This pocket handbook of Beijing features lively accounts of every attraction; presents insider recommendations of the best accommodation, restaurants, bars, clubs and shops; and details excursions to historic sports outside the city, including walks along the Great Wall.
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"A very intelligent and functional guide to this sprawling city. The nightlife section is the best and there are some very interesting dives to explore. . .A must-buy and one of the best guide out today. . .Highly recommended."
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Beijing, Second Edition (Paperback)
This book was great--I don't know how we would have managed without it--it gives great, accurate information about places to go (not the nightclubs though), had great maps. We went to some of the most amazing restaurants that we would never have been able to find if not for the really detailed directions in the book (for example, this famous, but out-of-the-way roast duck restaurant hidden in the depths of the hutongs at Qianmen.) The maps were very useful, especially to show taxi drivers where you want to go, though you have to read the pinyin names to them since they can't read english. But definitely, you can't go wrong in Beijing with this book.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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already out of date,
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Beijing 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
I've had great success with Rough Guides, and this seemed like a good bet given all the reviews here on Amazon. Unfortunately, I've been super disappointed. Sure, it's a challenge writing a guidebook for such a rapidly changing city; but this guide being pre-Olympics makes a HUGE difference. Don't let the 2008 date fool you.
The subway and bus information and maps are all wrong. Quite a few of the restaurants mentioned don't exist anymore, which I frequently discovered while hot and frustrated on Beijing's complicated streets. (Directions and maps are quite short on details.) Prices and information for major tourist sites (such as Forbidden City) are slightly off. The text even mentions Dunkin Donuts, which hasn't existed in China for five years or more. In addition, big swaths of the city aren't covered at all, notably the foreigner hot-spots around Chaoyang Park. The section on 798, the Arts District, is woefully short, just a paragraph long with no map or gallery suggestions. Hopefully there's a better guide out there, because Beijing is the kind of massive city where you really need quality advice and maps and directions.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reliable, Up-to-Date, Far Better than Lonely Planet,
By Steve Wilton (Vancouver, BC Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Beijing, Second Edition (Paperback)
If you plan to go to Beijing and you don't speak Mandarin,you *need* a good guide book. I consistently found this to be accurate, and it gave good advice. I met other travelers using the Lonely Planet, and they didn't find it nearly as useful.
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The flight from London to Beijing takes about nine hours, with only British Airways and Air China offering non-stop flights there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
third ring road, second ring road, international post office, subway stop, drum tower Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Forbidden City, Jianguomenwai Dajie, Great Wall, Hong Kong, Beijing Zhan, New Zealand, World Trade Centre, Wangfujing Dajie, Friendship Store, Yonghe Gong, Qianmen Dajie, Chang'an Jie, Beijing Opera, Summer Palace, Beihai Park, Lufthansa Centre, Tiantan Park, Air China, Chinese New Year, Jianguomen Dajie, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Singapore Airlines, Bishu Shanzhuang, Dongsi Shitiao New!
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The flight from London to Beijing takes about nine hours, with only British Airways and Air China offering non-stop flights there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
third ring road, second ring road, international post office, subway stop, drum tower Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Forbidden City, Jianguomenwai Dajie, Great Wall, Hong Kong, Beijing Zhan, New Zealand, World Trade Centre, Wangfujing Dajie, Friendship Store, Yonghe Gong, Qianmen Dajie, Chang'an Jie, Beijing Opera, Summer Palace, Beihai Park, Lufthansa Centre, Tiantan Park, Air China, Chinese New Year, Jianguomen Dajie, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Singapore Airlines, Bishu Shanzhuang, Dongsi Shitiao New!
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- Forbidden City: A Novel of Modern China by William Bell on page 92, page 93, and page 95
- A Dream of Red Mansions by Tsao Hsueh Chin on page 214, and Back Matter
- Three Kingdoms (Chinese Classics, Classic Novel in 4-Volumes) by Luo Guanzhong in Back Matter
- Chinese Vegetarian Cuisine by Wang Wenqiao in Back Matter
- Anthology of Chinese literature, (UNESCO collection of representative works:) by Cyril Birch in Back Matter
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