Beijing Travel > Yunju Temple and Shijing Mountain

The area around the fabulous Yunju Temple complex is the site of a rather unusual undertaking for contemporary China. Rather than constructing a host of new buildings in the vicinity, workers are actually tearing down over 100 modern struct...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Yanqi Lake

Nestled between the low green Yan mountains (Yan Shan) on three sides with the North China Plain, to the southYanqi Lake makes for a pleasant day trip or weekend getaway from Beijing. Taking its name, which translates roughly as Wild Goose...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Tanzhe Temple

Located 45 kilometers west of Beijing, Tanzhe Temple dates back to the Jin Dynasty (265-420 AD) and is not only the oldest templein the surroundinghills, but was also once one of Beijing's most important and famous temples. Despite its old...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Great Wall of China at Simatai

The Simatai section of the Great Wall, located near Gubeikou, is known for its steepness as it plunges and climbs to the east and west of Simatai Reservoir. Like most of the Wall, much of this section has been reconstructed, but there is pl...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Beijing World Park

It's a small world after all, and Beijing is its capital. This theme park predates Shenzhen's Windows of the World themepark by a few years, but the concept is the same: see the world, without leaving China. More than 100 world-famous sites...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Shihua Cave

Shihua Cave is one of China's best-known limestone caves. It consists of seven layers, each increasingly deeper in the ground, ending with an underground river several thousand feet beneath the surface. A guided tour will take you through m...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Shidu

Shidu refers to a scenic stretch of the Juma River southwest of Beijing. Sometimes called the Guilin of North China, the karst gorge is certainly scenic, but drier and less mystical than southern China's famous wonder. This winding stretch...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Qinglong Gorge Holiday Resort

One of Beijing little known scenic spots, Qinglong Xia (Green Dragon Gorge), is a large reservoir located some 75km from Beijing's 3 rd ring road, near the town of Huairou. The area's vast body of deep green water curves and snakes around b...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Great Wall of China at Mutianyu

Running along a Jundu Shan (Jundu Mountain) ridge, this section of the Wall is particularly scenic, with its renovated watchtowers looking out over wooded hills that change with the seasons. Spring sees blossoming trees set against dark hil...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge)

Lugou Bridgeknown better to Western history books as the Marco Polo Bridgeissomewhat of an enigma. The bridge pre-dates Polo's visit byalmost 100 yearsand is adorned with hundreds of stone lions, each in a unique pose and all carved at vari...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Longqing Gorge

Longqing Gorge, an easy day trip from Beijing, makes for a lovely year-round getaway from the capital. Though its natural state has been quite modifiedthe Longqing Gorge Scenic Area features northern China's largest dam, the world's longest...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Beijing Zoo and Aquarium

The Beijing Zoo can be hard on animal lovers. The zoo dates back to the last years of the Qing Dynasty, having opened its gates to the public in 1908 as Wansheng Yuan (Garden of 10,000 Animals), and a number of the cages don't appear to hav...  [Read more]