Originally Posted by
Chinatrvl
With all due respect, you cannot enter Forbidden city at the north entrance - and that for several years now (2008?). You must enter via south gate and must exit north.
I've actually always entered via Tian'anmen because: 1) I feel this is the proper way to do the drill; and 2) I like following it up with Beihai Park. I only suggested the southbound approach to
anaidross because someone in his other thread mentioned the idea, and it seemed to make sense in light of his objectives and time constraints.
But, let me throw one more idea out there for him/her: the Houhai Quanjude, which happens to be directly across the street from the north gate of Beihai Park. While this plan is semi-ambitious, an 1130a arrival is doable (it's only a 2 mile walk); just ask the restaurant to book a taxi to the airport (shouldn't be all that hard at 1230 or 1).
57号 Di'anmen West Street
Xicheng, Beijing, China
010-6617 2127
quanjude.com.cn