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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 3:22 pm
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Originally Posted by dkrt
My wife and I will be in Beijing for 5 days mid-May. Our intended basic itinerary is as follows, but we're open to suggestions:

Day 1 - Arrival at airport 2:30pm and by the time we get to the hotel there probably won't be enough time to do much.
Day 2 - Forbidden City, Tianamen Square, Summer Palace
Day 3 - Great Wall
Day 4 - Hutongs and shopping
Day 5 - Open

Any other recommendations?

Also, we are staying at the Doubletree - Hilton on Guang An Man Wai Avenue.
- Is this hotel centrally located for our touring?
- Any good recommendations for a nice dinner (perferably peking duck)?
- Where is the best area to shop?
- And is it safe to walk around at night?

Thanks for the help.
- For Peking duck, I strongly recommend DaDong. It has 2 locations (I've only been to the latter):
  1. 大董烤鸭店(团结湖店)
    address: 朝阳区团结湖北口3号楼(长虹桥东南)
    phone #: 65824003 65822892

  2. 大董烤鸭店(东四十条店)
    address: 东城区东四十条甲22号南新仓国际大厦1-2楼(东四十条桥西南)
    phone #: 51690329

- It is very safe to walk around at night.
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