Beijing Travel Reviews

Beijing is like most other capitals in the world - big, showy, crowded, official. Like others, she has lovely buildings, wide streets, centres of culture, shopping malls, eating places. And on my first visit, in 2005, that is pretty much all I saw. But when I returned there in 2006, it was very ... Details

Most people arriving in China now know that the Great Wall is actually divided into many disjointed sections. Some parts are repaired and made safe for tourists; others still lie crumbling under the effects of nature and weather.

Perhaps the most touristy parts are Badaling and MuTianYu. It ... Details

We caught the bus to Simitai from the Dongzhimen bus station in Beijing and was that a ride and a half!! A 19 seater bus that stopped every two minutes on the way out of Beijing to pick up or coerce passengers on to it. When all the seats were taken they brought out little fold up wooden stools and ... Details

The Chinese capital is in full bloom this time of year while the progression of citywide preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games is in full swing all throughout the year. It was with a sense of pride that I gazed out the window during my taxi ride from Beijing International Airport through the brief ... Details

Whether you’re just visiting China for a few days or staying a lot longer, one of the things you’re sure to want to do is visit the Great Wall. It’s one of China’s most prominent icons, representing both the ingenuity of the Chinese civilisation and the antiquity of the country’s ... Details

To be once again in Beijing, swamped in the warming burrs of the Beijing dialect, wandering through crowds of exuberant young Chinese casually exchanging their good moods along Great Qianmen Road, I was uplifted, back in familiar surrounds, my Chinese North. My travelmate Steve and I had taken a comfortable ... Details

Seeing Beijing for the first time was beyond my amazment. It was so big and colorful I cannot decribe it. The city in itself was a attraction. The people was so nice and smiling to meet americans I could not wait to get to my hotel and get back out into the city, to get to the sites without rest but ... Details

Longer than the Great Wall of China. Stretches to five cities in China: Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Tianjin and Nanjing. Room to house 300,000 people. Contains a cinema, two hospitals, a silk factory, a school, a library, vehicular access and cell phone access 80m below the surface. Secret, underground ... Details

Ten days in Beijing. How easy it would have been to board the tourist bandwagon and take in the sights along the well-trodden tracks alongside some shopping and sweet and sour chicken. Don’t get me wrong, the fantastic Forbidden City and Tian An Men Square are pretty hard to beat and well worth ... Details

My first trip to China occurred nearly ten months earlier. It was the furthest I had ever traveled outside the U.S. This time I was more at ease in preparing for my recent departure. No longer did I need to be reminded of the long flight time, language barriers, or potential visa issues that are ... Details