Summer vacation Beijing travel guide TOP 1: Tiananmen Address: Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing Tickets: Free and open Opening hours: 5:00--22:00 Transportation: Exit E of Qianmen Station, Metro Line 2 TOP 2: Forbidden City Museum Address: Beijing

No. 4D, Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District Tickets: 60 in peak season, 40 in off-season Opening hours: 8:00--17:30 Transportation: Metro Line 1 Tiananmen East TOP 3: Badaling Great Wall Address: Badaling Station, Yanqing County, Beijing Tickets: 45

Yuan opening hours: 7:00--18:00 Transportation: Take bus 877 from Deshengmen to Badaling Great Wall TOP 4: Summer Palace Address: No. 19, Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District Ticket: 60 yuan for a combined ticket Opening hours: 6:30--

18:00 Transportation: Exit D of Beigongmen Station of Metro Line 4 TOP 5: Temple of Heaven Park Address: No. 7, Neidongli, Tiantan, Chongwen District Ticket: 15 yuan Opening hours: 8:00--17:30 Transportation: Metro No. 5

Line Tiantan East Gate Station Exit A1 TOP 6: Bird's Nest Address: National Stadium South Road, Chaoyang District Tickets: Combined ticket 80 yuan Opening hours: 9:00--18:00 Transportation: Subway Line 8 Olympic Sports Center Station TOP 7: China National

Museum address: No. 16 East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing Tickets: 7 yuan Opening hours: 9:00--17:00 Transportation: Qianmen Station of Metro Line 2 TOP 8: Water Cube Address: National Stadium South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing Tickets:

Combined ticket 80 yuan Opening hours: 9:00--18:00 Transportation: Subway Line 8 Olympic Sports Center Station TOP 9: Beihai Park Address: No. 1 Wenjin Street, Xicheng District, Beijing Tickets: 10 yuan Opening hours: 6:

30--21:00 Transportation: Metro Line 6 Beihai North Station TOP 10: Old Summer Palace Address: No. 28 Qinghua West Road, Haidian District, Beijing Ticket: 10 yuan Opening hours: 9:00--19:00 Transportation: Metro Line 4

Beijing 5-day tour route D1 from Exit C of Yuanmingyuan South Gate Station: Various places → Beijing → Airport pick-up → Hotel D2: Flag-raising ceremony → Tiananmen → Chairman Mao Memorial Hall → Forbidden City → Chinese food → Shichahai D3: Badaling → Chinese food → Olympic Park →

Bird's Nest → Water Cube → Shichahai D4: Summer Palace → Ancient Culture Museum → Chinese food → Old Summer Palace → Tsinghua/Peking University D5: Free activities → Private transfer to the airport → Must-eat delicacies in Beijing when you go home: Peking roast duck, hot-boiled mutton, fried noodles, pea yellow, sheep scorpion

, donkey rolling, sugar ears, fried liver with candied haws, bean juice, stewed etc.