Beijing Travel Blog

Hiking in Beijing is an ongoing joy. Great groups like the Beijing Hikers, continue to innovative with new hiking routes and a great blend of culture and nature with hikes to the Great Wall, the gorge, hidden villages full of locals who live in a different century, and different way of life. Many of...

Beijing is one of those cities you can spend a lot of time in without breaking the bank. If you want to, you can survive in the city, and do well, for around $20 a day. Still, if most of your money goes to lodging you’ll still find it easy to stay entertained with loads of free things to do in...

This autumn don’t just drive up to the north land to watch the leaves turn, how about climbing atop turrets in the Great Wall and watching the trees shed their chlorophyll-hues with an amazing panoramic view of the Great Wall and the nature that surrounds it? What better way to usher in the new...

Beijing is a beautiful city and a single day there is worth a few days anywhere else. First, imagine the sites you could see in a day in China’s capital city. No doubt you’ve heard of the Forbidden City, The Great Wall, and possibly you’ve heard of the tasty fame of the Peking Duck...

Every spring Beijing transitions from a gray, dark city into a bustling, bright and cheery metropolis. Tourists flood the city, adding diversity and clogging intersections with confused huddled groups consulting out-of-date maps. To help with the mapping issue, we recently posted a blog on getting tourists...

Spring has arrived in Beijing, and that means the parks around the city are full of fresh blossoms, new flowers and budding trees. Amid these natural wonders are the throngs of tai chi practitioners. And although you can see sky scrapers in the background of every park you still feel a bit of a distance...

Beijing loves to read, and that is apparent in the amount of book related activities and establishments that exist in China’s capital city. From amazing book stores and low-key lending libraries to the wealth and diversity of book clubs and reading institutions. Beijing’s rich expat community...

Shopping for antiques can be difficult, especially with the large number of fakes on the market in Beijing. If you’ve come to China with the intent of buying antiques you’ll need to do a bit of research on the export laws for antiques. Antiques cannot be taken out of the country if older...

Wangfujing is arguably the most famous shopping area in Beijing. It is equal to Nanjing Road in Shanghai, or Madison Avenue in New York. Its the first place you go for a real Rolex, an authentic Gucci handbag or real Jimmy Choo shoes. You’ll find multiple shopping malls, side alleys with Chinese...

Skiing in Beijing?– I bet you didn’t know that was a possibility. Dust off your board or your skis and start doing lunges, Beijing has a lot to offer in terms of general skiing, and you’ll find it the perfect new location to hit the slopes. Huaibei Ski Resort lies a mere 70km north...