Beijing - Where to shoot

[shierwin]

Will be staying in Marco Polo hotel in chao Yang.

Located just inside the North 5th ring road. Looks like the hotel is not located near a subway stn.
Need to learn how to take bus, else cab.
Allow time to move around as certain hours the public transport is packed.

Try to find the bus that pass your hotel here... http://beijing.8684.cn

 

[northt]

great wall....it should be super cold there.

Will be going to Beijing end of this month on package tour. Would like to take the opportunity to take some night scenes, night cityscape and if time allowed sun rise shots. Tour agent has not confirmed which hotel we will be staying.

Any suggestions on this will be much appreciated.

 

[daredevil123]

great wall....it should be super cold there.

And not the standard touristy BaDaLing section. Mutianyu is much better. But if want to see the RAW Great wall, JianKou, Simatai are the place to go.

Some Resources on walking the Great wall

http://www.greatwallforum.com/forum/jiankou/88-jiankou-maps.html

 

[shierwin]

And not the standard touristy BaDaLing section. Mutianyu is much better. But if want to see the RAW Great wall, JianKou, Simatai are the place to go.

Some Resources on walking the Great wall

Maps: Jiankou maps - Great Wall Forum

Unfortunately TS will not have the luxury of choice in Place and Time

 

[ukimac]

best season to visit beijing is sep to oct

 

[jungle_sg]

One of the top hotels bro. Not the kinds I stay in when I go to Beijing. ;P

Anyway, it is very near the Olympic village. Enjoy!

So cold, have not ventured out after dinner, chance it may snow tonite!

 

[shierwin]

So cold, have not ventured out after dinner, chance it may snow tonite!

Now more reason to go out and wonder around the hotel to take some wintery night scenes

 

[jungle_sg]

Went to Great Wall today, did the Juyongguan, there are 6 stages (guard posts) and I am the only one in the whole group (47 ppl) that went all the way to the last stage, fairly steep but the view was quite nice, because it was steep the great wall was rather narrow.

Now more reason to go out and wonder around the hotel to take some wintery night scenes

 

[Darcy.Zhou]

i would suggest go to Gui Street 簋街 in the night to try out the best food in Beijing

 

[jgabs]

Wao...Great Markers and Warnings on this thread.....This will help me a lot also coz im going to beijing this 22nd, 10 days stay there...

 

[Orion_Hunter]

Going to Beijing soon in nov and stumble on this thread.

Any recommended area to stay, good food to try and other scenic places to take other than the above?

1st time going there so any help will be much appreciated

 

[shierwin]

Check out the link below; lot of info...

http://you.ctrip.com/place/beijing1.html

Buy a 一卡通 from subway station and you can travel all over beijing by public buses and mrt very convenient and you get a souvenir worthy of beijing.

For transport planning use the link below:

http://8684.cn

 

[Orion_Hunter]

Thanks Shierwin

Check out the link below; lot of info...

http://you.ctrip.com/place/beijing1.html

Buy a 一卡通 from subway station and you can travel all over beijing by public buses and mrt very convenient and you get a souvenir worthy of beijing.

For transport planning use the link below:

http://8684.cn

 

[nedy77]

And not the standard touristy BaDaLing section. Mutianyu is much better. But if want to see the RAW Great wall, JianKou, Simatai are the place to go.

Some Resources on walking the Great wall

http://www.greatwallforum.com/forum/jiankou/88-jiankou-maps.html

Thanks for the info, I have been to the touristy part before. Just the other day, I saw a programme on tv that shows some backpackers venturing to the "untouched" parts of the great wall.

To me, the ruins are even more beautiful than the restored parts

 

[southseamonster]

Going to Beijing soon in nov and stumble on this thread.

Any recommended area to stay, good food to try and other scenic places to take other than the above?

1st time going there so any help will be much appreciated

There are plenty of nice places to go in beijing, like 798 area、簋街and 什刹海，and the best time to go is during the lunar new year, A new year celebration filled with color, energy, food and also a number of fascinating local events very interesting.

 

[snatchsg]

will you be visiting Forbidden City, do snap the throne and share!