Beijing Travel Blog

Spring, summer and autumn are beautiful in Beijing. Winter not so much. Still, there are dozens of fun activities to partake in in the warmer months that are simply closed down or not feasible when it’s cold. Take the Great Wall, for example. It’s a miserable place in winter. The surrounding...

Beijing has a wealth of awesome spots for stellar photography. It’s hard to imagine a single city with more options for diverse, cultural and memorable photography. So, if you have a camera, a passion for art and a desire to get out and see the city you’ll love these photography hot spots...

Beijing isn’t the most friendly place for animals. You’ll find relatively dirty streets filled with dirtier stray cats. Stray dogs are not as common, but when they are sen they are best avoided. It’s unlikely that they will have rabies, but they are still diseased in a different way...

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 Tourists flood the city, adding diversity and clogging intersections with confused huddled groups consulting out-of-date maps.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...