For people who already live in China and have a free weekend. Arrive Friday night and be on the Great Wall on Saturday morning.
You don't lose a working day: you arrive late on Friday and you're at Beijing South Station by three on Sunday to catch your train home. In between, the Great Wall at Mutianyu, quieter than Badaling, the Summer Palace, and a Sunday for the Forbidden City and the hutongs.
Late arrival, around 23:30. Straight to the hotel.
The Great Wall at Mutianyu in the morning. The Summer Palace in the afternoon.
The Forbidden City, the hutongs and Tiananmen. At Beijing South Station by 15:00.
Two days among the pillars of Wulingyuan and on Tianmen Mountain, with two nights at the Pullman.
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