off at (Exit C) on Beijing Subway Line 1
Bus routes 1 , 4 , 10 , 20 , 37 , 52 , 726 , 728 and 802 all stop at Tian’anmen West
Take subway and get off at (Exit C) on Beijing Subway Line 1
Bus routes 1 , 4 , 10 , 20 , 37 , 52 , 726 , 728 and 802 all stop at Tian’anmen West
