下载App
资质规则
旅行
账户
AlexTheJock
Free Entry for Seniors, Stunning Temples and Beautiful Costumes
天坛公园的点评
点评：My wife and I, along with two long-time friends — all four of us senior citizens — were part of a group of 20 on an escorted tour of China. This was the first day we decided to venture out on our own, as we had a free day in Beijing.
I had a look on TripAdvisor and the Temple of Heaven stood out, so we then had to work out how to get there. It was on the opposite side of the city from our hotel. I opened my Uber app, but quickly realised it doesn't work in China. I then remembered seeing DiDi inside the Alipay app.
You need to download and register Alipay before you travel to China to pay for goods and services. It can feel unnerving to register before you go as there are many security stages, but you must persevere — you have to use this or another payment app while in China. To be honest, once it is registered it is so easy to use. We ordered DiDis through it, paid for goods by either scanning the shop's QR code or showing our own from the app, and bought eSIMs. Don't buy an eSIM before you go — they are as cheap as chips on Alipay. Much cheaper than the ones we bought in the UK before leaving, which we used up in no time. If I remember correctly, it was £15 for an unlimited data SIM for ten days.
We ordered a luxury car which arrived in minutes. The price for a 45-minute journey was £7 — yes, everything in China is that cheap!
When we arrived we went to the ticket machines. You have to carry your passport at all times in China and often need it for things like this. For some reason the machines would not recognise any of our passports or issue tickets. After about half an hour of trying, we went to the ticket booth and used the translator in the Alipay app to ask for help. The lady in the booth took our passports, handed them back and told us it was free for senior citizens. Apparently a lot of things are — maybe the UK Government could take a leaf out of China's book on how to treat senior citizens with respect!
We went to the turnstiles, showed our passports and we were in. We then spent the next two hours slowly walking around the whole site following the signs — it is very well signposted throughout.
We visited everywhere within the grounds, including the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Imperial Vault of Heaven. It was fairly busy, but you only really noticed when you wanted to look into one of the prayer rooms and had to wait a short while until someone moved out to make space.
Most of the grounds are flat and well-paved, which was ideal for us. There are steps up to some of the structures, but they are easy to climb — quite even and well-maintained. There were plenty of places to sit around the site. I don't remember much shade around the buildings themselves, but looking at my photos there are shaded areas under the trees in other parts of the grounds.
The people in traditional costume really made the visit for us. They were in the foreground of a lot of our photos, which makes them much more interesting. We were apprehensive at first about photographing locals, but they really enjoy it. As I mentioned, they loved getting into photos with us and taking photos of us on their smartphones. It was obviously still quite unusual to see Westerners — we didn't see many others as we travelled around.
Getting back was just as easy. We ordered another DiDi, which cost around £15 because it was rush hour and took over an hour. We also opted for a seven-seater on the way back. The car on the way there was fine, but we are not so small and the back seat was a bit cramped, so the larger car was more comfortable. Even at £15, it was still amazing value.
It was a really good choice for an afternoon out in Beijing and we would thoroughly recommend it.
I had a look on TripAdvisor and the Temple of Heaven stood out, so we then had to work out how to get there. It was on the opposite side of the city from our hotel. I opened my Uber app, but quickly realised it doesn't work in China. I then remembered seeing DiDi inside the Alipay app.
You need to download and register Alipay before you travel to China to pay for goods and services. It can feel unnerving to register before you go as there are many security stages, but you must persevere — you have to use this or another payment app while in China. To be honest, once it is registered it is so easy to use. We ordered DiDis through it, paid for goods by either scanning the shop's QR code or showing our own from the app, and bought eSIMs. Don't buy an eSIM before you go — they are as cheap as chips on Alipay. Much cheaper than the ones we bought in the UK before leaving, which we used up in no time. If I remember correctly, it was £15 for an unlimited data SIM for ten days.
We ordered a luxury car which arrived in minutes. The price for a 45-minute journey was £7 — yes, everything in China is that cheap!
When we arrived we went to the ticket machines. You have to carry your passport at all times in China and often need it for things like this. For some reason the machines would not recognise any of our passports or issue tickets. After about half an hour of trying, we went to the ticket booth and used the translator in the Alipay app to ask for help. The lady in the booth took our passports, handed them back and told us it was free for senior citizens. Apparently a lot of things are — maybe the UK Government could take a leaf out of China's book on how to treat senior citizens with respect!
We went to the turnstiles, showed our passports and we were in. We then spent the next two hours slowly walking around the whole site following the signs — it is very well signposted throughout.
We visited everywhere within the grounds, including the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Imperial Vault of Heaven. It was fairly busy, but you only really noticed when you wanted to look into one of the prayer rooms and had to wait a short while until someone moved out to make space.
Most of the grounds are flat and well-paved, which was ideal for us. There are steps up to some of the structures, but they are easy to climb — quite even and well-maintained. There were plenty of places to sit around the site. I don't remember much shade around the buildings themselves, but looking at my photos there are shaded areas under the trees in other parts of the grounds.
The people in traditional costume really made the visit for us. They were in the foreground of a lot of our photos, which makes them much more interesting. We were apprehensive at first about photographing locals, but they really enjoy it. As I mentioned, they loved getting into photos with us and taking photos of us on their smartphones. It was obviously still quite unusual to see Westerners — we didn't see many others as we travelled around.
Getting back was just as easy. We ordered another DiDi, which cost around £15 because it was rush hour and took over an hour. We also opted for a seven-seater on the way back. The car on the way there was fine, but we are not so small and the back seat was a bit cramped, so the larger car was more comfortable. Even at £15, it was still amazing value.
It was a really good choice for an afternoon out in Beijing and we would thoroughly recommend it.
翻译：我和妻子，还有两位相识多年的朋友——我们四人都是年长者——一同参加了由20人组成的中国跟团游。那天是我们在北京的自由活动日，因此我们决定自行外出游览。
我在TripAdvisor上做了些查询，发现天坛颇为引人注目，于是便开始琢磨如何前往那里。它位于与我们下榻酒店截然相反的城区。我打开了Uber应用，但很快便意识到它在中国无法使用。我后来想起曾在支付宝应用里看到过滴滴出行。
前往中国旅游前，你需要下载并注册支付宝，以便支付各类商品和服务的费用。注册过程涉及诸多安全验证环节，可能会让人感到有些不安，但必须坚持下去——在中国期间你必须使用支付宝或其他类似的支付应用。说实话，注册完成后使用起来就非常便捷了。我们通过支付宝叫了滴滴车，付款时要么扫描商家的二维码，要么展示自己手机里的二维码来完成支付。我们购买了eSIM卡。出发前不必购买eSIM——在支付宝上购买的话价格非常便宜。比我们离开英国前购买的那些卡便宜多了，而那些卡我们很快就用完了。如果我没记错的话，买一张10天内无限流量的SIM卡只要15英镑。
我们订购了一辆豪华车，几分钟后车就到了。45分钟车程的费用只要7英镑——没错，在中国一切都是这么便宜！
到达后，我们去了售票机那里。在中国，你必须随时携带护照，因为很多场合都需要用到它。不知为何，那些机器无法识别我们的护照，也无法为我们出票。尝试了大约半小时后，我们便前往售票处，借助支付宝里的翻译功能寻求帮助。售票处的工作人员接过我们的护照，看完后还给我们，并告诉我们老年人购票是免费的。显然有很多事情都是如此——或许英国政府可以借鉴中国的做法，学会如何尊重老年人！
我们走到入口处，出示护照后便顺利进入。随后，我们沿着指示牌缓慢地花了两个小时游览整个园区——那里的指示牌设置得非常完善。
我们参观了园区内的所有地方，包括祈年殿和皇穹宇。当时游人还挺多的。不过只有当你想进入某间祈祷室，却不得不稍等片刻直到有人离开腾出空间时，你才会真正注意到这一点。
园区里的大部分地面都很平坦且铺设有良好的路面，这对我们来说再理想不过了。有些建筑旁有台阶，但很容易攀爬——相当平整且维护得不错。园区内有很多可以坐下的地方。至于建筑物周围，我记不得有什么阴凉处了。不过看看我的照片就会发现，在园子的其他地方树荫下也有阴影区域。
穿着传统服饰的人们真的让我们的参观体验增色不少。他们出现在我们很多照片的前景中，让这些照片变得有趣得多。起初我们还有些顾虑，怕拍摄当地人会引起不便，但他们其实很喜欢被拍照。正如我所说，他们乐于和我们一起入镜，还用智能手机为我们拍照。显然，看到西方人仍然是一件挺罕见的事——我们在旅行过程中也没遇到多少其他外国人。
返回时也同样方便。我们又叫了一辆滴滴，由于正值高峰时段，车费约为15英镑，行程耗时一个多小时。回程时我们特意选择了七座车。去程时坐的车也还不错，但我们体型不算小，后座有些挤，所以坐大一点的车会更舒适。即便要花15英镑，这个价格也实在物超所值。这在北京的午后时光里是个非常不错的选择，我们极力推荐。
我在TripAdvisor上做了些查询，发现天坛颇为引人注目，于是便开始琢磨如何前往那里。它位于与我们下榻酒店截然相反的城区。我打开了Uber应用，但很快便意识到它在中国无法使用。我后来想起曾在支付宝应用里看到过滴滴出行。
前往中国旅游前，你需要下载并注册支付宝，以便支付各类商品和服务的费用。注册过程涉及诸多安全验证环节，可能会让人感到有些不安，但必须坚持下去——在中国期间你必须使用支付宝或其他类似的支付应用。说实话，注册完成后使用起来就非常便捷了。我们通过支付宝叫了滴滴车，付款时要么扫描商家的二维码，要么展示自己手机里的二维码来完成支付。我们购买了eSIM卡。出发前不必购买eSIM——在支付宝上购买的话价格非常便宜。比我们离开英国前购买的那些卡便宜多了，而那些卡我们很快就用完了。如果我没记错的话，买一张10天内无限流量的SIM卡只要15英镑。
我们订购了一辆豪华车，几分钟后车就到了。45分钟车程的费用只要7英镑——没错，在中国一切都是这么便宜！
到达后，我们去了售票机那里。在中国，你必须随时携带护照，因为很多场合都需要用到它。不知为何，那些机器无法识别我们的护照，也无法为我们出票。尝试了大约半小时后，我们便前往售票处，借助支付宝里的翻译功能寻求帮助。售票处的工作人员接过我们的护照，看完后还给我们，并告诉我们老年人购票是免费的。显然有很多事情都是如此——或许英国政府可以借鉴中国的做法，学会如何尊重老年人！
我们走到入口处，出示护照后便顺利进入。随后，我们沿着指示牌缓慢地花了两个小时游览整个园区——那里的指示牌设置得非常完善。
我们参观了园区内的所有地方，包括祈年殿和皇穹宇。当时游人还挺多的。不过只有当你想进入某间祈祷室，却不得不稍等片刻直到有人离开腾出空间时，你才会真正注意到这一点。
园区里的大部分地面都很平坦且铺设有良好的路面，这对我们来说再理想不过了。有些建筑旁有台阶，但很容易攀爬——相当平整且维护得不错。园区内有很多可以坐下的地方。至于建筑物周围，我记不得有什么阴凉处了。不过看看我的照片就会发现，在园子的其他地方树荫下也有阴影区域。
穿着传统服饰的人们真的让我们的参观体验增色不少。他们出现在我们很多照片的前景中，让这些照片变得有趣得多。起初我们还有些顾虑，怕拍摄当地人会引起不便，但他们其实很喜欢被拍照。正如我所说，他们乐于和我们一起入镜，还用智能手机为我们拍照。显然，看到西方人仍然是一件挺罕见的事——我们在旅行过程中也没遇到多少其他外国人。
返回时也同样方便。我们又叫了一辆滴滴，由于正值高峰时段，车费约为15英镑，行程耗时一个多小时。回程时我们特意选择了七座车。去程时坐的车也还不错，但我们体型不算小，后座有些挤，所以坐大一点的车会更舒适。即便要花15英镑，这个价格也实在物超所值。这在北京的午后时光里是个非常不错的选择，我们极力推荐。
© 2026 Tripadvisor 版权所有。
部分照片由 VFM Leonardo 提供。
TripAdvisor公司对外部网站的内容一概不负责。优惠价格中不含税和其他费用。
ICP证：沪B2-20200433
沪ICP备20013175号
沪公网安备31010502005427号鹰程信息技术（上海）有限公司
