Sign in with Facebook
Hotel Class: 
5 Stars - 1 Opinion
Hujialou, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Beijing Region, 100020, China
Check Rates and Availability
of people enjoy staying here
1 Opinions
Taking in my Chinese journey
Their main attraction for the night...
A couple having a nap. Cute eh?
welcome
we 2 women from the states are meeting her potential Daughter-in-law In beijing. She is from Chendu..any special/unusual suggestions for our 5 days in Beijing since we will be with her? I want to see the usual tourist stuff but I like off the usual path as well and we can do it with her..I'm SO excited!!
This is an exciting sojourn -- meeting a future daughter-in-law!
Well, most Chinese people consider it a privilege to visit the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, so those are deniftely on your list. When I went, it was a Chinese holiday and a lot of them were enjoying visitng the Tiananmen (whole families by the busloads).
However, she probably would not be interested in visiting the Hutong which would be the regular Chinese Village (she has lived it!). Instead, bring her with you to shop around at the Wangfujing St (shopping area) to observe modern day China.
And still go to the Great Wall, of course. Most tourists go to the one in Badaling, but remember that you can also go to the less-touristy Mutianyu.
She might also be interested to watch an acrobatic show with you during the night. Those are fun as well, and a nice way for you to "bond".
Other places to visit - Beihai Park, the Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven.
Stay away from tourist traps (I thought the silk, pearl and jade shops were tourist traps because they are a bit aggressive in selling you stuff). No offense.
Enjoy and have a great time, Norman :)
As for the Great Wall, Mutianyu is definately still very touristy. Simaitai would be a much better choice.
One of the days, you may like to check out Nanluoguxiang. It's a Chinese Alley(Hutong), with old houses, cool clothing shops, restaurants, coffee shops along it, that place has become a little more touristy than before, but worth seeing.
I'm also a fan of Nanluogu Alley.
How about the Olympic Green, perhaps? I think the Olympics meant a lot to most Chinese.
You may consider the option of renting a mobile in Beijing to stay connected with folks back home as you can bring with you the moble all the time. Last time a friend of mine from the United States come to Beijing, he rented a phone, which is a surprise package of reasonable rental fee, low internaitonal IP call rate plus live English assistance. If I remember correct, the mobile rental service is called Yoyoor. Maybe you can google it to find out more.
A quite usual scene in Beijing and the rest of China.
Chinese children up to 3 years just don't wear dippers... or anything else.
Shocking at first, but then you get used to it and apparently the kids are feeling just fine. It is quite practical too, mums don't have to change dippers they just lift their kid and... out it goes.
The Underground City opened in 2000 and is a ‘bomb shelter’ initially built for military defense beneath Beijing’s downtown area.
It is said that these tunnels link all areas of central Beijing, from Xidan and Xuanwumen to Qianmen and Chongwen districts, to as far as the Western Hills. Besides, there is an underground passage that goes from Beijing all the way to Tianjin, simply amazing.
Why an underground city?
In 1969 there was a conflict involving the Soviet Union and China over Zhenbao Island in northeast China’s Amur River (Heilongjiang).
In the event of a Soviet nuclear attack, Chairman Mao Zedong ordered the construction of subterranean bomb shelters which were built between 1969 and 1979. As a result a 32-kilometer city was born, covering an area of 85 square kilometers, eight to eighteen meters under the surface and having around a thousand anti-air raid structures.
The Underground City was then equipped with facilities such as stores, restaurants, guesthouses, clinics, schools, theaters, reading rooms, factories, a roller skating rink, a grain and oil warehouse as well as barber shops and a mushroom cultivation farm, for growing foods that require little light.
Over 2,300 special ventilation systems with hatches were installed, and gas and waterproof hatches constructed against chemical attack. There are also more than 70 sites inside the tunnels to dig wells. The temperature is said to be at a constant 27 degrees Celsius.
To supply construction materials for the complex, centuries-old city walls and towers that used to circle ancient Beijing were destroyed (Xizhimen, Fuchengmen, Chongwenmen and other city gates). Only Zhengyangmen and Deshengmen watchtowers survived.
The Underground City was never needed for its intended purpose but it has been maintained by city officials. It is now claimed to have ninety entrances but for safety reasons most of the tunnels have been shut off and foreign visitors usually see (accompanied by a guide, of course), some small approved sections.
Market - Best place to shop in the whol of china Leather goods - belts, shoes,
Fake designer stuff
Pashmina scarfs
Sun Glasess
Chines Clothes Pashmina should be 40 - Yuan - always pay in Yuan, never accept first price.
Look shocked when they marketeers mention first price, walk away - they come chasing.
Famous phrases - YOU KILL ME WITH PRICE !!!!
Not true marketeers win every time.
Have Fun.
Touch is one of the ten bars that have been built by the lake in the awkwardly named Super Bar Street, a street where the sterility (don't any of Beijing's planners recognise the trend??) of the similarly planned Chaoyang Bar Street has been narrowly avoided.
Touch is half-open at lunchtime. You might be lucky and find one person there who might serve you a drink - they are friendly people.
This French-owned bar opened in mid-April, and is arguably the best of the bunch along the lake. The bars on the street behind are all clubs - all empty, belting out a bizarre mix of 1980s pop and serving expensive foreign beers.
Touch has a "touch" of class, and the outdoor terrace is great in the early evening. You can't watch the sun go down, but it is still a tranquil scene as people walk and cycle home.
They serve a limited menu of food (It is the only bar on this stretch that does), but the food is good.
Sponsored Links
Similar to Jingguang Centre Apartment Beijing
Near Jingguang Centre Apartment Beijing
Cheapest in Beijing
Great Hotels for Less
Q: Tour "We are group of 3 kiwi students with 2.5 full days to explore in Beijing on a budget. Want to see the 'must do's' great..."
A: "Two and a half days would be enough for what you mentioned. You won't need a tour for visiting these places except Great Wall. If you choose Badaling section, you can do..."
Sponsored Links
Latest Beijing hotel reviews
Sponsored Links
Sponsored Links
Check Rates and Availability (from our partners)
