Hebei is a coastal province in northern China that wraps around Beijing and Tianjin on three sides and meets the Bohai Sea to the east. It holds the UNESCO Chengde Mountain Resort, the eastern terminus of the Great Wall at Shanhaiguan and Laolongtou, the Beidaihe seaside resort, and the world's oldest open-spandrel stone arch bridge at Zhaozhou.
Local currency: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY/RMB).
Daily budget by traveller style
Typical per-person daily spend in Hebei.
- Mid-range
- ¥370/day (~$55)
- Luxury
- ¥1,005+/day (~$150)
Cost breakdown
Typical price ranges across major spending categories.
Accommodation
- Hostel
- ¥45-90 (~$6.7-13)/night (dorm bed, Shijiazhuang or Qinhuangdao)
- Budget
- ¥130-220 (~$19-33)/night
- Midrange
- ¥280-550 (~$42-82)/night (3-4 star)
- Luxury
- ¥700-1800 (~$104-269)+/night (5-star, higher at Beidaihe in peak summer)
Food
- Street
- ¥5-18 (~$0.75-2.7) (street food)
- Local
- ¥20-50 (~$3-7.5) (noodle or dumpling meal)
- Midrange
- ¥70-160 (~$10-24) (sit-down restaurant)
- Fine
- ¥250-600 (~$37-90)+ (hotpot banquet or Beidaihe seafood feast)
Transport
- Bus
- ¥2-4 (~$0.30-0.60) city bus
- Taxi
- ¥12-40 (~$1.8-6) short Didi or taxi ride
- Airport
- ¥20-80 (~$3-12) Shijiazhuang Zhengding Airport (SJW) to city by shuttle bus or Didi
- Daytrip
- ¥50-180 (~$7.5-27) high-speed rail to Chengde, Qinhuangdao or Zhangjiakou
Activities
- Museum
- ¥0-30 (~$0.00-4.5) (Hebei Museum is free with advance ID-based reservation)
- Sites
- ¥40-90 (~$6-13.5) (Chengde Mountain Resort about ¥90, Zhaozhou Bridge about ¥40, Laolongtou about ¥50)
- Tour
- ¥250-600 (~$37-90) half-day guided tour
- Excursion
- ¥500-1000 (~$75-149) full-day private driver, common for Shanhaiguan-Beidaihe-Laolongtou combined visits
Trip budgets by length
What a typical trip to Hebei costs end-to-end.
Budget traveller
¥1,085 for 7 days (~$162); hostel, street food, public transport
Midrange traveller
¥2,590 for 7 days (~$387); hotel, restaurants, day trips
Luxury traveller
¥7,035+ for 7 days (~$1050); 5-star hotels, private driver
Money-saving tips
Practical ways to stretch your budget further.
Use metro and buses (¥2-6) rather than taxis in Shijiazhuang.
Book high-speed trains on the Trip.com app or 12306; second class is cheap.
Eat breakfast noodles and street snacks for under ¥30.
Buy combined scenic-area tickets where offered, such as for the Eight Outer Temples.
Travel outside Golden Week (October 1-7) and outside July-August Beidaihe weekends.
Free things to do
Memorable experiences that cost nothing.
Hebei Museum, Shijiazhuang
The province's flagship museum covering Hebei's history from the Neolithic era to the Qing dynasty; free with advance reservation via the official WeChat account
Zhengding Ancient City walls and streets
Free to walk the restored old-town streets and view the exterior of the historic gate towers
Beidaihe public beach sections
Free public stretches of Beidaihe's beach outside paid resort enclosures
Shanhaiguan Old Town streets
Free walking inside the historic garrison town surrounding the First Pass Under Heaven gate (the gate tower itself charges admission)
Cangzhou Iron Lion Park
Free to view the 953 AD cast-iron lion statue in its open-air park setting