Tourism

Essential information on travel to and around Běijīng from A Better Guide to Běijīng

Before You Leave Home
Entry Formalities, Visa Types, Visa Requirements, Visa Applications in Hong Kong, Visa Extensions, Customs
Travel to Běijīng, By Air, By Rail, By Road, By Sea
Arrival and Travel into…

Part of the Travel section of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z

Carts drawn by mules generally reach Peking in two days, but it has been done even in 26 hours. Sitting, however, in a cart without springs, and considering the bad road, it requires, besides a…

A directory of practical advice from A Better Guide to Běijīng

Books and Maps
Crime, Scams, and Nuisances
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Entertainment
Festivals and Public Holidays, Potemkin Běijīng
Guides
Health
Internet and Other Digital Resources, Just My Fifty Cents…

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z

Once you’re in China, good information of any kind is hard to find. There are several tourist information offices in Běijīng, but these are know-little, lacklustre affairs unable to answer most questions. The most…