Beijing Travel Reviews

Beijing, the Chinese capital city boasts of innumerable places of attractions within and around the city. Tourists can have a fair idea about the rich culture, tradition and heritage of Chinese people while visiting these locales in the city. However, there is one destination in close proximity to Beijing, ... Details

Hi I went to Jiankou recently I just wanted to warn others based on my experience. Beware of scamming taxi drivers who hop on the bus (at various random bus stops) and tell you to get off the bus. They just want to scam you in getting the bus off early and take their taxis. Don't fall for it. ... Details

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Yesterday i have been to a Indian restaurant in Guanghualu Soho,name Swagat Indian Restaurant with my friends. The experience of indian food is not new for me,but from enter into the restaurant upto end is new experience for me. The manager of the restaurant welcome us opening the ... Details

Unfortunately we did not read the recommendations not to take rickshaw at north gate before the trip into the Forbidden city. We caught up in the "rickshaw" scam. Offerer in front of gate was yelling 3 Yuan or even 2 Yuan. Alarm bells started ringing when the driver didn't take the turn ... Details

I am writing this summary to warn other travellers about the Beijing Li Heng Tang Tour and Buy Goods Store. I had a wonderful time in Beijing and took several tours. I am very disappointed to report that the tours were not always up to a reasonable standard. One tour that I took involved going to several ... Details

The forbidden city is really great and other places i hav been such as summer place which was also very good and the shops that are in the forbidden city is excellent brands the hotel stayed in was called Days Inn Forbidden City the service was marvellous  ... Details

Worse experience in many years of travel both as a civilian and in the military was in the Beijing terminal. Stuck there for twenty four hours we were warned "you must not leave the terminal should you leave you will not be allowed back and will be arrested and detained" twenty dollars for ... Details

I just got back from visiting Jingdong's Stone Forest Gorge Scenic Area and Karst Cave over the Dragon Boat Festival. Bus 852 takes 1 hr 20 min(vs 918 is 2 hr). 9rmb with card else 15 rmb.
The 918/852 drop off in Pinggu is the place to pick up local bus 25.  Walk a little further down and ... Details

I am wrting this as a warning to unsuspecting tourists, like my husband and I who arrived at Beijing central train station this afternoon.   We queued for half an hour in an official taxi rank for about 30 minutes. When we got to the front of the queue we were ushered in to a taxi.  There ... Details

We spent 71 hours in Beijing and used TCG to make the arrangements for our visit. They could not have been more accommodating and pleasant to work with. TCG planned an itinerary packed full of everything you would want to see and more. When we arrived airport, our travel guide, CHRISTINE, was there ... Details