Niujie Mosque
The oldest mosque in Beijing, founded in the tenth century and the centre of a Hui neighbourhood that still lives and trades around it. Full daily prayers and a women's section.
Beijing operates two international hubs — Beijing Capital International (PEK) and Beijing Daxing International (PKX), one of the largest airport buildings in the world. Niujie, the Hui Muslim quarter with its thousand-year-old mosque, sits minutes from the centre.
Beijing is the rare world capital where a Muslim can land, pray at a mosque founded over a thousand years ago, eat halal Peking duck that evening and be standing on the Great Wall the next morning. The Hui community here is large, old and completely at home in Beijing life — Niujie (Ox Street) is a working neighbourhood, not a tourist exhibit.
Two airports serve the city. Beijing Capital (PEK) handles most long-haul from Europe, North America and the Gulf; Beijing Daxing (PKX), opened in 2019 in the far south, is one of the largest single-terminal airport buildings anywhere and increasingly carries international traffic. Check which one your ticket says — they are about 70 km apart and the mistake costs you two hours.
Beijing is served by two major international hubs. Daxing opened in 2019 and is one of the world's largest airport buildings in footprint; Capital has been the primary international gateway since 1958.
PEK Terminals 2 and 3 (T3 is one of the largest buildings in the world); PKX operates mainly from its single vast starfish terminal with a satellite concourse. Both have prayer rooms — your driver will point them out.
PEK to Tiananmen about 40 minutes by car; PKX about 60 minutes. We monitor both, adjust for delays, and either stop at Niujie Mosque en route if you land close to salah, or take you straight to the hotel.
Tell us your landing time and we route you past a mosque or straight to your first certified halal meal. No waiting, no guessing, no pork kitchens.
Every place below is a certified halal restaurant with no pork and no alcohol on the premises. We confirm each booking before you fly and send the list with addresses to your WhatsApp.
Your guide carries a prayer-time sheet calculated for your exact dates, and hotels are checked for qibla direction before you arrive.
The oldest mosque in Beijing, founded in the tenth century and the centre of a Hui neighbourhood that still lives and trades around it. Full daily prayers and a women's section.
Centrally located east of the Forbidden City, convenient if you are staying near Wangfujing.
North Beijing, practical if your hotel is in the Chaoyang or Haidian districts.
Southeast of the centre, another long-established community mosque.
Less crowded than Badaling, restored, with a cable car up and a toboggan down. We leave after Fajr and plan Dhuhr at a rest stop with water.
The largest surviving wooden palace complex in the world. Book tickets early — they sell out weeks ahead in peak season.
Morning is best, when residents practise tai chi in the surrounding park.
Lakes, painted corridors and Marble Boat; beautiful in autumn.
The old courtyard-alley neighbourhoods around Houhai Lake. Rickshaw rides are gentle enough for older travellers.
Industrial-reuse galleries and cafés — a good low-key afternoon.
A working skeleton, not a fixed package — we rebuild it around your dates, your prayer needs and whoever is travelling with you.
Airport pickup, check-in, Asr at Niujie Mosque, halal Peking duck for dinner.
Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, then Jingshan Park for the rooftop view over the city.
Great Wall at Mutianyu — full day with prayer stops and a halal lunch booked on the route.
Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace, hutong rickshaw before Maghrib.
Shopping in Niujie or Wangfujing, airport or high-speed rail transfer onward.
Beijing has four sharp seasons. April–May and September–October are excellent: 18–26°C and clear skies, though spring can bring sandstorms from the northwest. July–August is hot, humid and crowded. December–February is dry and cold, often below freezing at night, with beautiful low winter light on the palace roofs.
Send us your dates and who is travelling. A Muslim advisor replies within one hour during China working hours with a day-by-day halal itinerary for Beijing — restaurants, mosques, prayer times, hotels and an itemised price.