Frommer's Beijing
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0470525665
ISBN13:9780470525661
Release Date:March 2010
Publisher:Wiley Publishing
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.53 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.3" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Great Resource at the Hotel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
There are a lot of travel guides, and I particularly like the Frommer's guides because they take care to include a handful of very local experiences in each category that are generally difficult to find and more rewarding than a typical tour-bus barrage. I also like them because I am familiar with their layout and know the basic biases of the reviewers (skewed luxury, where there are several multi-hundred dollar a night hotels and just a handful of cheaper accommodations), but one inconvenience is that the book marks you as a tourist and is a bit hard to carry if you're trying to navigate Beijing without a fanny pack. I've always wished they had an electronic guide - like the iPhone app they have for San Francisco. The closest I have found is the hoodhot travel Beijing taxi guide, which works great for finding the Chinese addresses to the stuff you see in the book.
Good book to buy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Small enough to take w/you on the trip but enough content to read ahead of time to get familiar with Beijing. Would have given 5 stars if it had more/better maps.
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