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Beijing in 3 days
Palace at its timed slot, temple at opening, hutongs at dusk; the last day ends with the bags already in the car.
Days
3
Plan status
draft
Walking
4km
default plan, all days
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Your constraints
Day 1 — Tiananmen and the Forbidden City in the first slot
No plan fits these constraints.
Conflict: Your timed slot at the Forbidden City (book by passport). Loosen: Your timed slot at the Forbidden City (book by passport)?
Minimal conflict: Your timed slot at the Forbidden City (book by passport)
After: Hotel or AC mall 13:30–16:00; roast duck in the evening (book ahead).
Day 2 — Temple of Heaven at opening, hutongs in the afternoon
- 07:00–07:28Subway Line 1 to Dongdan, Line 5 to Tiantan East Gate
- 07:28–09:13Temple of Heaven
- 09:13–09:48Subway Line 5 to Dongsi, Line 6 to Nanluoguxiang
- 09:48–10:48Nanluoguxiang lane
Switches if the ground changes
- heat Temple of Heaven → Café by Tiantan East Gate Station (AC) (12′)
Why this route?
DFL 4 = PFL 1.7 + OFL 2.3 · walk 1.7 km (1.1 mi)1.1 mi (2 km) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L0 · yield 14 · option value 0.45
trace: generated 20 · rejected none · frontier 6 · seed 2417079989 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Evening: lanes and cafés off Nanluoguxiang; take a taxi back after 21:00.
Day 3 — Nanluoguxiang and Gulou morning, car to the airport at 11:30
leave byLeave Drum Tower and Bell Tower by 10:50 to keep the 11:30 boarding.Leave Drum Tower and Bell Tower by 10:50 AM to keep the 11:30 AM boarding.
17 min of buffer left.
- 08:30–08:41Walk to the lane
- 08:41–09:21Nanluoguxiang lane
- 09:21–09:31Walk north along the lane
- 09:31–10:21Drum Tower and Bell Tower
- 10:21–10:33Walk back for the bags
- 10:33–11:30Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → airport
- 11:30–12:30Car to the airport at 11:30hard
What this plan gives up
- L2Shorten Nanluoguxiang lane to 40 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to the airport at 11:30.Shorten Nanluoguxiang lane to 40 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to the airport at 11:30 AM.
- L2Skip Lama Temple (Yonghegong) (optional) — protects: Car to the airport at 11:30.Skip Lama Temple (Yonghegong) (optional) — protects: Car to the airport at 11:30 AM.
Why this route?
DFL 2.1 = PFL 2.1 + OFL 0 · walk 2.1 km (1.3 mi)1.3 mi (2 km) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 17′ · relax L2 · yield 11.1 · option value 0
Deadline: boarding 11:30 → latest arrival 11:20, slack 18′
β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -20 min; +CNY 0.
trace: generated 10 · rejected no_edge×2, p_late>0.15×2 · frontier 5 · seed 2417079989 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Airport: allow 3 hours before an international departure; check PEK or PKX on your ticket.