Red Square

Red Square: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Red Square

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Red Square — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.81128, 116.28269. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Square

• Beijing Auto Museum · museum · Fengtai · ~3 km · Must-see
• Wanping City · museum · Fengtai · ~9 km · Must-see
• Lianhuachi Park · park · Fengtai · ~11 km · Must-see
• Wanshou Park · park · Xicheng · ~13 km · Must-see
• Niujie Mosque · dargah · Xicheng · ~13 km · Must-see
• Taoranting Park · park · Xicheng · ~13 km · Must-see
• Baoguo Temple · Buddhist site · Xicheng · ~13 km · Must-see
• Fa Yuan Temple · Buddhist site · Xicheng · ~13 km · Must-see
• Changchun Temple · Buddhist site · Xicheng · ~14 km · Must-see
• Beijing Garden Expo Park · park · Fengtai · ~14 km · Must-see
• 燕墩 · fort · Dongcheng · ~14 km · Must-see
• China Millennium Monument · fort · Haidian · ~14 km · Must-see
• Capital Museum · museum · Xicheng · ~14 km · Must-see
• Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum · museum · Xicheng · ~14 km · Must-see
• 永定门 · attraction · Dongcheng · ~14 km · Must-see
• 永定门公园 · park · Xicheng · ~15 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Xianwumen · church · Xicheng · ~15 km · Must-see
• Church of Zhushikou · church · Xicheng · ~16 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Square

Other other attractions near Red Square

• 永定门 · attraction · Dongcheng · ~14 km · Must-see
• Qianmen Historic Street · attraction · Dongcheng · ~16 km · Must-see
• National Centre for the Performing Arts · attraction · Xicheng · ~17 km · Must-see
• Ferdinand Verbiest · attraction · Xicheng · ~18 km · Must-see
• Matteo Ricci · attraction · Xicheng · ~18 km · Must-see
• Johann Adam Schall von Bell · attraction · Xicheng · ~18 km · Must-see
• Well of Concubine Zhen · attraction · Dongcheng · ~19 km · Must-see
• Panjiayuan Flea Market · attraction · Chaoyang · ~20 km · Must-see
• Imperial College · attraction · Dongcheng · ~23 km · Must-see
• 798 Art District · attraction · Chaoyang · ~33 km · Must-see

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