is it easy to get around in Beijing Free and easy?
Planning for a 7d 6 night trip..in Mar /Apr
i wanna visit the following places
1) Great Wall
2) TianAnMeng
3) Forbibben Palace
4) "Bird Nest" Stadium
5) still searching what to see...
its very easy to travel in Beijing, most easy way is to take cab. but if u dun wanna spend too much, take the tourist bus, but most of the time they only operate during weekends , so suggest u vist place within the city during weekday, and go to the great wall (normally far away from the city and abt 3-4hr of travelling) during weekends.
7 days is over kill to just visit these place.
location 1 - 1 day ( there are a few part of the great wall, personally I dun like ba da ling, suggest u go visit "si ma tai" ,and "mu tian yu", any one place will take up 1 day)
location 2, 3 - 0.5 day ( if u are muesum goer , spend more time at forbidden palace, add in Tian tan to make it 1 day )
location 4 - 0.5 day or less ( add in the shui li fang)
other location - yuan ming yuan, yi he yuan , yong he gong, (all 3 location can be done togather within 1 day)
if u have 2-3days spare, maybe can take a train to go to "bei dai he" aka "qin huang dao" , "shan hai guan", that is the start of the great wall from the east , the only part of the great wall connected to sea. (need to stay 1 nite there)