Airport

As Chengde is so close to Beijing, about 180km 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. There fore, 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 4 hours to Beijing and the ticket price is CNY50.

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), Shencehng (Shenyang to Chengde) and Chenglong (Chengde to Longhua Country) railways converge on 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 prior to your desired departure date.

Chengde is 230km from Beijing, so you can use Beijing as a transfer station. Tourists can take trains from Beijing to destinations all over China with tickets purchased from Chengde Railway Station as it has linked to the ticket netword for the main stations in Beijing.

The train number from Beijing to Chengde: K709, departing at 07:20 and arriving in Chengde at 11:18. CNY41 for a hard-seat and CNY61 for a soft-seat.

Bus Station

Long-distance bus:

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

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 miniutes from 06:00 until 16:00 between Chengde Long-distance Bus Station and Beijing Xizhimen Long-distance Station daily.

In addition, regular bus services link every country of the city departing from Chengde Western Bus Station and Northern Bus Station daily.

Some destinations from the Western Bus Station: Weichang Country, Longhua Country, Fengning, Luanping Country, depart every 15 minutes. Destinations from the Northern Bus Station include Pingquan Country, Chifeng, Chengde Coutry (Xiabancheng Town), and depart every 15 minutes.

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 CNY1 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.

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 CNY10 during the day; however, the price in the evening is a little higher.