I'm going to Beijing for 2 days. I want to visit the ff. places on my own: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City

Question

Bei Hai Park, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Olympic Stadium, Silk Alley Market, Wang Fu Jing, Guomao Area w/the biggest Starbucks I hear, and Badaling Great Wall which I know is quite far and I want to go there preferably in the morning so that it's not too hot yet. I'm planning to take the Beijing Subway to save some time in visiting these places. Can anybody tell me what specific line in the Beijing Subway I should take to get to them, directions on which exit on what particular floor in the subway I should use, and further directions to get to these landmarks once I have exited the subway, the travelling time, how many stops along the way, and subway fares. Most importantly, are there any of these places that are just a walking distance from each other? how many miles and minutes? I'm okay with taking any other means of transportation just as long as it doesn't take hours to get there and is not that expensive. If you could suggest an efficient route/Itinerary for the places that I mentioned above on my Day 1 and Day 2 stay in Beijing and tell me the location of the nearest subway/means of transportation that I could use after visiting each and every place that would be greatly appreciated! :)) Just to give you more information, on Day 1, I will be arriving at Beijing around 6am, and my departure time for Day 2 is still around 9pm that night.. so I would really want to make the most of my short stop there before I head off to my next adventure. If you have a detailed beijing / subway map, that you can suggest then please leave the link to it here as well. Thanks a bunch! ;)

Answer 1

http://www.beijingmap.us/city/subway/bei... has subway maps and tourist tips.

Here's my tip: Cut down the list of places you want to see (unless your goal is simply to get out of the subway; snap a picture; and get back on without actually "seeing" much).  E.g., Going out to Badaling and the Ming Tombs on the way back takes up most of a day, especially if you want to walk on the wall and check out the museum there.

Answer 2

I think you typed too much. Too much time on your hands?

Answer 3

Tian'anmen Square is cross the road from the Forbidden City.  The stop is maybe half a block down the road from both of these places.  I don't know the stop's name.  

I think BaDaLing is an hour or so outside the city.  It's the most touristy part of the wall and likely to be uber-crowded.  You might want to try MouTianYu instead.  It's two hours outside the city, but likely to be less crowded.  You can take a subway to the bus that will take you outside the city.  I don't know the station name or bus number.  Once you get to the end of the bus route you can either get on a small van or hire a car to take you out to MouTianYu.  I liked it much better than BaDaLing.  It wasn't even a busy time of year when I went and it was so crowded.  If you're going to Beijing this month it will be insane out there.  

Keep in mind most of the places you want to see are very big.  You should pick three or four and keep it at that or you will exhaust yourself.  Beijing in the summer is quite hot so be careful and drink lots of water.