If you are collecting online travel information on flight deals and tour packages to Beijing from Hong Kong, as local travel experts staying in Beijing, we are very much pleased to help you plan your Hong Kong Beijing Tour by choosing your Hong Kong – Beijing air-tickets, Beijing airport transfer, Beijing hotels, Beijing travel packages as well as offering you Beijing travel tips.
With the fast development of coming of internet age, common travelers can easily get the access to the great amount of travel information on any places or countries they are going to see.
Hong Kong Beijing travel can be easily planned if you are ready to get some useful travel information. Bombarded with huge great amount of basic travel information, travelers are more interested in having more useful and profession travel advice, which helps them to make up their mind in terms of how to have the flight deals, cheap hotels; how to use the public transport in Beijing; how to know the must see attractions and how to plann their day by day itinerary in Beijing.
Below are some of our suggested travel advice and tips about how to arrange your Beijing travel from Hong Kong:
1. Learn about Beijing’s climate before you go!
It is better to get some information on Beijing Climate before you leave Hong Kong to Beijing. Beijing is classified as “continental monsoon.” with four distinctive seasons. Beijing Spring is short, a bit dusty and windy. Beijing Summer is hot, but the hot weather doesn’t last long, and the rainfall is plentiful in summer.
Autumn, lasting about 50 days, is the best season for sightseeing and the temperature is mild and the sun is out for much longger time. Beijing Winter is long and cold, but the ice lantern shows an skiing still draw many tourists.
| Beijing Temperature and Rainfall | ||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Temperature (Celsius) | -4.6 | -2.2 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 19.8 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 24.4 | 19.4 | 12.4 | 4.1 | -2.7 |
| Rainfall (cm) | 3.0 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 19.4 | 33.1 | 77.8 | 192.5 | 212.3 | 57.0 | 24.0 | 6.6 | 2.6 |
| Days of rainfall | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 9.7 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 |
The information above can give you an rough idea about what the Beijing weather will be like, but there’s no match for checking the short-range forecast before you leave home.
2. Book Your Flights from Hong Kong to Beijing
After your have decided when to visit and what to pack for your Hong Kong Beijing trip, the next important thing is to book your Hong Kong Beijing air-tickets. The air-tickets account for the most of your travel expenses. So to have cheap air-tickets is a key element to lower your travel cost. As a result, locating a right ticket booking agent is very vital.
You may still use your own ticketing agency in Hong Kong or the online air-ticket booking agents such as flights.english.ctrip.com, skyscanner.net, farecompare.com, wego.com, CheapTickets.com, Expedia.com. Hotwire.com, Kayak.com, Orbitz.com, Priceline.com and Travelocity.com.
If you are also recommended to directly contact the airlines to get the first hand air-tickets for better commissions or points (dragonair.com, cathaypacific.com).
Your plane will leave from Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG), also known as Chek Lap Kok Airport and arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) in Beijing, and vice versa for the return flight.
3. Book Your Beijing Hotel Up Front
After your Hong Kong Beijing flights are reserved, your next tough job is to book your hotel up front in Beijing. As your know, Beijing has over 800 hotels ranging from 1 to 5 star levels. So it is quite challenging to find a perfect hotel for your short stay in Beijing.
After your Hong Kong Beijing flights are reserved, your next tough job is to book your hotel up front in Beijing. As your know, Beijing has over 800 hotels ranging from 1 to 5 star levels. So it is quite challenging to find a perfect hotel for your short stay in Beijing.
You can still ask your hotel booking agent in Hong Kong to do it for you. Or you may check out the online hotel booking websites such , hoteltravel.com, english.ctrip.com, expedia.com, travelocity.com, booking.com, priceonline.com and many more. If you have little time searching for the over 800 star-rated hotels in Beijing, you may check out our selected three best value hotels in Beijing
| Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing | Sunworld Hotel |
| Prime Hotel | International Hotel |
| Tiantan Hotel | Beijing Oriental Culture Hotel |
| Holiday Inn Express Temple of Heaven | Shatan Hotel |
| Redwall Hotel | Botai Hotel |
4. How to get from Beijing Capital Airport to your hotel in Beijing
Now you are arriving at Beijing Capital Airport and going to use a local transfer service from Beijing Capital Airport to your hotel in Beijing.
First, you should have an idea on Beijing Capital Airport. At the time of writing, there are 3 terminals at Beijing capital airport – T3, T2 and T1. Most of the international flights arrive at T3 and T2.
Now you are arriving at Beijing Capital Airport and going to use a local transfer service from Beijing Capital Airport to your hotel in Beijing.
First, you should have an idea on Beijing Capital Airport. At the time of writing, there are 3 terminals at Beijing capital airport – T3, T2 and T1. Most of the international flights arrive at T3 and T2.
T2 and T1 are connected by a corridor. T3 is a little far from both T2 and T1. There is a Free Inter-Terminal Shuttle Buses connecting the three terminal: T3, T2 and T1. At present T3 is the largest single terminal in the world. Please know in advance at which terminal you are arriving or departing to avoid a wrong terminal. Detailed information about the terminals at Beijing Airport. You can select one of the following 4 ways of city transportation to go from Beijing capital airport to your downtown hotel Beijing.
Beijing Car Rental
Beijing Airport Shuttle Bus Service
Beijing Airport Taxi Service
Beijing Airport Express Train
5. Arrange Your Daily Travel Plan in Beijing
Please see below our recommended Beijing trip plan for your reference:
1) Beijing in One Day:
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Badaling Great Wall ( or Mutianyu Great Wall )
2) Beijing in Two Days:
Day 01: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace, Beijing Opera
Day 02: Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall ( or Mutianyu Great Wall )
3) Beijing in Three Days:
Day 01: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace
Day 02: Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall ( or Mutianyu Great Wall )
Day 03: Hutongs, Lama Temple and Olympic Sites, Silk Market, Beijing Opera
4) Beijing in Four Days:
Day 01: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace
Day 02: Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall
Day 03: Hutongs, Lama Temple, Olypic Sites, Silk Market, Beijing Opera
Day 04: Beijing Capital Museum, Panda House, CCTV Headquaters Building, Grand Natioal Theatre, 798 Space
Please see below our recommended Beijing trip plan for your reference:
1) Beijing in One Day:
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Badaling Great Wall ( or Mutianyu Great Wall )
2) Beijing in Two Days:
Day 01: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace, Beijing Opera
Day 02: Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall ( or Mutianyu Great Wall )
3) Beijing in Three Days:
Day 01: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace
Day 02: Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall ( or Mutianyu Great Wall )
Day 03: Hutongs, Lama Temple and Olympic Sites, Silk Market, Beijing Opera
4) Beijing in Four Days:
Day 01: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace
Day 02: Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall
Day 03: Hutongs, Lama Temple, Olypic Sites, Silk Market, Beijing Opera
Day 04: Beijing Capital Museum, Panda House, CCTV Headquaters Building, Grand Natioal Theatre, 798 Space
6. Get around in Beijing
Generally speaking, getting around in Beijing is still easy using such public transports as subway, buses, taxi and bikes, though you often hit a traffic snag in rush hours.
Generally speaking, getting around in Beijing is still easy using such public transports as subway, buses, taxi and bikes, though you often hit a traffic snag in rush hours.
In the past 30 years, Beijing transportation has been improved greatly with widened roads, lengthened subway lines, more clean buses, more environmentally friendly taxis etc. But like any other metropolitan cities worldwide, you will encounter a traffic gridlock in a peak hour. So try to avoid peak hours and well plan your Beijing travel in advance to keep from possible delay.
7. See the Top Sights in Beijing
Now it is time for you to know the top places to see and things do in Beijing for your limted stay in Beijing. It takes much longer time to enjoy all Beijing City has to offer.
Now it is time for you to know the top places to see and things do in Beijing for your limted stay in Beijing. It takes much longer time to enjoy all Beijing City has to offer.
If you only have quite limited time in Beijing, you are advisd to know the must see attractions and make most of your trip by visiting the top 10 attractions in Hong Kong or doing the top 10 things. See Top 10 Attractions in Beijing.
8. What to Eat in Beijing
Your Beijing trip is incomplete without having a bite of Being roast duck. As China’s capital, Beijing has foods from all over China as well as from all corners of the world. There are some kinds of the local foods which are unique to Beijing, and while you are here you should eat as much of the local cuisine as you can.
9. Beijing Shopping
Shopping in Beijing is becoming more and more convenient. Every year new shopping centers, plazas and malls are sprouting up all over the capital. Just 20 years ago there were only a few department stores and small bazaars, but now there are many superstores, mega-malls and markets and boutiques where you can buy just about anything you need.
Shopping in Beijing is becoming more and more convenient. Every year new shopping centers, plazas and malls are sprouting up all over the capital. Just 20 years ago there were only a few department stores and small bazaars, but now there are many superstores, mega-malls and markets and boutiques where you can buy just about anything you need.
There are various places to go for shopping, depending on what you expect and the prices you are prepared to pay.
Looking for an evening bar or a pub? Or maybe you are interested in Beijing Opera or Chinese acrobatics show? Beijing nightlife is very colourful. Beijing nightlife has more to offer! If you travel with your kids, then enjoying Kung Fu show in the evening is a must.
Young and energetic, you may go to disco or live jazz. If you like to know more about old Beijing and enjoy Chinese tea, you can go to teahouses.
| Beijing Bar & Pub Areas | Beijing Opera | Beijing Acrobatics |
| Beijing Kung Fu Show | Beijing Teahouse Theater | Cultural city of Beijing |
11. Beijing Travel Tips
Traveling is also a way of life. Beijing, of course, is very much different from your hometown. Having some empathy or putting yourself in “Beijing’s shoes” is highly advised. So it is necessary to have some useful travel tips about Beijing before leaving for Beijing.
Traveling is also a way of life. Beijing, of course, is very much different from your hometown. Having some empathy or putting yourself in “Beijing’s shoes” is highly advised. So it is necessary to have some useful travel tips about Beijing before leaving for Beijing.
12. Purchase a Beijing Travel package
Whether you are a DIY traveler or you are still a frequent travel agency users (there are pros and cons to this approach), when come to traveling Beijing, it is a good way to combine independent travel with private or group sightseeing tours to make the most out of your Beijing visit since Beijing has too much to offer.
To purchase a Beijing tour package from a local travel agency in Beijing, you’ll get more fresh knowledge of Beijing from a local Chinese speaking or English-speaking tour guide. We organize Beijing tour from the moment you arrive in Beijing to when we transfer you back there at the end of a perfect vacation. Or you may select any of the travel service from us including transport, day tours, accommodation, meal arrangements, night shows, and tour guides.
| 13. More Beijing Travel Tips |
Tips for Visiting Tiananmen Square
Tips for visiting Summer Palace
Tips for Visiting the Temple of Heaven
Forbidden City Travel Tips – The Palace Museum Travel Tips
Tips for Visiting the Great Wall of China around Beijing
How to Visit Ming Tombs in Beijing
How to visit Beihai Park Beijing
How to visit Shichahai
How to visit Bird’s Nest and Water Cube
How to visit CCTV Tower in Beijing
How to Visit National Grand Theatre in Beijing
Top 10 Most Romantic Places in Beijing
How to Enjoy Beijing Nightlife
Top 10 Beijing Souvenirs
Top 10 Tourist Scams Beijing
Tips for visiting Summer Palace
Tips for Visiting the Temple of Heaven
Forbidden City Travel Tips – The Palace Museum Travel Tips
Tips for Visiting the Great Wall of China around Beijing
How to Visit Ming Tombs in Beijing
How to visit Beihai Park Beijing
How to visit Shichahai
How to visit Bird’s Nest and Water Cube
How to visit CCTV Tower in Beijing
How to Visit National Grand Theatre in Beijing
Top 10 Most Romantic Places in Beijing
How to Enjoy Beijing Nightlife
Top 10 Beijing Souvenirs
Top 10 Tourist Scams Beijing
hi
i will be visiting Hong Kong in the last week of december. I wish to visit beijing (specifically, the Great Wall ).
Can you tell me if you have a tour from Hong Kong to Beijing and back
regards
Hello Mohit,
Sorry, we don’t have organized tours from Hong Kong to Beijing and back to Hong Kong. You prepare your air-tickets to Beijing, then join in the local group tours in Beijing. Have a good time in Beijing!