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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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 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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After a brief sleep the morning after our arrival, we used the early morning jet lag to go to Bahia Park. Any public place where people do Tai Chi the first thing in the morning is a definate place to visit. It's amazing to see the differenct types of excercise that are done so early in the day. Group singing, tai chi in groups or individually, and stretching excercises are just a few of them. I encourage anyone who can possibly check it out, to do so .
Houhai during the winter months is a fun fun place. For very little money, we are talking about from five rmb for ice skates to ten rmb for ice bicycle (60 minutes), you and your friends can have a blast and some exercise on the lake itself...and as everything else in Beijing, you will find the Chinese using the ice lake for multi-purposes. Cotton candy is sold on ice. Beijing glazed fruits on sticks sold on ice. Children toys sold on ice. And of course, ice bicycle, ice sleds, ice skates are all up for rental. For those who have cold feet, I think this is the best way to get some circulation going in the cold winter months.
Only in China can one go to a foot massage place, a very upscale one at that, get free food (southern style at this place) and sit in your own private twenty four people sitting surround sound blasting large screen (try big!!!) movie theater, watch a movie and get a foot massage at the same time!!! This place also has free internet and the usual body massage, plus ear cleaning, etc...Usually we would book the entire screening room (six min...) and have a private screening while we are getting steam, regular, or fragrance foot massage!!! And munch on fresh juice, noodles, dumplings all at the same time...I know..it's decadent...hehe...all for one price. Place is open until 2AM daily. The staff speaks some English.
Ok, we've all been to the foot massage and body massage place. But what happens when you want to have a decent party? Well, the ORIENTAL TAI PAN at the Winterless location has a huge room equipped with yes...a jacuzzi (fitting four comfortably) dry and wet sauna, a shower, four foot massage seats, and two body massage beds. For a min 500 RMB spending...well if you have at least four people it's easy. You can have the room all night long. Eat as much as you want (included in price), get a massage, and soak in the hot tub!!!
Just have to climb up the wall : ) For those who have not been exercising much or have weak knees, you can just stop after the first two "towers".Railings are installed at the side and in the middle of the steps for the more challenging parts.
I was wondering around Beijing streets and came across some of these flea markets. The goods that were selling by these streets vendors are somewhat similar from store to another. Of course other part of Beijing streets will be specialised in some other type of merchandise.These flea market vendors are not happy when I take photos as to how they carry out their transaction. Some even shouted at me and franticly wave their hands as protest of being filmed.These illegal flea markets will be dispersed in less than 2 minutes if the city authorities are around the corner.
The actual city of Beijing covers only a very small area of Beijing municipality, which stretches across the plain and up into the surrounding mountains. Usually it is not possible to see the mountains because of the ciy's infamous smog pollution, but they are there....honest! To the north and the west, this city is enveloped by the craggy mountains of what becomes the Taihangshan, agreat range of mountains behind which Shanxi and Inner Mongolia lie.The Great Wall and the Western Ming Tombs all lie in the Beijing "suburbs", as Chinese authorities love to call this great hinterland, but the area is also home to many great temples, fortresses and some pleasant rural communities. With so many of the world's great cultural sights lying in and around the city it is easy to overlook the lesser or ordinary places, but there are many places to find and explore that capture the "real China"...
So many restaurants in Beijing....so little time. Food and great places to eat are plentiful and cheap. Everywhere you go, there are mom n pop type restaurants with amazing food, and great service. Kung Pao is a popular dish, as are dumplings. Portions are huge, but it's rude to finish a plate clean. Many restaurants are family style - which means you order a bunch of things for the table, and everybody shares, usually with a large lazy susan. Just take a few chopstick-fulls, enjoy, then spin! Repeat often.The food is also amazingly cheap. Your average meal for one will cost maybe $5 - and I'm talking a four course meal, plus drink (usually tea, unless you learn how to ask for a cold soda). I think our most expensive meal, at the Peking Duck restaurant (you have to go to one - it's an experience) was about $75, and that's for 5 people for a gigantic meal. And that includes wheeling a...
Mind blowing how long it is. There are many Great Wall spots, but Badaling is the most popular, and most tourist friendly. In many other locations, the Great Wall is not repaired and walkable. The Wall in Badaling is kept up well, and full of vendors selling their wares.Once you get past the first section, if you're reasonably in shape and have your walking shoes on, you can get some serious excercise. Some of the sections seem like they are straight up, and some have stairs while some don't. The vertical parts can really take your breath away (literally!!), but it's worth it to get up the wall a bit and see some spectacular views.There are plenty of souvenier vendors (even some at the top - I have NO idea how they got their carts up there!!!), and the stuff is dirt cheap, make sure you get the "I climbed the great wall" mini-plaque with your name engraved. I think it cost me $3, and it...
You can't go to China and not see two things...the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. It's amazing the scope of the city, and how much labor it took to build. It's beautiful, and fascinating. Make sure you take the audio tour, and take your time. Some days are crowded, but the information on the audio tour is fascinating.
Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing Beijing
5 Reviews and 909 Opinions Well, unbeknownst to me when I booked our stay at the Park Plaza Hotel during the Olympics that it...
Beijing Huakun Manor Hotel Yanqing
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Shangri-La Hotel Beijing Beijing
6 Reviews and 1032 Opinions I stayed there in April of 2007 and was at first disappointed when the driver approached the...
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Q: I have booked a tour which includes Juyongguan Great Wall. I heard it's a steep climb though my kids are already 10 & 12. Is this...
A: We did a day tour to the Great Wall. Unfortunately I don't remember the point where the tour started. But though it was an organised tour, we were not taken to those...
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