First visit to Beijing - 2 days tour

Route Overview

• D1: Tiananmen Square → Monument to the People's Heroes → Tiananmen Tower → Forbidden City → Wangfujing Pedestrian Street
• D2: Badaling Great Wall → Ming Tombs

If this is your first time in Beijing, you must go to Tiananmen Square to watch a solemn flag-raising ceremony, stand on the top of the Forbidden City and overlook the entire city of Beijing, climb the majestic Great Wall, and feel the heroic spirit of "no true man if he has not been to the Great Wall".

D1

Go Sightseeing Guide

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Don't lie in in the morning, go to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony. Then visit the Monument to the People's Heroes, cross the road to the north of Chang'an Avenue, and climb the Tiananmen Tower. Enter the Forbidden City from the Meridian Gate (i.e. the South Gate) and have lunch inside the Forbidden City. After exiting the Forbidden City from the Shenwu Gate (i.e. the North Gate), take bus No. 103 to Wangfujing, go shopping, and choose Quanjude or Wangfujing Snack Street for dinner.

Tiananmen Square → Monument to the People's Heroes → Tiananmen Tower → Forbidden City → Wangfujing Pedestrian Street

Tiananmen Square

Monument to the People's Heroes

Tiananmen Tower

Forbidden City

Wangfujing Pedestrian Street

D2

Go Sightseeing Guide

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"If you haven't been to the Great Wall, you are not a true man." One of the things you must do when you first get to know Beijing is to climb the majestic Great Wall. Take Metro Line 2 and get off at Xizhimen Station, then take Line S2 at Beijing North Station to Badaling, which costs 7 yuan per person and takes about 1 hour. After climbing the Badaling Great Wall, you can visit the Ming Tombs on the way. After a day, if you still have enough energy, you can relax at the bar street of Shichahai at night. Two days is a bit tight for tourists who come to Beijing for the first time, so you can only visit the most classic attractions roughly.

Badaling Great Wall → Ming Tombs

Badaling Great Wall

Ming Tombs