One day in Beijing, China
A day through Beijing’s best-known sights that lie close together: Forbidden City, Zhongnanhai, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Tiananmen Square, National Museum of China and Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. 6 stops, about 3.4 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Forbidden CityMuseum · On the map
- ZhongnanhaiPalace · 1 km on from Forbidden City · On the map
- National Centre for the Performing ArtsTheatre or opera house · 0.9 km on from Zhongnanhai · On the map
- Tiananmen SquareSquare · 0.7 km on from National Centre for the Performing Arts · On the map
- National Museum of ChinaMuseum · 0.3 km on from Tiananmen Square · On the map
- Mausoleum of Mao ZedongMonument · 0.4 km on from National Museum of China · On the map
6 stops, 5.1 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 6 min of walking.
More for Beijing
- Things to do in Beijing, China · 40 places to see, led by Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square
- A week in Beijing, China · Seven days of sights, starting at Forbidden City
Day trips from Beijing
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.