There are 3 types of taxi charges

While Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in the business field, Peking is widely recognized as the political, academic and cultural centre of the Country, with a jurisdiction over eighteen districts and counties.  To get around this metropolis you might find useful these short lived suggestions on public transports when you land there. 

Public Bus and trolley Bus : you need to remember some numbers.  Buses Nos.  1-200 and trolley buses run in the city ( 1 yuan per person ) ; buses Nos.  201-212 run at night ; buses Nos.  300-599 go to the suburbs, charging according to the distance covered.  Air conditioned buses starting with n.  Eight are charged according to the distance covered.  They usually run thru the busy streets.  Buses starting with n.  Six go to the residential areas and so on.  ( for details see bjbus.com ). 

Beijing Capital global airport ( 010 645 63 604 ) is one of China’s major gateways.  It is 28 km from the city centre, about 40 minutes’ ride by car.  Taxi costs roughly a hundred yuan. 

There are 4 railways stations in the town : Beijing Railway Station ( ph.  5101 ninety nine ninety nine ), Beijing West ( the biggest ; ph : 5182 6253 ), South ( ph : 63030031 ) and North train line stations.  Passengers may buy train tickets from the ticket offices 10 days in advance or book by telephone ( ph.  010- 51827188 from 9am-9pm every day ) or net ( 036.com.cn ) 5 to 11 days in advance. 

There are three differing types of taxi charges ( 1.2, 1.6, and 2 yuan per kilometer ) and they are very suitable to explore the city.  ( Call the taxi centre : 010- 683 73399 )

train : 4 lines criss-cross the city of Beijing.  Line 1, Line two, Line thirteen and Batong line.  The second 2 are city rails.  They run from 5am until roughly ten or 11 in the night.  Tube entrances feature a grey cement structure with a symbolized lamp box.  An one-way ticket is about 3-5 yuan. 

Bikes and bikes!  As usual we cannot avoid mentioning a healthy, green, convenient, cheap, safe and fun way of travel transport and recreation!  The bike!  China truly is the ‘Bicycle Kingdom’, manufacturing and using more bikes than any other country in the world.  Cycling in China is a kind of way of life for the Chinese folks.  Remember that in the traffic and in the narrow alleys of the Hutongs bikes are the best means to explore the city and is a super-individual way of transport by your own pace!  Try firms like The bike dominion to rent your own bike. 

Also, to avoid long nerve-wrangling researches on where to go and what to do, here we have highlighted for you some of the central Beijing districts divided by main interest.  Haidian District is home of China’s Silicon Valley -Zhongguancun- and 39 varsities including Beijing, Tsinghua and Renmin Universities, so fundamentally good for shopping feaver.  Xuanwu District is a good area for everything related to standard medication while the Chaoyang District is the 798 Art District and flea market district.  Dongcheng District is an area where many nice backpackers youth hostels are found.  Just to mention some names : the nine dragons youth hostel, Beijing city Central youth hotel, the yard Hotel, Beijing harbor hotel hotel, the story youth hotel, the Beijing New Dragon Hostel. 

Xicheng District hosts some public parks as the Beihai park, Jingshan Park, Yuetan Park and the Beijing Zoo.  In the area the famous Zhongnanhai and the popular Houhai bar.  If you like this ‘green’ area, we also suggest a very nice boutique value hotel nested in an hold traditional hutong called the Spring Garden yard Hotel.  A hotel in a Chinese normal, luxury yard, comprises an autumn and a spring garden offering a singular cultural connotation.  Actually, each of the rooms introduces you to the life of different distinguished emperors in Chinese history and the dynasties that they lived in.  In the multifunction hall, there are roughly one hundred photos with English translations outlining Beijing ( Peking ) past.  These include places of interest, culture, faith, and every day life in the city.  There is also a staff member available to answer questions and explain the eight hundred years of Beijing history ). 

Other central location districts are : Fengtai District ; Shijingshan District ; Chongwen District.

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