Top 5 Travel Tips Before Tours to Beijing

Once the capital of four dynasties in history and the capital of P.R.China today, Beijing is one of the world's truly imposing cities and there are many famous historic sites tourists can visit in Beijing. With a 3,000 years History, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the People's Republic of China. Here we list top tips tourists should know before tours to Beijing.

Tip 1: Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Beijing

Tourists can find their embassies for help when they encounter problems on passport or some other emergencies during your stay in the city. There are about 140 countries and regions having their embassies set in Beijing. The embassies are mainly distributed at the Sanlilun Area and Jianguomen Area to the east of the city center.

Tip 2: Foreign Exchange

Great Britain Pound, Euro, U.S. Dollar, Swiss Franc, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Crown, Danish Crown, Norwegian Crown, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Philippine Peso, Thai Baht are all exchangeable.

Foreign currency and checks with the face value of Eurodollar and Spanish Peseta are also exchangeable at the Bank of China, other authorized banks offer foreign exchange service. Even some hotels, restaurants and shops will also accept foreign exchange business in order to provide convenience for foreign tourists.

Tip 3: Credit Card

If you feel it is not safe to take too much money during your travelling in Beijing , you could take a credit card that will be more convenience and safer.

At present main credit cards accepted in China, are Master card, Visa, American Express, JCB and Diners. It is very convenient for tourists to use credit cards in star hotels and the large emporiums of Beijing.

Tip 4: Internet

Usually, Wi-Fi connection can be found in airports, hotels, coffee shops, subway and many other places in Beijing. Surfing the internet is not an adventure any more, for internet cafes' can be easily found on the streets. If you come to the city by yourself and want to do business via the internet, chat with family or friends, there are plenty of venues to choose from.

Tip 5: Toilet Facilities

It is easy for tourists to find public toilets in the subway stations, railway stations, airport, bus stations or sightseeing spots and most toilets in the downtown area are free except for some mobile ones.

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Amazing Beautiful Autumn Scenery in Xiangshan Park

Fragrant Hills Park or also called Xiangshan Park is located about 28 kilometers far from the center of Beijing. This park is one of the royal garden of emperors at past. Located in the area about 400 hectares, Xiangshan Park is covered with many green trees and pavilions around. Since covering such large area, Xiangshan Park has become one of the top ten biggest parks in Beijing.

Fragrant Hill Park was first built in 1186 in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) and later extended to a large scale in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. This park was built on the above of the hill as high as 500 meters. So if visitors are able climb up to the top of the park, they will see the extraordinary scenery of Beijing and the park itself. Not only that, from the top of the park or also called Xianglufeng, visitors will also able to see the fascinating scenery of Summer Palace, since it located not far from here.

Another unique view worth to see happens when the autumn season has come. Inside the park, there plant lots of maple trees, smoke trees and persimmon trees. And when the autumn comes, all the leaves will turns to red and make the view turn spectacular. The streets inside the park will also be covered with red leaves, so if you see it from a distance just like roll out the red carpet. Even the leaves will fall down to the lake inside the park, as if the lake turn red covered with bunch of red leaves.

Inside the park, there have some famous point where you will see the red leaves clearly. Because of that, tourists are likely capture it from that certain point. First, in Jingcui Lake, you must walk through the east gate so you will arrive at the shore of the lake which surround by the small hills. So, from that place the tourists will climb up to this small hill and the view will look better and clearly from there. Next place is Xiangshan Temple. From the second level, visitors will capture more clearly photos of the park view. The third place is Hesun Gate, in the south hill inside the park. The best time to see this wonderful moment inside the park is October till November.

The most beautiful period season in Xiangshan Park is autumn. At that time, with all leaves turn yellow and red from green, no wonder that you will capture all of the memories which will happen once in each year.