Results 1 to 21 of 21
Thread: 20 hours in Beijing. What to do?
-
08-25-2019, 05:11 AM #1
20 hours in Beijing. What to do?
Next month I have a 20 hour layover in Beijing. Never been before. Will have an afternoon and evening available for sightseeing and eating. Great Wall visit seems like it will be pushing it so prefer to stay in town. Will probably do the obvious (Tiananmen, Forbidden City, etc.,...) unless you can convince me otherwise. Specifics on dining would be appreciated.
-
08-25-2019, 05:13 AM #2
Bath house
-
08-25-2019, 05:26 AM #3
Ping Pong.
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
-
08-25-2019, 05:58 AM #4Registered User
- Join Date
- Apr 2013
- Location
- Minnesota
- Posts
- 24
Go Skiing!
Indoor Ski Facilities In Beijing
© 2019 HERE, © 2019 NavInfo
Xuemengdu Indoor Skiing Shijingshan Wanda Branch
F2 Wanda Plz No.B18 Shijingshan Rd, Beijing · 010 52729883
Xueleshan Indoor Skiing Hall (Asian Sports Village Branch)
(Xiaoguan Badminton Court) No.217 Xiaoguan Beili, Beijing · 1326…
Le Ski Indoor Skiing Hall
F1 No.6 Jinjiacun Mid St Gaobeidian Town N Garden, Beijing · 18…
Xueleshan Indoor Skiing Chongwenmen Branch
B2 Guorui Sp'ing. Mall No.18 Chongwenmen Outer Ave, Beijing
Xueleshan Indoor Skiing Hall (Chengwaicheng Shop)
Chengwaicheng Home Furnishings South Square East Side Educa…
-
08-25-2019, 06:01 AM #5
5K tank fun run in Tiananmen Square?
watch out for snakes
-
08-25-2019, 06:54 AM #6Funky But Chic
- Join Date
- Sep 2001
- Location
- The Cone of Uncertainty
- Posts
- 49,306
the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall is pretty coolish, it's basically a museum of the city but the main attraction is the map, which is upstairs. It's more of a model than a map, with little models of every major building and other features like parks etc. It's huge, like maybe 5,000 sq. ft., and very detailed, with walkways and little bridges and shit so you can get a good view.
It's right by Tiananmen Square. and it gives you a good idea of the expanse of the place and where you are and so on, and it doesn't take long to get a good idea of the place. Of course it's kinda propaganda but it's cool anyways.
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/att...ition-hall.htm
-
08-25-2019, 07:53 AM #7
Yulin dog meat festival!
I hear watching a dog getting boiled alive is a hoot.
-
08-25-2019, 08:00 AM #8
-
08-25-2019, 12:03 PM #9Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Posts
- 3,282
Plenty of time to interview 25yo mail order bride that can work in a massage parlor giving $200 rub and tugs back home.
-
08-25-2019, 12:55 PM #10Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2015
- Posts
- 1,866
-
08-26-2019, 10:17 AM #11
-
08-26-2019, 10:40 AM #12
Personally, I'd skip all the big tourist attractions and just go on a 20 hours foodie/drink bender, but maybe that's just me.
-
08-26-2019, 11:15 AM #13Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
-
08-26-2019, 11:22 AM #14Registered User
- Join Date
- Jul 2017
- Posts
- 616
Try some dog kebob.
-
08-26-2019, 11:33 AM #15
If the city is forbidden how do you visit it?
"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
-
08-26-2019, 11:48 AM #16
I've been to Beijing a few times for work.
I had a great time on this Great Wall tour- https://www.backpackingchina.com/tou...g-Simatai-West
If the timing works for you I highly recommend it.
If not, the summer palace is worth a visit and you can easily get there and back in a taxi from Beijing. The summer palace was unfortunately destroyed by the British during one of the opium wars and while it was rebuilt in the late 1800s it isn't anywhere close to what it apparently was in the past. It kinda feels like a movie set. Either way, worth a visit.
It's possible to visit Tiananmen Square, the summer palace and the Forbidden City in a day. I'd also highly recommend a bike tour of the city if you aren't sure about figuring out taxis out to the summer palace. I used http://www.bikebeijing.com/
You'll get an English speaking guide who can cater to your interests (drinking, sight seeing, etc). It was surprisingly fun biking around Beijing.
-
08-26-2019, 11:51 AM #17
-
08-26-2019, 12:02 PM #18
Negotiate a trade deal?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
08-26-2019, 12:03 PM #19
Visit the K2 factory?
"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
-
08-26-2019, 01:46 PM #20Jacket Cobbler
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- 8,290'
- Posts
- 5,358
www.freeridesystems.com
ski & ride jackets made in colorado
maggot discount code TGR20
ok we'll come up with a solution by then makers....
-
08-26-2019, 01:58 PM #21
Used to live there.
I'd walk around the Forbidden City and Beihai Park (they're next to each other), then get a massage here (sorry, not a happy ending spot), followed by some duck at Quanjude.
Bookmarks