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The colonnaded Chairman Mao Memorial Hall at the south end of Tiananmen Square, with a sculpture group in frontThe colonnaded west facade of the National Museum of China on the east side of Tiananmen SquareTiananmen Square with the Monument to the People's Heroes on the left and the Great Hall of the People's colonnade behind

The essentials in 10 seconds

Entry
all 4 free
Duration
6 h 20 min · 09:30–15:47
Start and finish
Chairman Mao Memorial Hall → Wangfujing Street
On foot
≈ 13 min in total
Transport
1 ride, ≈ 19 min
Lunch
around 12:37
With kids
fine: short walks

The plan, stop by stop

Times include walking and lunch. Drag a stop by ≡, remove it with the cross or add one nearby — the plan updates.

Beijing09:30–15:47 · 4 places · 6 h 20 min

  1. Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

    · 30 min · Free

  2. 7 min on foot

  3. National Museum of China

    · 2 h 30 min · Free

  4. Lunch · 1 h
  5. 6 min on foot

  6. Tiananmen Square

    · 45 min · Free

  7. 19 min · transport or taxi

  8. Wangfujing Street

    · 1 h · Free

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What the route costs

All 4 stops are free — you pay only for museums inside, if you go in, and for lunch.

1Chairman Mao Memorial Hall5530 minFree
2National Museum of China442 h 30 minFree
3Tiananmen Square6845 minFree
4Wangfujing Street431 hFree
Total4 h 50 min4 of 4 free

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