Beijing

If you want to see the exquisitely built tombs of the Qing emperors and a less visited section of the Great Wall, this private day tour from Beijing might be the best choice. The Eastern Qing Tombs is...

Associated with Lai Jin Yu Xuan Restaurant (see Eat listing above), this is a peaceful tea house within Zhongshan Park set amongst mature cypress trees, in the south west of the Forbidden City precinc...

This former imperial garden centred on two lakes is now the headquarters of China's government and ruling party. The compound is no longer open to the public, but you can take a photo in front of the ...

This 100-year-old restaurant is located within Zhongshan Park, just outside the Forbidden City's walls to the south west. It was a favourite haunt of Beijing's literati in the 20th century, and is tod...

Has a lot of fake brands (mostly clothes). Very affordable if you bargain hard.

A cenotaph with round-the-clock honor guard commemorating the PRC's veterans and war dead. Illuminated at night. Usually blocked off unless there is an important ceremony or visitors, but even then on...

the first and largest museum in China specialized in collecting, researching and displaying sandalwood works of art and classical furniture.