Forbidden City · photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0

Self-guided walking tour of Beijing

86 sights · China · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Beijing, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• History (34)
• Architecture (24)
• Museums (17)
• Parks & green (14)
• Squares & streets (2)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Beijing

7 stops · 5.9 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 15 min walkZhongnanhai
2. Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 17 min walkForbidden City
3. Photo: Charlie fong冯成, Public domain
   🚶 16 min walkTiananmen
4. Photo: Shujianyang, CC0
   🚶 9 min walkNational Museum of China
5. Photo: Georgio, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 7 min walkMausoleum of Mao Zedong
6. Photo: Yaoleilei, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 4 min walkMonument to the People's Heroes
7. Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 3 min walkTiananmen Square

More well-known sights in Beijing

1. China Media Group Guanghua Road Office Area
2. National Centre for the Performing Arts
3. Niujie Mosque
4. Jingshan Park
5. Beihai Park
6. Beijing Zoo
7. China Zun
8. China World Trade Center Tower III
9. Yonghe Temple
10. St. Joseph's Church, Beijing
11. Zhengyangmen
12. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
13. Capital Museum

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