Essential
Dongcheng · Historic Site
Core recommendation
The Front Gate
正陽門（前門）
One of the most iconic surviving gates of old Peking.
QIANMEN (Line 8 & Line 2)
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Welcome To
Peking
Independent guides, walks and recommendations for first-time and returning visitors. We don't list everything. We show you what matters.
Find your first route
Start Here
Plan the first move
The first layer of VisitPeking is practical: orientation before inspiration.
First Time in Beijing
A practical orientation for pacing the city, transit, bookings, and first-day choices.
3 Days in Beijing
A future itinerary guide shaped around geography, energy, and realistic travel time.
Before You Arrive
A pre-arrival checklist for payments, maps, airports, and essential reservations.
VisitPeking Picks
Places worth anchoring a day around
Essential and editor-selected places, shown as a guide rather than an index.
Walk the City
See Beijing in sequence
Routes connect places into a day that makes geographic and editorial sense.
Neighbourhoods
Start with an area, not only an attraction
Neighbourhood pages group nearby places into useful visitor geographies, with a stronger sense of how Beijing fits together on foot.
Lakes, lanes, axis streets, parks, and the connective tissue between headline sights.
Guides
The quiet logistics layer
Practical guide clusters for visitors who need reliable context before they start moving.
Before You Go
Documents, apps, arrival rhythm, and what to verify before committing a day.
Arriving
Airport choices, first transfer, and getting oriented after a long flight.
Getting Around
Subway-first movement, walking distance, and when a taxi makes sense.
Tickets & Bookings
A place for verified booking explainers as editorial coverage grows.
Stories
Editorial context
Magazine-style stories give the city texture beyond logistics.