Lonely Planet Beijing: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Insider Tips | Covers Chaoyang, the Forbidden City, Xicheng and more

by David Eimer, Trent Holden

#1 best-selling guide to Beijing*



Lonely Planet Beijing is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Scale the Great Wall, sip a cocktail in an historic alleyway, or go ice skating with the locals in Houhai; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Beijing and begin your journey now!



Inside Lonely Planet Beijing Travel Guide:




Full-colour maps and images throughout

Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests

Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, hutong, architecture, religion, literature, visual arts, music, cinema, Peking Opera, festivals, cuisine, shopping

Free, convenient pull-out Beijing map (included in print version), plus 30 colour maps

Covers Chaoyang, the Forbidden City, Xicheng, Dongcheng, Sanlitun, Beihai Park, Wudaokou, Haidian, Dashilar, the Temple of Heaven and more


The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Beijing , our most comprehensive guide to Beijing, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.



Looking for just the highlights of Beijing? Check out Pocket Beijing, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.
Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet China guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer.


About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits!



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*Best-selling guide to Beijing. Source: Nielsen BookScan. Australia, UK and USA



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Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, China, Guides

288 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jennifer Vekert · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mostly useless for being in Beijing. Two particularly egregious examples:

1. "Cash is King." No. Everyone pays with apps on their phones, which my bank wouldn't allow me to setup once I was already abroad. The first book in the phrasebook my Chinese friends copied out for me was "Do you take cash?" because usually the answer is "No." Only my hotel took a card.

2. Most bathrooms are Bring Your Own Toilet Paper and Soap, especially in the less posh areas. Toilet wise you can get anything from a Japanese import 100 function monstrosity to a squat toilet. It's a roulette I did not enjoy playing. Maybe the authors never piss while traveling?

Beijing is great. This book is not.

[Sona Pech · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Lonely Planet guides are a guarantee of quality and this one is no exception. Highly recommended!

[Nick Beek · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, a great reference book by Lonely Planet. Useful for my trip to Beijing; however, authors could use more explanation on, so to say, the logistics of major cultural sites.

[Jasper O. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Lonely Planet Guide has helped me during my travels in China, although I have to be honest: The Lonely Planet China already contains so much information on most cities that there is little to no need to use this Beijing edition, and it provides much more background to China as a country. The walks in this guide in my opinion skip some essential or eccentric sights, and a lot of buildings do not get the attention and wording they deserve, even in this in-depth city guide. If you are going to spend a long time (one week or more) in and around Beijing and are not seeing any other parts of China, this is the guide for you. Otherwise, just get the guide for China and use that. That said, Lonely Planet still provides the best guidebooks in the world.

[J Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best book on Beijing traveling and sightseeing that I've encountered! With my husband arriving tomorrow, I feel prepared to show him the land of scribbly and all the fun things to see and do!