Getting there

By Air

As Chengde is so close to Beijing, about 180 kilometers (112 miles) from Beijing Capital International Airport, there is only a small-scale airport in the south of the city. Only non-scheduled chartered flights operate between Beijing and Chengde from time to time. Therefore, you can take the long-distance bus from Chengde bus station to Beijing and take a plane from Beijing Capital International Airport in accordance with your needs. The journey will take between 3 and 4hours to Beijing and the ticket price is CNY 50.

By Train

Square in front of Chengde Railway Station

Chengde Railway Station lies on Wulie Lu in the southeast of the city. Routes include Jingcheng (Beijing to Chengde), Shicheng (Shijiazhuang to Chengde), Shencheng (Shenyang to Chengde) and Chenglong (Chengde to Longhua County) railways convergeon this station. There are now trains to Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Baotou, Dandong, Ulanhot, Chifeng, Tongliao and Jinzhou available from the railway station. Generally, you can get the train tickets within four or five days priorto your desired departure date.

Chengde is 230 kilometers (143 miles) from Beijing, so you can use Beijing asa transfer station. Tourists can take trains from Beijing to destinations allover China with tickets purchased from Chengde Railway Station as it has linked to the ticket network for the main stations in Beijing.

The train number from Beijing to Chengde: K709, departing at 07:20 and arrivingin Chengde at 11:18. CNY41 for a hard-seat and CNY61 for a soft-seat.
Inquiries Phone of Chengde Train Station: 0314-7622602, 7622362

By Long-distance Bus

The highway links of Chengde are very convenient and include the Jingcheng Tourist Highway, Weicheng Highway (Weichang County to Chengde) and three national highways linking Chengde with Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia, etc. Itwill take you 3.5 hours to travel from Beijing to Chengde via the Jingcheng TouristHighway.

There are three long-distance buses that run to nearby cities such as Beijing,Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, and Zhangjiakou daily from Chengde. Mini buses run every 30 minutes from 06:00 until 16:00 between Chengde Long-distance Bus Station andBeijing Xizhimen Long-distance Station daily.

In addition, regular bus services link every county of the city departing from Chengde Western Bus Station and Northern Bus Station daily.
Some destinations from the Western Bus Station: Weichang County, Longhua County, Fengning, Luanping County, depart every 15 minutes.
Destinations from the Northern Bus Station include Pingquan County, Chifeng, Chengde County (Xiabancheng Town), and depart every 15 minutes.

Getting around

By City-Bus

Chengde is not a big city, so you can easily get to every corner of the city. Most bus ticket fees start at CNY1 but are never more than CNY5; many of the buses are self-service and charge CNY 1 for one journey.
Bus Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 15 will take you to Chengde Railway Station.
Bus Nos. 5, 6, 10, 11, 15 will take you to the Mountain Resort of Chengde.

By Taxi

Taking a taxi is also a convenient choice for getting to places in Chengde and is also quite cheap. The standard taxi fare is CNY5 for the first two kilometers and CNY1.4-1.6 per additional kilometer. Generally, the taxi fare within the city zone will cost no more than CNY 10 during the day; however, the price in the evening is a little higher.