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BEIJING TRAVEL TIPS

This site aims to help visitors, both short term and long term get acquainted with Beijing.  We are a fairly recently established travel guide (July 2003) and welcome your comments, suggestions and questions.  Our mission is to be the best Beijing guide available on the web.

Here you will find everything you need to have a great time in Beijing.  Even if you never intend to visit, or are physically or monetarily unable to visit, we hope you can live vicariously through our site.  Original photography will feature heavily throughout the site.

If you are looking for the traditional sights that everyone wants to see when they travel to Beijing or China, you can find them listed in the Tourist Trail section of our site.  If its the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, the fabulous Forbidden City or Summer Palace, you can find them all detailed.

 

If you're looking for something different, you've come to the right place.  Our Beijing Sights section can introduce you to things that you've never heard of. Strange, funny and unusual information, such as why people like to take their pet birds for a walk, and how to cross the road will all be covered.

Eating in Beijing can be a real challenge but a surprising delight when mastered.  Our Eating section tells you where and what to eat, along with essentials like how to order and local eating customs.  Let us be your guide.

 
The Shopping section is packed with information on where to shop and what you can buy.  Most importantly we intend to give you important price guidelines and bargaining tips .  All essential for travel to Beijing.
  
If its Nightlife you are looking for we have listed the popular areas where Beijingers like to play, together with areas frequented and popular with foreign tourists.  You can find bars, discos, acrobatics, martial arts, singing, dancing, cinema, Beijing has it all.
 
Getting around in Beijing is surprisingly easy and inexpensive but, as with most places in China, the language barrier can be a real problem.  Our taxi , bus and subway tips can save you time and money.  We can also help you to be more adventurous and see a different side of Beijing than if you were left on your own.
 

The site will never be complete.  It is a work in progress.  Please bear with us as we update the finer details, and check back on a regular basis.  If there is some information you'd like to see included on Beijing Travel Tips, please drop us a line and tell us about it.

 
Tour Testimonials
Dear Toni,
This is just a mail to say thank you for your help. We were very pleased with your service as well as our fantastic guide, Grace, in Xian.
We had a great time, saw a lot of things and enjoyed the friendliness of all people we met. We will certainly recommend other friends to contact you for assistance.
Thanks again!
Louise
 
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