| Ursula, ni hao!
>I am arriving in Shanghai as a stopover for two days on the 5th Jan. I would really like to see >part of the Great Wall and know that I would need to fly probably to Beijing. Is this possible in >the time frame? Would you know the cost or tours if available please. Difficult in that timeframe, especially if you do not know too much about China and probably Chinese. I recently took a guided tour (English and Chinese) from Beijing to the Great Wall (which usually goes to Badaling which is the most crowded part of it and later also visits the Ming Tombs and includes a Lunch). This is a full day tour (takes off very early in the morning from the Hotel (7:00)and comes back to the hotel around 19:00).The price of that tour was 240 RMB and included most entrance fees and the lunch. However, in your timeframe you probably can not get on it. Flying Beijing-Shanghai (or back) takes about 1:50 (if not delayed, beware!), I bought such a ticket in Beijing recently for ~ 750 RMB (one trip), my very first experience buying a ticket in Beijing mostly using Chinese! To the above time you will have to add the times to get from the airports to the respectice city centers or bus stations, about 30-45 min on both sides and the extra recommended time to get to and through the gates (30 min - 1 hour?) I know there are a lot of (public) buses that directly go to the Great Wall from some Station in Beijing, I plan to use one of those next time I get there, but this way you will have no guide with you and you will need thorough planing to get it done in your timeframe, especially when using those public buses you better know some Chinese. Maybe somebody can fill in "the blanks"? Maybe some travel agency offers such a quick tour? Beijing is simply too far from Shanghai! Joachim |
Traveled to Beijing with China Eastern Airlines