How to Visit Beijing in 8 Days

Plan your Beijing tour? Beijing has lots to offer. Though 2 or 3 full days are enough for you to grab the highlights of Beijing, more days are needed to have a better feel of the historical and modern city of Beijing.

Today we receive an enquiry from a client named Mrs.Vered. We are amazed by her clear and detailed description for what they want for their 8-day trip to Beijing. Empowered by internet, a layman could possibly become a destination expert in a relatively short time!

We are much pleased to post her 8-day travel plan with slight modification for future visitors to share, and followed by my own version of Beijing 8 day travel arrangement ( day by day ) per their travel plan.

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Hello Tour Beijing,

My husband and me are considering to come for a visit in Beijing in mid November for 8 days. We read in your web site about the main attractions and listed them below.

We would like also to get out of the city and see some nature (my husband is a botanist), this can be connected with the great wall walk and with the Cuandixia Village visit.

Can you please go through this list and let us know if it’s good for 8 days or whether we have missed any interesting attraction (by the way, we don’t like the opera and theater shows….) and prepare for us a 8 days schedule including a quote (no hotels) . In general, we prefer to have a car with a driver and English speaking tour guide.

Major attractions
Forbidden City (imperial garden, watches museum, jewelry room)
Tiananmen Square
The National Museum
Capital Museum
Summer Palace
Temple of Heaven
Lama Temple – Yonghegong + Confucius Temple
hutong is Nanluoguxiang or in the Gulou
Bell tower + drum tower
Jingshan Park – Imperial garden.
Beihai Park
Beijing National Grand Theatre (just to see the building)
798 Space

Out of the city
Great Wall – Mutianyu + Ming Tombs
Cuandixia Village

Shopping
Wangfujing Street
(Wangfujing Night Market)
Silk Market

Antiques
Liulichang Antique Street
Panjiayuan Flea Market

Best Regards

Vered

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Based on Mrs.Vered’s travel plan, I tailor-make a day-by-day travel plan for the 8 Day Beijing Tour Package below:

Day 01: Arrival at Beijing and transferred to the hotel in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day and recover from possible jet lag.
Day 02: Panjiayuan Flea Market ( 1 hour), Tiananmen Square （30 minutes), Beijing National Grand Theatre (10 minutes, The National Museum ( 2 hours ), Temple of Heaven ( 2 hours )
Day 03: Forbidden City (including watches museum, jewelry room) 3-4 hours, Jingshan Park ( 1 hour)., Beihai Park ( 1 hpur), Wangfujing Night Market ( 1-2 hours)
Day 04: Geat Wall – Mutianyu + Ming Tombs ( underground palace), Silk Market
Day 05: Lama Temple – Yonghegong + Confucius Temple, hutong is Nanluoguxiang or in the Gulou, Bell tower + drum tower, visit 798 Space
Day 06: Cuandixia Village, Liulichang Antique Street.
Day 07: Summer Palace (2 hours) and Capital Museum ( 2 hours )
Day 08: Leave Beijing

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours

If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:

Beijing Day Tour
Beijing Tour Packages
Beijing Winter Tour
Beijing Autumn Tour
Great Wall Tour
Car Rental in Beijing
Beijing Tours
China City Tours
China Tour

Further Readings

Best Time to Visit Beijing
How to plan a trip to Beijing

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing
How to Visit Forbidden City
How to Visit Temple of Heaven
How to Visit Summer Palace
How to Visit Ming Tombs
How to Visit the Great Wall of China
How to Visit Tiananmen Square
How to Visit Hutongs
How to Visit Olympic Sites

Top 10 Markets in Beijing
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing
Beijing Shopping

Wangfujing Walking Street
Qianmen Commercial Street
Gui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street

Any questions, just drop a line.

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