Chengde Taxi Plan your Chengde tour? At the time of my writing, generally the present number of taxis in Chengde is fairly enough to meet the market demand. So, it is relatively easy for you to hail a taxi on the streets in Chengde. To rent a car with driver in Chengde, please check out…
While planning your Beijing tour, you may consider an interesting side trip to Chengde (承德). This short travel guide is aimed at helping you in choosing the best travel options between Beijing and Chengde. There are three major ways of travellng from Beijing to Chengde – Train, bus or driving. We’ll help you assess the…
Among the dozen of the notable Great Wall sections around Beijing, Jinshanling Great Wall has always been one of my favorites. It is less crowded than Badaling Great Wall and more original than Mutianyu Great Wall. I’m crazy about Mutianyu Great Wall too, especially hiking from the broken and overgrown Jiankou Great Wall, a mecca…
Plan your Hebei Tour? Located in the northwest of Hebei Province, the low profile and often neglected Zhangjiakou (张家口) is now in the limelight, which is mainly caused by two factors below: 1) Beijing Zhangjiakou Highspeed trains have been put into operation; 2) Beijing and Zhangjiakou together hold the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. It is worth…
Enlisted as World Cultural Heritage Site, the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are located 135 kilometers east of downtown Beijing. It is the largest existing imperial mausoleum complex in China, with the most complete system and the most appropriate layout. The whole burial site is surrounded by the mountains on its four sides –…
Are you interested in a Great Wall Tour? The Great Wall section extended west from Zhuizishan Great Wall is known as Xiaohekou Great Wall. Xiaohekou Great Wall is named after a natural village called “Xiaohekou” which literally means “a small river’s mouth”. Xiaohekou Village is located within the administrative village known as Xigou Village in Yongan Town of Suizhong County…
Planning your Great Wall tour? If hiking on unrestored and original sections of the Wall is your main interest, then Chengziyu Great Wall is not to be missed. This section of the Great Wall lies to the west of Xiaohekou Great Wall. If you keep on walking from Chengziyu Great Wall to the west, you…
Xuliukou section of the Great Wall is just linked to the west section of Liujiakou Great Wall. We don’t have enough time to hike from Liujiakou Great Wall to Xuliukou Great Wall, instead again we drive from Liujiakou Village to Xuliukou Village where Xuliukou Great Wall is located. If you keep on hiking from Xuliukou Great…