Beijing to the Beach
 

Hi. I want to go to the ocean with a chinese person which never see it before. I know its very easy to go to Tianjin from Beijing, but there is no Beach in the City. I read about Tianjin Beach, but seems to be far outside.
Which is the easiest/shortest/convenience way to go to a beach from Beijing? Dont have to be a warm place, we just want to walk for a while and go back same day.

Apparent choice is Beidaihe 北戴河. Just over 2 hours by semi-highspeed "D" trains.

2 hours? I found different informations, but all say at least 4 hours. Which is the name of the train station?

Beijing main station: e.g.,
[English] http://www.trainby.com/Train-Schedul...g-Beidaihe.htm
[Chinese] http://www.tieyou.com/daigou/beijing-beidaihe.html

Train station is simply Beidaihe. It's about 3-4 miles from the beaches.

D trains include D21, D5, D25, D4531, D17, D19 etc, starting from 7am, leaving from main Beijing station. It's on the main line towards the main cities in the Northeast. Some are non-stops and take as little as 2:02.

Another English language, reliable timetable:
Beijing to Beidaihe
And the reverse

D's are more expensive but for a daytrip, will do the trick nicely.

Thank you, will take a D train. Buy the tickets one day in advance will be enough?

Yep, especially this time of year. You can buy both outbound and return in Beijing.

Ok, hope it will not be to cold and windy next weekend.
Taxidriver wll know where to bring us if we tell him to the beach (in chinese of course)?

Nice beach for people watching


Beidaihe Beach China

Oh I'm sure it will be to cold to do it like them next weekend.

Edit: Will I need her passport to buy the train tickets? Would it be enough if she write down her id-number?

Wow! You're starting to remind me of another love struck poster who occasionally drops by this forum.

My suggestion: ask your lady to buy tickets for you online (ID numbers alone are good enough); this will simultaneously test both her intelligence and commitment.

In that case, beaches can always use more sand.

pedant alert
 

The OP specifically mentions that his friend has never seen the ocean. The body of water at Beidahe is strictly speaking a sea -- I think it's the East China sea.

Now, I'm not 100% sure what the difference between the two is (I think it's to do with the type of earth's crust that is under the water), but am chipping in in case the OP's friend has a very specific desire to see 'ocean'.

tb

:rolleyes: Thanks for your help