Two day trips from Beijing if you have seen already the most regular
Nov 30, 2014, 12:31 pm
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Two day trips from Beijing if you have seen already the most regular
Hi all,
recently when I was in Beijing again I had unsuspected two days off. I like to see new things, history and so but what todo if you have seen most things twice?
I came up with the following two:
- Ming Tombs: ok these are quite famous but to be honest not that interesting unless you are really into the history. Which I am partly. Interesting is that at one of the tombs you can actually go inside the tomb and see the underground palace. This is quite interesting!
- Pekingman site: Didn't see any westener here and the people there also look like what is this guy doing here. There is a small museum and you can walk the site where the pits are where they discovered these over half a million year old skulls and other artifacts. Do not go here on your first trip to china, but do if you have the time! The history is quite interesting.
check my full story and photos here:
http://www.christravelblog.com/china...-national-day/
recently when I was in Beijing again I had unsuspected two days off. I like to see new things, history and so but what todo if you have seen most things twice?
I came up with the following two:
- Ming Tombs: ok these are quite famous but to be honest not that interesting unless you are really into the history. Which I am partly. Interesting is that at one of the tombs you can actually go inside the tomb and see the underground palace. This is quite interesting!
- Pekingman site: Didn't see any westener here and the people there also look like what is this guy doing here. There is a small museum and you can walk the site where the pits are where they discovered these over half a million year old skulls and other artifacts. Do not go here on your first trip to china, but do if you have the time! The history is quite interesting.
check my full story and photos here:
http://www.christravelblog.com/china...-national-day/
Nov 30, 2014, 4:20 pm
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IMHO the Ming Tombs are a waste of time. It really depends on what you have already seen. There are a tons of secondary places to see such as the Marco Polo bridge along with the adjacent museum plus many other interesting places. For example, very few people go to the National Museum even though it is right next to Tian'Anmen.
Also with 2 days (assuming that you can leave Beijing and not on a TWOV), Chengde is a good option.
Also with 2 days (assuming that you can leave Beijing and not on a TWOV), Chengde is a good option.
Dec 1, 2014, 1:22 am
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IMHO the Ming Tombs are a waste of time. It really depends on what you have already seen. There are a tons of secondary places to see such as the Marco Polo bridge along with the adjacent museum plus many other interesting places. For example, very few people go to the National Museum even though it is right next to Tian'Anmen.
Also with 2 days (assuming that you can leave Beijing and not on a TWOV), Chengde is a good option.
Also with 2 days (assuming that you can leave Beijing and not on a TWOV), Chengde is a good option.
I travel Always on a normal visum so that i can leave beijing (or any other city with a TWOV) when i want. and normally also on a double entry just in case.
another nice 2 day (1 night) is Datong. Did that back in 2013. the Grottoes, haning monastery and the mountain are really great.
See here: Datong from Beijing 2 day tour
Chris