Beijing Travel is an important category of this travel blog which includes over 15 sub-categories including Beijing Attractions, Beijing Excursions, Beijing Great Wall, Beijing Nightlife, Beijing Transportation…
If you are going to visit Beijing, it is advisable to come back to this category often to upgrade your travel information on Beijing.
Both Beijing and London are historic cities with long history. Each city has its own unique traditions with tangible symbols. If you are in Beijing on your maiden Beijing Tour, you will easily decern some Beijing local traditonal culture. Among others, you will be amazed by the millions of cyclists on the streets in Beijing,…
Many foreign and domestic travelers are interested in an organized Beijing Bike Tour or independent Beijing cycle trips. Bicycles have the advantages of low cost and energy efficiency. It is also healthy, and easier and quicker to shuttle through Beijing’s hutongs. For independent cyclists, they find quite diffucult to ride in Beijing mainly due to the lack…
The city of London is rife with the red double-decker buses, one of the local cultural tradition of London. No wonder on the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing a London double-decker bus became the main actor accompanied by the famous football David Beckhamon on the stage ushering the coming 2012 Olympic Games to be held in…
Where to stay in Beijing? Or where is the best area to stay in Beijing? This question often lingers in the minds of those who are planning their first trip to Beijing. For international tourists using internet to arrange their own independent Beijing travel, booking a suitable hotel in Beijing is a daunting task since Beijing…
Important Notice Wangfujing Night Food Street is closed and not available now. The food street is officially known as “Donghuamen Night Food Street”(东华门美食坊夜市). If you still want to experience the local exotic snack food, you may go to Wangfujing Snack Street instead. ————————————————————————————————————————— If you ramble along Wangfujing Street in the evening during your Beijing…
Plan your Great Wall Tour? There are mainly 16 sections of Great Wall in Beijing, including sections of Badaling, Juyongguan, Simatai, Jinshanling, Mutianyu, Gubeikou, Jiankou and Huanghuacheng. Among the 16 sections of Great Wall, the first five sections are very famous and visited by travelers every year. Different Great Wall sections have different features. So which section…
Beijing Climate, Beijing Weather This afternoon, I go to the south gate of Zhongnanhai for a glimpse of the blooming Yulan Magnolia planted along the red wall topped by glazed tiles. The weather report says tomorrow the temperature will plummet from Today’s maximum 22 degrees to tomorrow’ maximum 9 degrees. So today is maybe the…
“Longmenjian” literally means “dragon gate canyon”. Longmenjian Canyon is officially named Longmenjian Canyon Scenic Area. This is a well developled scenic area with an area of 20 square kilometers, about 90 km away from the Beijing city proper. Longmenjian Canyon is 15km in length, the longest canyon in Beijing. Longmenjian Canyon is famous for its rugged…