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Forbidden City

Forbidden City, Beijing

 465 Reviews  A very serious advice: Pay attention to every detail of the explanation done by our guide (person or book), during the visit: that way you will find out that "peace and harmony" is the dominant... 

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Great Wall

Great Wall, Beijing

 203 Reviews  In our way to Badaling we passed in another segment of the wall, with an interesting look - I think it was Nankou. Our guide took us further, to Badaling, I don't know exactly why. Maybe because the... 

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Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

 209 Reviews  A large (and discreet) platform was, in the old days, considered the center of the world. There is a long story about stone in circle, multiples of nine, and so on, but you will have to listen to it... 

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Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square, Beijing

 345 Reviews  The square is so big that even the important buildings at each side seem irrelevant. At the southern side, an austere building flanked by statues in the typical Chinese revolutionary style is the... 

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Great Wall - Mutianyu

Great Wall - Mutianyu, Beijing

 77 Reviews  I learned that Mutianyu has less crowd than any other great wall. So, I decided to go there with great expectation of natural beauty surrounding the great wall with less tourist. I went there during... 

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Lama Temple - Yonghegong

Lama Temple - Yonghegong, Beijing

 80 Reviews  This is a Tibetian Lamasary. This is a beautiful example of Chinese temple. You can see the Green, Gold, and Blue of the Red Pagoda's. It was built in 1694 and inside you can see an 18meter high budda... 

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Summer Palace

Summer Palace, Beijing

 182 Reviews  Summer Palace is the largest historical imperial garden in Beijing. It has 290 hectares of land, the Kunming Lake covers three quarters of the entire garden. Others include Longevity Hill on the North... 

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Hutongs - Bell and Drum Towers

Hutongs - Bell and Drum Towers, Beijing

 97 Reviews  Da Jiang Hutong is a preserved hutong district located east of Qianmen. A lot of the buildings are newly restored. They all have unique traditional architecture with the combination of east and west.... 

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Great Wall - Badaling

Great Wall - Badaling, Beijing

 97 Reviews  Great part of the Great Wall to visit. It's not in Beijing central so it will take an hour or more to get there by car. There are plenty of photo opportunities from high up. They have cable cars that... 

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Ming Tombs

Ming Tombs, Beijing

 89 Reviews  At the entrance of the tombs there's a small museum displaying some artifacts collected in the tombs, and description of their conception. The collection is not very rich, but some pieces are really... 

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Wangfujing Street

Wangfujing Street, Beijing

 50 Reviews  The liveliest street of Beijing is also the most commercial one. That means that, instead of one hour we would need… one week (or several...). In its beginning there are looooots of shops. … Well…... 

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Acrobats Show

Acrobats Show, Beijing

 29 Reviews  We enjoyed the Acrobat show so much that we asked Alvin to buy us some Kung Fu Show tickets also - this was even better than the Acrobat Show. 150rmbs p/ticket. The Legend of Kung Fu follows the... 

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Beihai Park

Beihai Park, Beijing

 110 Reviews  Loved this area - the old hutong shopping district was so quaint and the Lakes were amazing - Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai Lakes. Definitely should not be missed. We hired tuk tuks for a treat and... 

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Zoo & Aquarium

Zoo & Aquarium, Beijing

 36 Reviews  China has the exclusive of the remaining animals of this nice species, and that’s reason enough to include a visit to the zoo in all packages. Be prepared to see more heads and backs than pandas, and,... 

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Olympics 2008

Olympics 2008, Beijing

 28 Reviews  This sprawling stadium was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics and was nick-named the Birds Nest due to its unusual design. It can seat 80,000 people. Following the Olympics, it was used for other... 

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Shopping

Shopping, Beijing

 40 Reviews  I love to hang out here at night. The tour bus from the Great Wall stopped here to end the trip. So, we had dinner and walked around here after the Great Wall trip. The shopping street has a lot of... 

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Peking Opera

Peking Opera, Beijing

 33 Reviews  We enjoyed an evening of "Opera" at Beijing's oldest tea house. The performances included both Farewell My Concubine and The Monkey King. The first is a classical dramatic performance with some tricky... 

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Confucius Temple

Confucius Temple, Beijing

 21 Reviews  This china's second Confucius temple and is set amongst century old tree's. It was built in 1302 and is lined with rows of steles. those at the entrance immortalize the prize-winners in imperial... 

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Jingshan Park

Jingshan Park, Beijing

 32 Reviews  The park consist of a large hill just north of the Forbidden City. The park gives great views of the Forbidden City, Behai Park and Beijing in general. The earlier picture overlooking the fordidden... 

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Great Wall - Simatai

Great Wall - Simatai, Beijing

 28 Reviews  We hired the driver Wang Ping (Private Beijing Taxi website), cost 900RMB. Wang picked us up from the hotel in Beijing at 2pm and we were dropped off at the Jinshanling entry point at around 4pm. We... 

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Teahouses

Teahouses, Beijing

 9 Reviews  If you are traveling to Beijing and want to combine both the traditional and new China, you cannot miss going to the Green Tea House Restaurant. Although I like the red lanterns and old architecture,... 

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Forbidden City - Imperial Garden

Forbidden City - Imperial Garden, Beijing

 19 Reviews  On the East side of Imperial Garden, I started from the North to the South. That way I could exit the garden to continue visiting Palaces on the west of Forbidden City. 1) Pavilion of Deposited Jade... 

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Yuanmingyuan

Yuanmingyuan, Beijing

 24 Reviews  Tantan Dandang is one of the historical site in Yuanmingyuan, further west. I found it very interesting as the ancient fish pond still remains. It was a very intelligent way to build such pond with... 

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Palace of Prince Gong

Palace of Prince Gong, Beijing

 17 Reviews  Prince Gong's palace. This palace was built during the reign of the Qianlong emperor. It was originally built for Heshun who was a Manchu official and the emperor's favourite. The residence was... 

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Parks

Parks, Beijing

 32 Reviews  Red leaves in Beijing Fragrant Hill, one of the most magnificent scenes in Beijing, enjoy the international fame and attract thousands of visitors annually. In every autumn period, crowds will cover... 

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Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing

 5 Reviews and 906 Opinions  Well, unbeknownst to me when I booked our stay at the Park Plaza Hotel during the Olympics that it... 

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Shangri-La Hotel Beijing

 6 Reviews and 1030 Opinions  I stayed there in April of 2007 and was at first disappointed when the driver approached the... 

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GRAND HYATT BEIJING

 15 Reviews and 1374 Opinions  The Beijing Hyatt provided a welcome familiar respite to a hectic, foreign world. It turned out to... 

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