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39 verified places and 81 missions to truly experience Beijing. Must-sees: Great Wall of China, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Gate. Best known for: Culture, Leisure, Nature.
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Places in Beijing
CultureGreat Wall of ChinaA system of walls and defensive towers built over centuries; the sections most visited from Beijing are the…CultureForbidden CityA great palace complex built between 1406 and 1420 under the Yongle Emperor and the residence of 24 emperors…CultureTiananmen SquareOne of the largest public squares in the world, at about 440,000 square metres, in the centre of Beijing.CultureTiananmen GateA monumental gate of the Imperial City, built in 1420 in the Ming era and rebuilt in 1651 after a fire.CultureNiujie MosqueIt is the oldest mosque and one of the largest in Beijing, founded in the year 996 during the Liao dynasty…CultureNational Stadium (Bird's Nest)A stadium designed by the architects Herzog & de Meuron with the artist Ai Weiwei as adviser, known as the…NatureBeihai ParkAn imperial garden with more than a thousand years of history, centred on a lake with Jade Island, crowned by…NatureJingshan ParkAn artificial hill in central Beijing, built in the Ming era with earth excavated from the moats, just north…NatureBeijing ZooA zoo founded in 1906 in Xicheng district, one of the oldest in China and famous for housing giant pandas.CultureMarco Polo BridgeAn eleven-arch stone bridge over the Yongding River, built in the late 12th century in the Jin era and known…CultureMonument to the People's HeroesGranite obelisk about 38 metres tall in the centre of Tiananmen Square, unveiled in 1958 in memory of those…CultureYonghe TempleA Lama temple, the most important of Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet.CultureChurch of St Joseph (Dongtang)A Catholic church known as Dongtang or the East Church, on the shopping street of Wangfujing, in Dongcheng.CultureZhengyangmen (Qianmen)Zhengyangmen, known as Qianmen, is the south gate of the old wall of the Inner City, built in the Ming era in…CultureCathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Nantang)A Catholic church known as Nantang or the South Church, beside Xuanwumen, in Xicheng district.CultureChurch of the Saviour (Beitang)A Catholic cathedral known as Beitang or the North Church, in the Xishiku district, west of Beihai Park, in…CultureWhite Cloud TempleTaoist temple of the Quanzhen school in the Xicheng district, seat of the China Taoist Association.NatureKunming Lake (Summer Palace)The great artificial lake of the Summer Palace, the imperial garden of the Qing, a World Heritage Site since…LeisureSanlitunA nightlife and shopping area in Chaoyang district, next to the embassy quarter.CultureChina Science and Technology MuseumA science and technology museum in Beijing, in the Chaoyang district, near the Olympic Park.Culture798 Art ZoneA contemporary art district housed in former electronics factories from the 1950s, built with the help of…CultureZhihua TempleMing dynasty Buddhist temple, built in 1443 in a hutong in the Dongcheng district.LeisureBeijing World ParkA theme park in Fengtai district, in south-west Beijing, with scale replicas of famous monuments from around…CultureZhenjue Temple (Five Pagoda Temple)Buddhist temple from 1473 notable for its Indian-style pagoda, known as Wuta, or the Five Pagodas, a large…LeisureBeijing Happy ValleyAn amusement park in Chaoyang district, in eastern Beijing, opened in 2006 and designed as a theme park…CultureMuseum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese AggressionMuseum in Wanping, south of Beijing, opened in 1987 and located next to the Marco Polo Bridge, where the open…NatureMing City Wall Ruins ParkLinear park that follows one of the surviving sections of the wall of Beijing's Inner City, raised in the…CultureDabaotai Han Tomb MuseumMuseum in Fengtai district built over a large Western Han dynasty tomb, discovered in 1974: that of King Liu…LeisureSilk StreetA multi-storey indoor market on Xiushui Street, in Chaoyang district, near Jianguomen.LeisurePanjiayuan Antiques MarketA large antiques and crafts market in Chaoyang district, beside the East Third Ring Road in Beijing.NatureOlympic Forest ParkLarge urban park in the north of Beijing's Olympic Park, created for the 2008 Games.CultureXiyanglou (ruins of the European palaces)Ruins of the European-style palaces of the old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan), designed in the 18th century for…LeisureUniversal Beijing ResortUniversal Beijing Resort is a Universal theme park that opened in 2021 in Tongzhou district, east of Beijing.LeisureLao She TeahouseThe Lao She Teahouse, near Qianmen, opened in the 1980s and takes its name from the writer Lao She and his…LeisureHouhaiHouhai is one of the lakes of Shichahai, the group of lakes in the historic centre of Beijing.CultureLiulichangLiulichang is an old-style shopping street, south of Beijing's old city, devoted for centuries to antiques…CultureNanluoguxiangNanluoguxiang is a pedestrian hutong of about 800 metres that runs north to south through the Dongcheng…Food & drinkQuanjude (Qianmen)Quanjude is the most famous house of Peking duck, founded in 1864, in the time of the Qing dynasty.LeisureChaoyang Theatre (acrobatics)The Chaoyang Theatre, in the Chaoyang district, is one of Beijing's venues best known for Chinese acrobatic…
Frequently asked questions
What to see in Beijing in one day?
If you only have one day, start with the essentials: Great Wall of China, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Gate and Niujie Mosque.
What can you see for free in Beijing?
No entry fee: Monument to the People's Heroes and Silk Street.