Beijing attractions and things to do
Things to see and do in Beijing.
Wanfujing food market - would you eat a scorpion?
Probably the next most photographed place in Beijing after the Great Wall and the Forbidden City is the Wanfujing night food market.
Every night you see foreigners taking pictures of the delicacies on display, daring each other to try the silk worms and scorpions. I can imagine that a scorpion might just be like eating [...]
Skip Badaling if you go to the Great Wall
I have been to the Great Wall three times now - two times this year. The first time I went, which was about ten years ago, and I visited the Badaling section. The clearest memory I have, was of the KFC at the parking lot of the wall. I am not sure [...]
Commune on the Great Wall
The following is a guest post from my sister who recently stayed at the Commune on the Great Wall.
Recently completing an architectural tour around China in search of the latest examples of contemporary architecture, the highlight was our final few days spent at The Commune on the Great Wall.
Located about two hours drive from the [...]
Beijing’s new CCTV tower
CCTV’s new headquarters in Beijing is set to be a new icon for the city. Its unique design features two leaning towers connected together with a twist at the top. It has even been given the nickname “trousers” in Chinese because of its shape. The architects for the building are Rem Koolhaas [...]
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace would have to be one of Beijing’s top tourist attractions along with the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. The Summer Palace was used as a summer getaway for China’s rolyalty.
The palace is set on Kunming Lake and modeled on Hangzhou’s West Lake. The Summer Palace is located in [...]
Olympics theme at the Beijing Botanical Gardens
With the Olympics fast approaching it seems like there are few places in Beijing untouched by Olympic fever. The Beijing Botanical Gardens has even created the Olympic rings, logo and sport pictographs in plants.
Entrance cost to the gardens is just 5RMB but the conservatory is an additional 50RMB. The Reclining Buddha Temple is [...]
Celebrate Independence day at Block 8
Beijing nightclub Block 8 is having a party tonight to celebrate Independence Day it starts at 9 pm and goes through to 3 am.
Entrance cost is 100 yuan. Block 8 is located near the west gate of Chaoyang Park. Take an umbrella because it looks like we might be in for some heavy [...]
