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[quote=Anonymous]Spent a week in Bejing last year.  You do not need to get a car or driver for Summer Palace or Forbidden City.  Just set up Alipay on your phone, know how to use Google translate and go.  The Bejing subway is awesome.  I would hire a driver for Great Wall - we did Didi out and back - our out one was very nice, the one back reeked of smoke.

My daughter was studying there so while she spoke Chinese and I didn't - I was fine when I was on my own.  She introduced me to riding bikes there and it was a great way to get around.  Don't be afraid to try.

Few planning tips:
- check out Reddit's travelchina subthread.  Very useful.  Even my daughter who was living there thought it was solid.
-  Use trip.com to book things..
- I did a food tour there with Lost Plates which was really fun.

If you want something more historic/original Bejing - I stayed in the Jingshan Garden Hotel which is walking distance to the Forbidden Palace and some of the more bustling hutongs.  Very comfy bed and it even had a bathtub![/quote]

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