Hi, i will be taking scoot to Tianjin. Main objective is to explore Beijing. My parents are old and prefer to have less walking. Any places to recommend and for accommodation.
Hi, i will be taking scoot to Tianjin. Main objective is to explore Beijing. My parents are old and prefer to have less walking. Any places to recommend and for accommodation.
Hi, i will be taking scoot to Tianjin. Main objective is to explore Beijing. My parents are old and prefer to have less walking. Any places to recommend and for accommodation.
Doubletree Beijing has overall good service and accommodations and prices are affordable for an international chain (Hilton). However to get anywhere you'll need to take a Taxi.
Hilton Wangfujing is close to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden city (walkable), however the property is expensive.
I took Scoot to Tianjin last month and used the airport bus to get to the high speed rail station and booked a first class seat to Beijing South train station then switched to a taxi to Doubletree Beijing. Heh, I should split up that previous sentence... I was there for a super short visit so didn't get to visit many places. Mostly hanging out at Wangfujing/Forbidden city area.
sorry dude, but Beijing is walk-city. Most of the attractions are huge and require alot of walking - Tian An Men (one of the largest public squares in the world ), Summer Palace, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Wang Fu Jing, etc.
Tian An Men is huge, but luckily its attractions are clustered on the North (Tian an men gate and the huge flag pole where they do the flag raising/lowering at dawn/dusk) and South Side (the awesome city gates, Mao's mausoleum). So you can minimize walking by visiting the 2 ends on different trips and getting the taxi to drop you as close to the ends as possible (taxi's are forbidden from stopping right at the Square itself).
I suggest breaking your visits into smaller chunks, in between rest stops and meal breaks. Break for lunch, tea, dinner to let your parents rest. Bring walking sticks if it helps. There are few, if any, places to sit inside these attractions, so you might consider bringing a small folding chair (those small portable aluminium+canvas types) if your parents need to sit during their walks.
Thanks. Is taxi very expensive there? Probably most of our transport will be by taxi.
Hi, i will be taking scoot to Tianjin. Main objective is to explore Beijing. My parents are old and prefer to have less walking. Any places to recommend and for accommodation.
Unless you are in the outskirts, no one in the right mind will take a taxi in Beijing. You will spend more time on the road, doesn't matter taxi is cheap.
Pretty bad I would say. Chinese likes to smoke. Other than the pollution, there is a strong cigar smell in Beijing. The mobile toilets outside, you can smell the urine many metres away.how is beijing air condition
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1. Illegal taxis. Don't get onto unmarked taxis, even if they claim to use meters.
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A friend mentioned that such illegal taxi are actually old taxi that are supposed to be scrapped, and somehow fall into 'criminal' hand.
This can be a concern.
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Beijing doubletree is not near to any subway station, so travel by taxi is a must.
I was with a 8 days tour last September, spending 5 nights at this Hotel and another night in Chengde.
It is easy to get taxi to other part of Beijing, but if you stay up late, you may not be able to get taxi that uses the meter. (So I end paying double the fare getting me there.)
BTW the tour cost around $1100 (all in -- including "compulsory" option Tour.) and it hit all to tourist spot.