Beijing Guide by Civitatis.com vs Beijing Metro Subway Map 北京地铁

This Beijing guide is completely free and has been created by the Civitatis team, the leading company in the sale of guided tours, excursions, and free tours in English all over the world. So you can guess what you'll find there: all the tourist information you need to make the most of your trip to Beijing, with a perfect combination of cultural, sightseeing, and entertainment options. You'll also find in this Beijing guide practical information that will help you organize your trip to Beijing, as well as tips and advice to make the most of your time in Beijing. What to see in Beijing? Where to eat, where to sleep? What are the places you really have to visit? Any tips to save money? Our Beijing guide will answer all these and more. The most interesting sections of this free guide to Beijing are: • General information: Learn how to plan your trip to Beijing and find out what is the necessary documentation to visit it, what is the weather like at the time you're traveling, or what are the opening hours of its stores. • What to see: Discover the main attractions in Beijing, as well as practical information on how to visit these tourist spots, how to get there, opening hours, closing days, prices, etc. • Where to eat: Learn more about the most traditional dishes in China and the best places to sample them in Beijing. And why not do it for the best price? We tell you the best places to eat on a budget in Beijing. • Where to stay: Are you looking for a quiet neighborhood to rest or a lively one to party until dawn? Our free travel guide will let you know in which area you should look for your accommodation in Beijing. • Transport: Find out how to get around Beijing and which are the best ways to move around depending on your budget or your time. • Shopping: Get the perfect souvenirs and save time and money by knowing in advance which are the best areas to go shopping in Beijing. • Map: The most comprehensive map of Beijing, where you can see all the must-see sights, where to eat, the best area to book your hotel, or the neighborhood with the greatest and liveliest atmosphere in Beijing. • Activities: With our Beijing guide, you can also book the best Civitatis activities for your trip. Guided tours, excursions, tickets, free tours... Everything to fill your trip! We know that when you're traveling, there's no time to waste. And even more, when there are so many things to do in Beijing. That's why, with this free travel guide, we want to help you fill your trip to Beijing. Have a blast and enjoy your vacation! P.S. The information and tips in this guide were written by and for travelers and were collected on January 2023. If you find any inaccuracies or find something you think we should change, please contact us (https://www.civitatis.com/en/contact/).

Beijing's metro, drawn as a map you'll want to keep. Whale's Beijing Metro puts the whole Beijing Subway — 28 lines and 424 stations, everything open in 2026 — on a paper-and-ink map made for this app, with every station named in English, Chinese and pinyin. Works offline. Free. THE MAP Cream paper, ink lettering, a touch of vermilion: a map that reads like the city instead of a diagram. Every line in its official colour, with its number repeated along the line so you never lose track of which one you're on. Interchanges carry badges for every line that stops there, each terminus is named, and the rivers, lakes and shoreline are drawn in. The Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and the Bird's Nest are marked where they really are. It's drawn as vectors, so pinch in as far as you like — it stays crisp. FIND A STATION • Type any station in English, Chinese or pinyin — "Tian'anmen East", "天安门东" or the first few letters all work • The whale flies you there and points at it • Your recent stations are remembered PLAN A ROUTE • Tap a station, then another: the fewest-stops route is drawn bold with everything else dimmed • Transfers and a journey-time estimate on the card — Beijing South Railway Station to Terminal 3, for example • Share the route as text to a friend, or to your notes READ THE SIGNS • Every station card shows the Chinese name, pinyin with tone marks, and English • Tap the speaker to hear the name spoken aloud • Highlight a single line to trace it from end to end MADE FOR TRAVEL • Fully offline: no roaming, no VPN, no account, nothing to download after install • Day or night: the paper map, or ink on slate — your choice in About • iPhone and iPad • Free, supported by one small banner WHAT'S ON THE MAP Both airport lines — the Capital Airport Express and the Daxing Airport Express — the Changping, Fangshan, Yanfang and Yizhuang lines, the S1 maglev, and the Xijiao and Yizhuang T1 trams. 106 interchange stations, all with badges. GOOD TO KNOW Is it up to date? Yes — 28 lines and 424 stations as of 2026, including this year's openings. Station positions come from OpenStreetMap; the design and layout are ours. Learning Chinese? Every station card links to HSK Hero, our recognition game for the 5,000 HSK words — the same studio, the same care. Going to other cities? Whale's Metro Maps cover Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Zhengzhou. The More Cities tab links to each. Who makes it? Handtechnics, a small independent studio that has been making Chinese travel and learning apps since 2012. Download it before you land. 一路平安!