So Many Beautiful Sceneries in Beijing
If you come to Beijing in winter, you can see snow scenery and roam the Imperial City. What you are seeing is like a beautiful picture. And coming to Beijing in such a season, you can enjoy the most authentic instant-boiled mutton, listen to the perfect Beijing Opera, go to bars at Sanlitun; and you will have a feeling that there are so many things worth lingering over in this city.
Food: Tasting Delicious Food of Various Countries
Beijing cuisine, main cooking techniques of which are baking, quick-frying, braising, stewing and rinsing, sounds forthright and tastes delicious. Roast Beijing Duck is the food which must be tasted for tourists coming to Beijing; and instant-boiled mutton is the most popular food in winter.
Grand hotels in Beijing always assemble some famous chefs, for example, both Tan's Cuisine at Beijing Hotel and French Cuisine at Jianguo Hotel are delicacies difficult to enjoy elsewhere; and there are also authentic French, American, Italian, Russian restaurants and Japanese cuisine, Korean barbecue, as well as Vietnam-, Indonesia-, Thailand-style restaurants in Beijing.
Accommodation: Room reservation in advance is necessary during fastigium
Every day, more than 3.5 million people come to visit Beijing; as a result, hotel and tourist industries of Beijing have rapidly developed. There are more than 5,000 high-, medium- and low-end hotels providing more than over 510,000 beds; among those hotels, altogether over 200 are star grade hotels including 15 five-star hotels, 24 four-star hotels, 37 three-star hotels. At airports and railway stations in Beijing, hotel introduction stations are specially set up to introduce hotels to tourists coming to Beijing; therefore, accommodation in Beijing is very convenient. It is noteworthy that room reservation in advance is necessary during fastigium on festivals and holidays. Generally, the price of a standard room at a 2-star hotel is about RMB200 yuan while that of a standard room at a 3-star hotel is varying from RMB220 to 320 yuan.
Transportation: It takes RMB20 yuan to rent a bicycle.
An air ticket from Guangzhou to Beijing costs RMB1,470 yuan, and if taking a train, you can take train T30 at 11:30 and will arrive at Beijing West Railway Station at 10:02 next morning (RMB253 yuan for a hard seat, and RMB443 yuan for a hard sleeper).
Every day, tourist trains bound for scenery spots in the suburb of Beijing will depart from respective railway stations of Beijing at fixed time. Tickets of the holiday outing trains can be bought from Beijing Railway Station, Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station and Beijing Railway International Travel Service.
The existing subway lines in Beijing are Line One and Line Two, and it takes RMB3 yuan to take subway throughout the Line. Normally, the first subway train departs at
>5 a.m., and the last subway train departs at about 23 p.m. The flag down fare in Beijing is RMB10 yuan, and the it will cost RMB1.2 yuan per kilometer. Passenger tricycles in Beijing commonly gather in transportation centers and tourist hot spots in the downtown, and tourists can take a tricycle to go along small alleyways or enjoy the beauty of the streets, but it will cost a little more than taking a taxi.
Entertainment: Skiing Being in the Ascendant
As one of a few rare metropolises in the world, Beijing is inclusive of so many entertainments, varying from international elegant arts to national essence, from fashion to archaic temple fair.
Beijing People's Art Theater in Beijing is a stage play troupe at the highest level in China, while the Central Philharmonic Society, the National Ballet of China and China National Opera House are also art troupes at the highest level in China.
There is also a place in Beijing which should never be forgot, that’s Sanlitun Bar Street where some big shots in the performance art circle often get together there, and if you are lucky enough, you may be able to drink with Jiang Wen or Ge You in a same bar.
In recent years, skiing has become an outdoor exercise to which people in Beijing are keen. Skiing, for its high level of techniques and courage, arouses passions of youngsters for self-challenging. In the cold winter, skiing is still in the ascendant
Shopping: “Four Famous
Beijing produces the Cloisonné, ivory carving, jade article and carved lacquerware which are known as the “Four Famous of arts and crafts, as well as the epigraphy and seal cutting, four treasures of study, antiques, scripts and paintings, silk embroidery, jewelry, emerald and diamond, all of which are exquisite in craft and various in shape; for people who prefer folk handicrafts, dough figurines, clay figurines, silk figurines, Beijing Opera masks, kites and paper-cuts in Beijing are also unique; in addition, there are all kinds of local fruit preserves and desserts; the tonic of Chinese herbal medicine herein is also more authentic and genuine goods at a fair price.
The Standby Phone Numbers
Beijing Tourist Complaint Hotline: +86 010-65130828
Booking Hotline of Beijing Railway Station: +86 01026688688
Booking Hotline of Civil Aviation: +86 0102581
Telephone of Dongzhimen Bus Terminal: +86 01064671346
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