How to Get to Chengde

Chengde is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 230 km northeast of Beijing. Chengde is one of the first national historical and cultural cities. Chengde Summer Resort and its outlying temples are China's top ten attractions and national key scenic spots. In 1994, it was approved by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site. Covering an area of some 560 hectares, it constitutes more than half of the city, about twice the size of the Summer Palace and eight times as large as Beihai Park in Beijing.

How to Get to Chengde? Visitors usually take Beijing as a transfer stop to travel to Chengde. Also, you can travel to Chengde through other cities by different ways. Here TCT lists some common ways to get to Chengde, which may help with your Chengde tour plan.

chengde summer resort

By Air( Highly Recommended)

One can take a direct flight to get to Chengdu, which is the best way to get to Chengde. Chengde Puning Airport (CDE) is a small airport located in southern part of the city, where occasional charter flights shuttling between Beijing and Chengde are available. And Chengde is 180 kilometers away from the Beijing Capital International Airport. Visitors can connect with their flights from Beijing Airport if possible.

Chengde Airport operates a total of 6 air lines. Visitors from Shijiazhuang, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Haikou, Xi'an and Jining can fly directly to Chengde. Among them, Shijiazhuang route has relatively sufficient tourist sources, up to 4 shifts per day. There are 4 flights a day depart from Shijiazhuang to Chengde and it takes 1 hour and 10 minutes.

By Train

As for how to get to Chengde, Tourists can also travel to Chengde by train. Chengde Railway Station is located in the urban area of southeast of Chengde City. Beijing-Chengde, Shijiazhuan-Chengde, Shenyang-Chengde, Chengde-Longhua four railway lines intersects here. Trains leaving for Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Baotou, Dandong, Ulanhot, Chifeng, Jinzhou departs from this train station. By usually people travel to Chengde via Beijing and you can also travel from Liaoning.

So far there are 7 trains between Beijing and Chengde every day. The fastest one is K7711, leaving Beijing Train Station (it can be reached by Metro Line No.2) at 7:56 am and arriving in Chengde at 12:31pm. The last train is K1457, departing at 10:38pm and arriving at 3:14 am in Chengde. Below is a timetable for trains from Beijing to Chengde.

Train Code	Depart	Arrive	Duration	Standard Seat	Standard Couchette	Comfortable Couchette
K7757	00:02	05:31	5h29m	40.5 RMB	86.5 RMB	129.5 RMB
K7753	00:26	06:50	6h24m	40.5 RMB	86.5 RMB	129.5 RMB
K7711	07:56	12:31	4h35m	40.5 RMB	86.5 RMB	-
4471	10:57	19:30	8h33m	21.5 RMB	-	-
2257	12:20	17:20	5h	35.5 RMB	81.5 RMB	124.5 RMB
Y513	13:04	18:34	5h30m	40.5 RMB	86.5 RMB	-
K1457	22:38	03:14	4h36m	40.5 RMB	86.5 RMB	129.5 RMB

By Coach

How to get to Chengde by coach? There are a few high ways connecting Chengde and other cities. The National Highway 101, 111, 112 pass through Chengde, which can connect with Inner Mongolia to the north, Liaoning to the east, Beijing to the southwest and southeast to Tianjin. From Beijing to Chengde, it's only about 4 hours. Chengde long-distance bus station(Chinese: 承德长途汽车站) has advanced coach to Shijiazhuang. In the tourist high season, there are direct coaches from Beijing or Tianjin to Chengde with regular schedule.

Buses leave frequently (every 30 minutes) from Beijing to Chengde. It is charged about RMB 85 and takes 5 hours on the way, even more faster than trains. Beware of getting on at the origin of the bus in the east of Beijing, as you may spend over an hour just going to Liuliqiao Bus Terminal (Chinese:六里桥长途客运站). To return to Beijing, you may be able to catch a bus outside Chengde's main train station.

By Car Rental

Car rental is the most comfortable and the fastest way to travel to Chengde if you are traveling from Beijing or Tianjin. But the cost is also the highest than the other three ways. Car rental with driver is usually available from local travel agencies. justo trip can also offer car rental service with driver for visitors. If you need, please send details to Info@asiaunboundtravel.com with pax and date. We can send quote for you accordingly.

The above are some normal ways about how to get to chengde, by air, train, coach or car rental. As for which transportation to choose, it all depends on your schedule and budget. Hope you have a pleasant trip in Chengde.