Past & Future
One complete day from the Beijing → Shanghai route, so you can see exactly how a ROAM itinerary works.
Great Wall — Mutianyu
One night near Mutianyu, just 300 metres from the Great Wall entrance. While other sections can become busy with coaches and tour groups, Mutianyu offers a calmer experience: a beautiful stay, an early start, and a stretch of the Wall where the landscape is the main event.
What to Eat
Rainbow Trout (虹鳟鱼)
Huairou is famous for its freshwater rainbow trout, often grilled over charcoal or served in a sweet-sour sauce. The restaurants near the Mutianyu entrance keep live tanks, so you pick the fish and they cook it to order.
Farmer’s Table (农家菜)
Village restaurants serve simple, hearty dishes: stir-fried mountain greens, garlic eggplant, scrambled eggs with wild herbs, and hand-rolled corn pancakes (贴饼子). Try the braised pork with chestnuts—a local specialty that pairs well with the cool mountain air.
What comes next
Sanlitun, Jingshan Park, hutong walks, and the Forbidden City with a timed-entry strategy.
The Beach Chapel, the Library, the architecture, and a slower coastal rhythm before continuing south.
High-speed rail transfer, followed by the next stage of the journey.
The remaining route, with the complete day-by-day breakdown in the full pack.
Bilingual Address Card
Every stop includes a Chinese address you can show directly to a driver. You do not need to explain the destination yourself.
Near Mutianyu Great Wall Scenic Area, Huairou District, Beijing
The Chinese Digital Kit
Every ROAM Route Pack also includes the 19-page Chinese Digital Kit: practical guidance for payments, connectivity, trains, transport and the digital tools that make independent travel in China easier.
This is one day. The pack builds the whole journey.
Beijing → Great Wall → Aranya → Nanjing → Suzhou → Hangzhou → Shanghai. Seven stops, day-by-day planning, hotel recommendations, rail logistics, bilingual address cards, and the Chinese Digital Kit included.