Recommended attractions
a.must-go places
Forbidden City
Tian’anmen Square
Summer Palace
Badaling Great Wall / Mutianyu Great Wall / Jinshanling Great Wall
Changling at Ming Tombs / Dingling at Ming Tombs
Sacred Road
Temple of Heaven
b.other recommends
Yonghe Lama Temple
Houhai Hutong
Qianmen
Beijing Zoo
Capital Museum
Birds Nest & Water Cube
Shichahai
Sanlitun
Nanluoguxiang
798 Art Zone
Kungfu Show
Chaoyang Theater
Recommended itinerary
Beijing 3 days tour
Day1. Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Summer Palace
Day2. Mutianyu Great Wall, Dingling Tomb or Changling Tomb at Ming Tombs, Quanjude Beijing Roast Duck
Day3. Temple of Heaven, Yonghe Lama Temple, Beijing Hutongs
Beijing 4 days tour
Day1. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace
Day2. Mutianyu Great Wall, Dingling Tomb or Changling Tomb at Ming Tombs, Quanjude Beijing Roast Duck
Day 3. Temple of Heaven, Yonghe Lama Temple, Beijing Hutongs
Day4. Beijing Capital Museum, Beijing Zoo, 789 Art Zone
Beijing 5 days tour
Day1. Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Summer Palace
Day2. Mutianyu Great Wall, Dingling Tomb or Changling Tomb at Ming Tombs, Quanjude Beijing Roast Duck
Day 3. Temple of Heaven, Yonghe Lama Temple, Beijing Hutongs
Day4. Beijing Capital Museum, Beijing Zoo, 789 Art Zone
Day5. Bird Nest, Water Cube, Sanlitun, Wangfujing, Houlai Lake, Silk Market
If you have 2 or 3 days free in Beijing, why not go to surrounded cities, like Xi’an, Datong, or Chengde.
Beijing – Xi’an: 2 hours by air, 5.5 hours by bullet train
Beijing – Datong: 1.5 hours by air, 6.5 hours by train
Beijing – Luoyang: 2 hours by air, 4 hours by bullet train
Beijing – Chengde: 3-4 hours by coach, 4.5 hours by train