Traveling from Changchun to Beijing on November 1, 2011. Is it better to join a group tour or self-guided tour? Recommended route (I am a college student)

This was asked by a travel friend who came to Beijing from Dalian a few days ago. The route I planned for him was a self-guided tour. I am a Beijinger and have never signed up for a group tour. If you don't know the specific problem, you can go to the travel agency to find out. Let me first remind you that for self-guided tours, you’d better find a room first.

National Day is the peak tourist season, and it is also the time when the largest number of tourists come to Beijing. There is a sudden increase in tourists from other provinces, so I would like to remind you: bring less cash, there are plenty of ATMs, and don’t worry too much about the few yuan spent on credit cards. There are no inter-provincial fees, and there are so many places where you can swipe your card. Just bring a spare. Try to speak Mandarin, because there are shady businessmen from other places who come to Beijing to do business and deceive tourists (the most common ones are tourist attractions and train stations), so don’t use shady taxis, the same as above. You need to use a meter to take a taxi, and the price starts at 2 yuan. (A side note: Beijing’s bus and subway networks extend in all directions, and you can reach many scenic spots. There is no need to take a taxi. Traffic jams are severe in Beijing, so don’t worry yourself).

Plan for the first three days:

First day:

After riding the train for nearly 10 hours, don’t you think you are tired? I don’t believe it, so take a rest in the morning and go out in the afternoon. If you find a hotel near Beijing Station (hope it’s not dark, preferably Home Inn, Hanting, etc.) in the afternoon, go directly to Chang’an Street (the north-south road opposite Beijing Station) The next one is Chang'an Street) Take a bus (buses on Chang'an Street almost all go to Tiananmen and Wangfujing, subway Line 1 to Line 2 need to transfer, so we take a long detour) to Wangfujing Pedestrian Street (one of the largest commercial districts in Beijing, and One of the favorite places for tourists) There are snack streets, Ruifuxiang time-honored brands, and various shopping malls (it is not recommended to buy specialties, they are expensive in tourist areas) and you can spend 20 from Wangfujing to Huangchenggen Ruins to Heshen After passing by Wangfujing and then returning to Wangfujing (the time is at least half an hour), the main purpose of this street is to take a look. The old Beijing snacks are very large in an alley a few hundred meters away from the pedestrian street. You can find out by asking. Because it is a commercial street, you can just take a look and get some snacks. You don’t have to stop too much. Go back to Chang’an Street and take a bus to the north for 2-3 stops to Tiananmen Square, the Memorial Hall, the Great Hall, Zhongshan Park, and half diagonally opposite Tiananmen Rostrum. The round egg - the National Grand Theater. In the evening, go straight to the south - Qianmen - Dashilar, which is directly opposite Tiananmen Square. This is also a commercial street, but there are many time-honored brands in Beijing, such as Quanjude Roast Duck, Neiliansheng Shoe Shop Ruifuxiang Satin Zhuang et al. (The small commodities and specialties sold at the front door are valuable. It’s not that I can’t accept it, but the prices here are more expensive than those sold elsewhere. Watch your luggage! The food in Dashilan also includes old Beijing snacks) and here is Beijing is the only place that has trams like Dalian. It is also an important stop for foreign tourists visiting Beijing. Because it is only a few steps away from Tiananmen Square and is a gathering place for time-honored brands, its popularity is also increasing rapidly. End of the day.

The next day:

Watch the flag-raising ceremony? Starting from October, the upgrade time will be changed from around 5:40 to around 6:10. If you want to see it, please arrive early. After watching it, you can choose the Forbidden City or the Temple of Heaven Park (the Echo Wall is in the Temple of Heaven). The Forbidden City can be reached directly from the Tiananmen Tower and walk north. Go to the south gate of the Forbidden City, and across the road from the north gate of the Forbidden City is Jingshan Park. Take a car and walk eastward to Beihai Park (the background of the music video of "Let's Squall"...) If you want to go to Temple of Heaven Park, you can take the 120 directly from Tiananmen East. , don't sit backwards. The distance is not too far, within about 10 stops. Walking back from the west gate of the Temple of Heaven (north - Tiananmen direction) is about 1-2 stops away from the Deyunshe Theater (opposite to the Natural History Museum - the sign of the Eight Monsters Square in front of the Deyunshe Gate - —Bell Tower, Tianqiao Theater) ps: You have to check the specific ticketing and time, and tickets are reserved one week in advance. You can do it online. I can't help you with this. . . You can check online in advance, I can only tell you the address.

Another choice for the next day:

Flag-raising - the Forbidden City or the Temple of Heaven Park are the same as above. If you want to see trendy clothes or Beijing's cutting-edge fashion, you can take a bus directly from Tiananmen to Xidan (Metro 1 Line 1 is also available, but it is only a few stops away from the subway. The single fare is 2 yuan, with unlimited transfers to buses. With an IC card, the price ranges from 40 cents to 80 cents in cash. If you take the 500 bus in the city, it is basically more than 4 cents. The starting price is based on the kilometer. The prefix is ??also the starting price per kilometer. No bus IC card is basically 1 yuan. Except for the ones starting by kilometer and those prefixed by special and express buses.) Xidan is a trendy place in Beijing. There are many types of small commodities and famous brands, but the prices are on the high side. The purchase booth system You need to know how to bargain for small commodities! ) is impossible in shopping malls, and prices are basically unified.

If you have time, you can go to the Military Museum, Chang'an Street 1 and 4, and Metro Line 1 (except for the Temple of Heaven Park, all of the above are on Baili Chang'an Street)

In fact, it is like the introduction to the Summer Palace, but it is too far and If you want to go to the Great Wall, you will be too tired. You can choose to go to a few places, but they are all very close.

The third day:

Beijing subway has trains around 5 o'clock, so you can get up early to go to the Badaling Great Wall. This takes a long time, so prepare water and scenic spots in advance. They are all expensive. If there is no Metro Line 1 nearby or Metro Line 2, just take Line 2 and get off at Jishuitan. If there is Line 2, take Line 1 to Jianguomen Station, transfer to Line 2 and get off at Jishuitan. Take the north exit (there seems to be only one north exit). ) Go east (you will see many 919 routes or 919 branch lines on the way, ignore them) until you reach the Deshengmen Jianlou 919 express train terminal. Go there and ask the ticket seller (where is the Badaling direct train)? It takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get on the bus and return the same way. Basically just one day. This is a relatively long journey, so if you want to go there, make sure you make time and don't go out too late. It's a long way back and forth. (There are many road signs near the front door saying that the trip to the Great Wall is private. If you want to take the bus group's tour bus directly, search online and call for consultation.) I didn't write about the Summer Palace. The above are relatively representative.

If you still have time for shopping:

I told you upstairs that you can take Metro Line 4 from Xizhimen, Beijing (No. 2, Xizhimen) to the zoo. You can find out how to get there by looking at the subway map. That is, stay far away) There is the Beijing Zoo nearby. Opposite the zoo is the largest clothing wholesale market in Beijing (it is recommended to go to the Julong clothing wholesale market underground. The price is cheap and you can’t bargain. Generally, T-shirts cost 20-50 yuan. Of course, there are also 5-10 yuan ones. . . .) Going north from the zoo is the Beizhan Theater. It seems that there will be a 15th anniversary performance of Deyun Club at 19:30 on October 3 and 4. There is a Carrefour supermarket between the zoo and Beizhan. A good shopping place. Want to buy specialty products? Go there, it’s much cheaper than the commercial street. Not much to say about quality, right? Of course, there are many large supermarkets such as Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Lotte Mart, CP Lotus (Echo Lotus) and other large supermarkets. It’s better to go to large supermarkets for specialty products. Small stores may have more variety. It’s up to you.

Snacks in Beijing:

Steamed type

Big bee cake, fruit sugar bee cake, bowl cake, flower cake, borrowed cake, Yuqian cake, longevity peach , small steamed buns, jujube lotus leaves, silver rolls, diced meat trowels, spinach baskets, hot noodle dumplings, siu mai, sheep eye buns, inverted monk hats, pea buns, flowering steamed buns, Qianwu cakes, grilled cakes, 祹饹 , oatmeal noodles with fish roe, kidney bean cakes, osmanthus and jujubes.

Fried fried cakes

Fried rice noodle cakes, hot noodle fried cakes, butter fried cakes, stick fruit, burnt rings, crispy twists, steamed buns twists, honey twists, honey Three knives, ginger steak, open smile, spring rolls, fried fruit rolls, fried triangles, sweet potato bells, fried pockets, dragon beard cakes, steamed and fried, fried pork on fire, fried noodles, Yipin sesame cakes, fat cakes, pot stickers, Jingdong meat Pancakes, mutton pancakes, pancakes, kidney pancakes, braised pork belly pancakes, pot pancakes, sausages, dumplings, sugar pancakes, sugar snail pancakes, sesame sauce pancakes, water chestnut pancakes, minced meat pancakes, vine pancakes, rose pancakes, beef tongue pancakes, salty pancakes Crispy sesame cakes, toad honey, shredded radish cakes, rolled cakes, and hard dough bracelets.

Sticky goods

Aiwowo, pea yellow, glutinous rice cake, chestnut cake, adzuki bean cake, jujube cake, sesame roll cake, donkey roll, kidney bean cake , kidney bean rolls, pot cakes, yam cakes, purple rice cakes, eight-treasure rice, jujube rice dumplings, glutinous rice cakes, and white rice cakes.

Liquid food

Bean juice, tofu curd, old tofu, braised fried tofu, noodle tea, tea soup, oil tea, almond tea, adzuki bean porridge, eight-treasure lotus seed porridge, barley rice porridge, Pea porridge, lotus leaf porridge, Yuanxiao, walnut cheese, Yuanbao wontons, mutton noodles, almond tofu, cow cheese, fish, dried fruit, watermelon cheese, ice bowl.

Meats

White water sheep head meat, white soup offal, braised meatballs, braised small intestines, sheep sausage, stewed dumplings, roasted mutton, fried tripe, fried liver, stir-fried

This is a bit too much and I copied it directly from Baidu. . . Been fighting for over an hour. . . Sore hands. . .

Most snacks are available at the front door, and are also sold in Wangfujing Snack Street. Not many can be taken away. Generally, Poria cakes, preserved fruits, vacuum-packed donkey rolls, pea yellows, osmanthus cakes, etc. can be taken away. You can also buy the vacuum-packed Quanjude Roast Duck on the go (don’t forget the sweet noodle sauce and lotus leaf cake, most of which are sold separately).

In some restaurants, you can ask in advance if you use your student ID card. For example, Pizza Hut offers a 20% discount with your student ID card. If you want to eat roast duck (the first Dejuquan restaurant in Beijing), I think you should go to the front door to eat. It is best to avoid the meal rush. . . Find the contact information and make a reservation in advance. The atmosphere at the front door is the best. If you want to eat roast duck, depending on the number of people, you usually order the whole duck: including duck soup, lotus leaf cake, duck rack; mustard duck slices; a drink; mixed with gluten; and a cold dish . Not to mention the taste, it’s mainly for eating roast duck! After all, there is a fundamental difference in taste between freshly baked and vacuum-packed ones, and the price is about 400 (for 2-3 people), so don’t overdo it. . .

That’s about it. In fact, there are so many places where you can play and chop. I have already mentioned the better ones that I can recommend. You must control your time well and visit the best places you can. Don’t linger too much. When it comes to a place, you can choose where you want to go. Even if you don’t know the route, you can check it online. It’s good to give yourself multiple choices. If you don't understand, you can ask me. Okay, that’s all. = =! It's too late. I went to bed.

I hope my answer will be helpful to you. All are hand-made, except for Beijing snacks, which are copied.

To go to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube, you can transfer to Metro Line 1, 2, 10, or 13 and transfer to Line 5, get off at the north exit of Huixin West Street, and take a taxi for 10 yuan. There are many buses at this station, but There are too few people who go to the Bird's Nest and can't afford to wait. It takes less than 10 minutes to take a taxi and go inside the venue. There is a separate fee, but there is no charge to watch outside.

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