FREE things to do....
Sep 25th, 2008, 03:01 PM
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FREE things to do....
Anyone familiar with NYC knows they have a FREE or low priced guide/booklet for students and others who wish to tour NYC but have limited means.
i.e. FREE days at museums, free tours & concerts etc.
Is there anything like this for Shanghai/Beijing? I searched online with no results.
i.e. FREE days at museums, free tours & concerts etc.
Is there anything like this for Shanghai/Beijing? I searched online with no results.
Oct 4th, 2008, 04:11 PM
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Shanghai Museum is free, or at least it was when I was there in March.
It's been two years since I've been in Beijing, so not sure what is still free. Parks have a small charge, usually around .35 to $1.
Walking through the remaining hutong area is free and very interesting.
It's been two years since I've been in Beijing, so not sure what is still free. Parks have a small charge, usually around .35 to $1.
Walking through the remaining hutong area is free and very interesting.
Oct 4th, 2008, 05:05 PM
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Several museums in Beijing were made free earlier this year, notably the excellent Capital Museum. It's pretty rare for entrance fees to reach the sums mentioned. ¥60 is fairly top-end and even then these often drop their prices after Nov 1. Even the Forbidden City is only ¥60, dropping to ¥40. Most temples are around ¥20--around US$3. You can stuff yourself silly for less than that, too.
Beijing really still is pretty cheap if you avoid the tourist traps. A cup of coffee in Starbucks can easily cost you the price of a simple noodle dish if you eat in the back streets.
Hutong walking is free, as mentioned, and there are many colourful markets with no entrance fees where window shopping rather than shopping is often a good plan anyway. If you buy an Yikatong bus/subway pass you get as much as 60% off bus fares, making trips out to the Great Wall cost next to nothing, and a typical city bus ride cost only ¥0.40--less than one US cent.
Peter N-H
Beijing really still is pretty cheap if you avoid the tourist traps. A cup of coffee in Starbucks can easily cost you the price of a simple noodle dish if you eat in the back streets.
Hutong walking is free, as mentioned, and there are many colourful markets with no entrance fees where window shopping rather than shopping is often a good plan anyway. If you buy an Yikatong bus/subway pass you get as much as 60% off bus fares, making trips out to the Great Wall cost next to nothing, and a typical city bus ride cost only ¥0.40--less than one US cent.
Peter N-H
