- Frommer's Beijing features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you, plus invaluable Chinese translations for every hotel, restaurant, attraction, and shopping listing.
- All maps in Frommer's Beijing include Chinese translations, to make navigating the city easier.
- Our authors, longtime residents of Beijing, take you to the major highlights, from the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace, and show you to the city's hidden gems only the locals know about.
- Each hotel and restaurant is given a candid review from a local's perspective, so you can plan your budget and choose with confidence.
- You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; detailed walking tours; and side trips to the Great Wall.
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"[This book offers] time-saving suggestions for getting the most out of your city break and include full size pull-out maps" (virginmedia.com, January 2008)
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China's capital is ultimately a rock-'n'-roll town. See chapters 2 and 10.
Detailed maps throughout
Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information
Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife
Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas
Insider tips from local expert authors
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Worst travel guide ever
Oct 19 2010
By A. Ralph
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This guide is next to useless. The maps are not detailed, and the directions are vague. At one point it told us to turn left when we saw "a gaggle of Chinese tourists with cameras." Really helpful. One of the authors also repeatedly plugs a high priced restaurant that she owns. Save yourself some money and a lot of frustration and do not buy this stupid book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nearly Useless
Mar 26 2012
By Peter
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Format:Paperback
In all honesty, this book borders on useless from the perspective of a traveller. It is full of places popular with local expats looking for a bit of home and minimal information about anything actually Chinese. Even the pictures were full of expats! If you rely solely on this book, you will spend most of your time in an expat bubble and see very little of the real Beijing. Lonely planet isn't brilliant on Beijing either, but it's miles ahead of Frommer's.
This book will get you to most of the major tourist spots, but only just barely. As others have said, the accompanying maps are not very detailed and are of little help. At best, they will lead you to the general area you are aiming for, but not much more. Directions and maps for stores and restaurants are absolutely horrible. I ended up mainly using the map that came with the Eyewitness book (the book itself was not any better, but the map was great).
The one thing I will say in the author's defense is that China is growing so quickly that you can't reasonably expect any guide book to be perfectly up to date. There is no way to keep up, so you can't hold that against the author here.
Bottom line: this book is absolutely not worth your money. I do not write a lot of reviews on Amazon, but felt compelled for this one given how poor it was. A huge disappointment, to say the least.
This book will get you to most of the major tourist spots, but only just barely. As others have said, the accompanying maps are not very detailed and are of little help. At best, they will lead you to the general area you are aiming for, but not much more. Directions and maps for stores and restaurants are absolutely horrible. I ended up mainly using the map that came with the Eyewitness book (the book itself was not any better, but the map was great).
The one thing I will say in the author's defense is that China is growing so quickly that you can't reasonably expect any guide book to be perfectly up to date. There is no way to keep up, so you can't hold that against the author here.
Bottom line: this book is absolutely not worth your money. I do not write a lot of reviews on Amazon, but felt compelled for this one given how poor it was. A huge disappointment, to say the least.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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could be better
April 30 2011
By Lady Donna
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Nice size and fold-out city map included, but info on "must-see" sites is often very brief. Organizational mode used - "Beijing in 1 day...2 days...3 days" is not to my liking; would prefer sites in same quadrant of city together or similar sites e.g. museums listed together (index no help if you don't know exact name); nothing found on Beijing Zoo (what about the pandas?) and less space devoted to lodging and dining. More info on distances and travel times - Beijing is vast, traffic heavy, and taxi drivers speak very limited if any English and do not READ English!
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