Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118084 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-15
• Format: Folded Map
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Map
• 1 pages

Customer Reviews

This map saved my life
I got separated from my tour group and using this map (with a non English speaking tour guide) I found my way back to my hotel.

Very good map, but avoid the restaurant/hotel information
I was looking for a map aimed at English-speakers, but with enough characters to be useful. [A map with only pinyin, but no characters, is pretty useless for traveling in China.] This map mostly fit the bill. It contains two maps, a 1:60,000 scale map of Beijing, and a 1:15,000 scale map of the inner Beijing (not even including the entire third ring). [Plus a useless 1:500,000 scale map of the greater Beijing.] The larger map contains almost no characters, except the major streets. I would have preferred listing fewer streets, but including more characters. The more detailed map, however, contains characters for almost all the streets. So if your travels will keep you within the third ring (true for almost all tourists), this map should suffice.

However, I would recommend staying away from the restaurant information. The ones listed are hopelessly out of date. Of the 5 I checked, 3 were no longer there. Trust your guide book instead.

Very nice map of Beijing
Very good map. Lots of details and Chinese transcriptions. The only week point is that it lacks a metro map, but it is not a big deal.