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 good 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 new visitors to share, 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 8 Day Beijing Tour Package:

 

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

 

Any questions, just drop a line.

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