Beijing Botanical Gardens, lying at foot of the West Hill (Xi Shan) in the suburbs of Beijing, are a relaxing, inexpensive place to spend a day away from the hustle and bustle of big city life. The Gardens are particularly spectacular in spring, with their blossom-laden fruit trees, and in autumn, when the vivid reds, greens, browns and golds of the vegetation heralds the approach of winter. Try to avoid weekend visits in spring as the park can get quite crowded with Beijing residents checking out the blossom.

Opened in 1956, 200 hectares of the Botanical Gardens are currently open to the public, including living plant collections, a lake, various historic sites, and a nature reserve. Beautiful displays are made monthly in the main conservatory, bonsai garden, the arboretum and 11 outdoor gardens, and the Gardens receive more than 1.4 million visitors every year from China and overseas.

The Garden grounds are well-signposted - head for the newly-opened visitor centre if you want to buy a cheap English brochure and map (as well as postcards and souvenirs). A map can also be downloaded at the Beijing Botanical Garden website (address below). For specific information you can call the Garden information service (number below), although the English of the staff can be extremely patchy at times.

bus no. 360, 318, 505, 630, 698, 714, Yuntong 112 stops at Zhiwuyuan Station;

bus no. 331, 505, 563 and Yuntong 112 stops at Zhiwuyuan South Gate.

Located under the China Central Radio and Television Tower in Haidian District, Beijing Pacific Underwater World, also known as Taipingyang Andover Underwater World, is a wonderful exhibition hall sponsored by Singapore and China, covering a total area of over 8 acres (8,000 square meters). The design of the aquarium is based on the Caribbean pirate ship which gives visitors a real sense of being underneath the water. Altogether, the aquarium’s water content is approximately 5,232 cubic yards (4,000 cubic meters), containing hundreds of sea creatures from fierce sharks to beautiful reef fish. The aquarium uses a fresh water salinization system and a marine life self-maintenance system to ensure that the sea creatures are living under proper conditions.

Beijing Pacific Underwater WorldBeijing Pacific Underwater World consists of many different zones for visitors to have different experiences. You can know more about the endangered Humboldt Penguins, and watch the jellyfish drifting around. Enjoying the lovely view of divers swimming with the marine creatures along the undersea tunnel will give you a totally different experience. If you are lucky enough, you may encounter some beautiful mermaids dancing around.

bus no. Te 8, 40, 74, 77, 437, 624, 631, 698, 944, 968, 977, Yuntong 102, Yuntong 103, or Yuntong 201, stop at Hangtianqiao South Station.

bus 323, or 374 stop at Yuyuantan West Gate Station.

Opened on May 31, 2014, Madame Tussauds Beijing is the fourth Madame Tussauds in China after the Madame Tussauds Wax Museums set in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Wuhan. It is the largest branch in Asia, whose exhibition hall and exhibitions are three times larger than those in Hong Kong.

This branch is located on Qianmen Street, which has a very long history and strong ‘Beijing flavors’. The opening of this museum adds western and modern elements to this street, making it more diversified and welcoming. The wax figures here were made by artists from Madame Tussauds London and are the actual sizes of their prototypes, who are elites from various sectors who have had a great influence in this city, the country, and even the world.

Bus No. Te 4, 5, Te 7, 8, 17, 20, 22, 48, 59, 66, 69, or 71 stop at Qianmen

Take Subway Line 2 to Qianmen station, leave through Exit B or C, then walk to Madame Tussauds;

China National Film Museum was founded in 2005 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Chinese film, and is the largest professional film museum in the world. Getting to the museum is a bit of a hike, with its location near the Airport Expressway in Beijing's northeastern part. The 38,000 square meter China National Film Museum pays tribute to China's long and colorful movie-making history and reveals some secrets of film production. 

China National Film Museum occupies an area of 65 acres northeast of Beijing, with an architectural space of 38,000 square meters. If you want to visit all the exhibition halls in the museum, you have to walk 2970 meters long. CNFM houses 1500 films, and 4300 stills from works of 450 filmmakers. The shows organized by top film experts approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) present the most authoritative information and knowledge about film arts in China. CNFM is a great masterpiece achieved by a large group of authoritative experts and scholars in various fields of film entertainments through utmost efforts, and it offers the most authoritative，professional and multifarious exhibitions of film entertainments.

Bus no. 402, 418, 688, 973 and get off at nangao station

National Art Museum of China is located on Wu Si Street. It is a national level art museum focused on displaying, collecting and researching the works of the artists in China modern times. Chairman Mao Zedong wrote the name of the museum.

National Art Museum of China covers an area of 30,000 square meters with its construction acreage of 17,051 square meters. And its exhibition halls are 6,000 square meters. The construction was started in 1958 and finished in 1962. It is one of the Great Ten Constructions to mark the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China and also the largest art museum in China. After over one year's decoration, it was reopened on July 23, 2003.

Its main construction is the modern constructions imitating the ancient attic style. Its top is decorated by the yellow glazed tiles. There are the corridors and pavilions around. It is filled with the distinctive nationality construction style. The museum can be divided to three levels as the upper, middle and lower level respectively.

There are totally 13 exhibition halls in the museum, and the three collective anti-ultraviolet radiation colored fluorescent lamps are illuminating on the halls. The acreage of the round hall is 480 square meters that is suited for hanging the large-sized art works. The acreages of the east and west side halls in the first floor are 470 square meters respectively that are equipped with large glass exhibition cabinets. While each of the four corner halls cover an area of 500 square meters; The exhibition places of the second and third floors are opposed to the main hall; The new painting collecting storeroom occupies an area of 5,000 square meters.

In the museum, there are fine arts works exhibiting & marketing hall and art works service department.

The art museum has collected more than 60,000 fine arts works in the modern times and from the folks. Its varieties include excellent works with different time features and different art styles like Chinese paintings, canvases, prints, sculptures, Spring Festival pictures, funnies, picture posters, pencil sketches, iconography, watercolor paintings, varnish paintings. It also includes the agrestic art works like puppets, shadow play works, paper-cuts, kites, mud toys, embroideries and so on.

The exhibition activities individual painting exhibitions, collective painting exhibitions, film exhibitions, calligraphy exhibitions, children's painting and folk fine works exhibitions are increased gradually.

In 1998, it held the International Fine Arts Year that won the high praise from all walks of life in society. The annual average visitors numbers is one million.

Bus No. 101, 104 and 108, please get off at the station of art museum.

The first hutong museum in China.

Shijia Hutong Museum was established to preserve and document Hutong life in Beijing. As the idea of Globalization has spread to China the Beijing government has dismantled much of the Hutong neighborhoods, particularly in the run up to the 2008 Olympics. Many have been replaced with modern residential districts and apartment complexes. As a result, locals discarded the traditional Hutong life to embrace a more modern and convenient lifestyle; hence the reciprocal movement to preserve old conventions and tradition. In 2013, Shijia Hutong Museum was officially founded to keep the old Hutong lifestyle from fading away in people’s minds.
The courtyard was procured by Prince Charles’ ‘Princes Trust’ and reconstructed to its former glory using the original materials (some more than 400 years old) and methods. After restoration it was given back to Beijing on the proviso that it would be used as a Hutong museum, that’s what we see today.
The museum displays all aspects of traditional Hutong life, from the layout of the buildings and the reasoning behind it to experiencing the soundscape of daily life. Capturing a full sensory experience of life in the Hutongs through the years.

Take the subway Line 6 to Dengshikou station / Take the subway Line 2 to Chaoyangmen station

Located at No.5, East Beichen Road of Chaoyang District in Beijing, the China Science and Technology Museum lies to the north of the National Stadium in the central part of Olympic Park. First opened in 1988, it is the only state-level comprehensive science and technology museum in China. With the establishment of the new exhibition building in 2009, the museum now has four floors. It shows the new trends in science and technology on various applications, including aerospace, energy, transport, materials and machines, information technology and environment. Through colorful exhibits, interactive activities, interesting experiments and hi-tech films, visitors can easily understand some of the scientific theories and technology applications. The museum is now considered an important facility to popularize science and improve citizen’s science literacy and ability to innovate.

The museum consists of five permanent exhibition halls (“Science Paradise” located on the first floor in the northwest area, “Glory of China” on the first floor, “Exploration and Discovery” on the second floor, “Sci-tech and Life” on the third floor, and “Challenge and Future” on the fourth floor), a short-term exhibition hall, and four special-effect theaters (Dome Theater, Huge-screen Theater, Motion Theater and 4D Theater). In addition, many laboratories, classrooms, science popularization lecture halls and multifunctional halls are found in the museum.

 Science Paradise Hall
This hall is an attractive place for children who like science and hands-on activities where they can have great fun. It comprises seven theme exhibition areas (Happy Farm, Cheerful Water Bay, Science Castle, Exploring Mountains, Safety Island, Performance Scene and Hands-on Activities) with a total area of 40,896 square feet (3,800 square meters). It is set up for three-to-ten-year-old children, aiming at inspiring their interest in science in various educational ways, including games, discussions and interaction.

 Glory of China Hall
This hall showcases the significant accomplishments of ancient China in science and technology, which play an important role in promoting Chinese social progress and world civilization. This hall is divided into five sections. Introduction Hall helps guide visitors to know ancient China. There are two main exhibitions: Taosi Observatory (it is a part of Taosi Site in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in ancient China) and bronze embossments of scientists in ancient China. Technological Innovation of Ancient China displays some critical inventions and technological innovations in mining, agricultural technology, irrigation machinery, textile, architecture and navigation. The major exhibitions are Tonglushan mining, Zigong salt wells, various agricultural machinery, weaving machines, palaces, residences, urban planning, vehicles and advanced navigation technology. Scientific Exploration of Ancient China boasts noted achievements made by intelligent and hardworking Chinese people in several areas. There you can see Chinese acupuncture, an armillary sphere, a star map, a seismograph, a model of the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, ancient musical instruments and light-penetrating mirrors. Exchange between China and the World Civilization introduces advanced Chinese inventions spreading into the world, especially "four great inventions” (papermaking, printing, gunpowder, compass). “Hands-on Space” is a very interesting place where visitors can participate in woodblock printing and paper making using ancient methods.

 Exploration and Discovery Hall
Exploration and discovery is a lasting theme in the process of human civilization. This hall focuses on scientific exploration in many areas: the origin of the universe, microscopic matter, natural phenomenon such as motion, sound, light and electricity, life and math. It displays the wonder and mystery of science and helps visitors experience the joy brought by exploration and discovery. The hall is made up of A Hall and B Hall with an exhibition area of 5,979 square yards (5,000 square meters) and eight theme exhibition sections (Miraculous Universe, Subtle Material, Mysterious Life, Law of Motion, Rhyme of Sound, Brilliance of Light, Magnetism and Lure of Science).

 Sci-tech and Life Hall
This hall exhibits the development of sci-tech in agriculture, health, housing, information exchange, transportation and machines which are inextricably bound to the ordinary life of people. It is science and technology that make a more convenient and better life for us. This hall consists of six sections, including Source of Our Daily Life, Healthy Life, Household, Information and Traffic, and Smart Tools and Machinery.

 Challenge and Future Hall
This hall has an area of 6,099 square yards (5,100 square meters). It concentrates on some crucial issues and challenges that human beings face. It shows the contributions made by technological innovation and imagines the future. Meanwhile it guides visitors to keep their eyes on and recognize the problems of technological development. The hall is divided into seven sections: About the Earth, Energy World, New Material, Genes and Life, Ocean Development, Space Exploration and About the Future.  It contains 138 exhibitions. Even visitors can personally conduct some projects, for example, making a model of the Tibetan Plateau or imitating astronauts.

 Four Special-effect Theaters
Motion Theater is equipped with three groups of movable seats and can hold 60 visitors. Visitors see the film sitting on six free-moving platforms. The platforms can move in concert with the film. The motion of the visitors’ bodies will be in line with the plot of the film. It will provide an exciting journey. Dome Theater can hold 442 visitors and is equipped with seats for the disabled. It can be used to broadcast films and a dome planetarium show. Huge-screen Theater is one of the world’s most advanced theaters. It can accommodate 632 visitors. The screen is 97 feet (29.85 meters) wide and 72 feet (22 meters) high. 4D Theater adopts 4D special-effects, based on the three-dimension film itself, together with environmental special-effects. It integrates listening, seeing, smelling and touching for the visitors and makes people feel part of the scene.

bus no. 311, 328, 379, 484, 594, 617, 751, 913, Yuntong 110 or Zhuan 40 to Walinankou Station, walk to the north six minute to the west gate of the museum.

Your English-Speaking Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 8:30 AM.
Your guide will customize the tour to suit your specific preferences before you start the tour or you can send us an email to let your guide know your preferences before you start the tour.
You will use public transportation by bus, subway, taxi to experience our commute and understand our daily life and customs with your guide.
You will have lunch at a local Chinese restaurant and your guide will help you to order the meal from your preferences.
After your sightseeing you can take advance of a special complimentary foot massage to help you relax at the end of an unforgettable day! Choose any three World Class tours from the list below to optimize your sight-seeing experience and exercise:
Some of the famous sites in and around Beijing & other options you may consider include :
Forbidden City
Summer Palace.
Temple of Heaven.
Lama Temple.
Ming Tombs.
Jingshan Park
Panda Zoo.
Hutongs.
Olympic Park.
local market.
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Buses,Subway,Taxi and so on.

In 2006, Mr. Han Meilin donated 2,000 of his works of art to the Tongzhou District Government of Beijing. To house and exhibit this precious gift, to show Mr. Han’s love of the country and Chinese culture, and to disseminate his aesthetic ideas, the local government built an art gallery in the Liyuan Cultural Theme Park. Two years later, a Palace in Art—Beijing Han Meilin Art Gallery opened to the public on June 25, 2008. It covers an area of nearly 10,000 square meters, combining the ideals of man and nature and integrating Eastern and Western architectural aesthetics. Quiet, spacious and bright, it interweaves time and space and displays unique architectural excellence, further adding cultural significance to the human landscape of the capital city of Beijing. It also shines in concert with the Hangzhou Han Meilin Art Gallery (opened October 19, 2005) located at the other end of the ancient Great Canal. Blending the historic and the modern, this cultural pattern highlights the attraction of the ancient canal’s history and culture. Mr. Han Meilin, whose father comes from Shandong in northern China and whose mother was born in Zhejiang in southern China, is a patriotic artist with a strong sense of belonging and gratitude to China.
　　In addition to the Introductory Hall, Arts and Crafts Hall, Paperboard Ornamental Hall, Sculpture Hall, Chinese Calligraphy and Traditional Painting Hall, Newly-Created Works Hall, Video Hall, and Sculpture-Making Studio, there is the Seal-Book Building, and the Pottery Bar. Such cultural facilities provide visitors with an interactive cultural platform where they can enjoy the beauty of art in genetral as well as that of Chinese civilization.  
　　Beijing Han Meilin Art Gallery was designed by the famous Chinese architect Kai Cui. His design concept is that the art gallery’s site and form have an important impact on Liyuan Park’s space as an integral part of the Cultural Theme Park. If we take the whole park as a natural landscape painting, the art gallery serves as a traditional Chinese seal affixed just when the painting is finished. The relation between the seal and the painting corresponds to that of the art gallery and the park. They are indispensible to and complementary to each other. Considering that Chinese calligraphy and seal cutting are also an aspect of Mr. Han’s artistic creation, the designer chose the Chinese character for “beauty” (美 mei) as the graphic design prototype of the art gallery. Looking down from above, the shape of the entire art gallery is like a “美” ; thus the strokes of the Chinese calligraphic character represent  the architecture’s functional space. Significantly, the word “beauty” (美 mei) is also second word of Han Meilin’s name which can also be understood as representing aesthetics and artistic beauty. These explanations are of the realistic and of the abstract as well.
　　Our art gallery adheres to the “people-oriented development philosophy”, and the staff makes great efforts to provide the public with the most professional, most people-oriented services. In keeping with Mr. Han Meilin’s noble sentiments, art philosophy and purpose for founding the art gallery, guests have enjoyed free admission to the art gallery since opening day. We will be glad to see more art lovers come to visit this palace of art. Here, visitors can appreciate countless wonderful works of art created by Han Meilin with his open-heated, forthright and sincere love, deep emotion and magic whiteboard marker pens and brushes, all of which most ordinary people can’t imagine. Visitors can also experience a great artist’s life and better understand a versatile artist who has achieved extraordinary success in almost all artistic aspects. Mr. Han is like an active volcano which is incessantly erupting with artistic lava – the flower never ceases. As Mr. Han has said, “I just work hard on my art throughout my life, not for money, scholarly honors or official rank. It is God’s way of telling me that since I’m as stubborn as an ox, I’ll have to work as hard as one.”      

Get off at "tong zhou xiao jie qiao dong" station, Walking 150 meters front on the right side

Gubei Water Town (Simatai Great Wall) International Holiday Area reopens to receive visitors on January 1st, 2014. 

Gubei Water Town International Holiday Area is divided into 2 sections: Gubei Water Town and Simatai Great Wall. The Water town covers an area of 9 square kilometres including reproduced cultural streets, accommodation, restaurants etc. There are four guesthouses and 2 hotels to accommodation visitors. You can spend as long as 2 days in the town with many cultural activities.

Simatai Great Wall is a part of Gubei Water Town International Holiday Area. Only ten watchtowers, East 1 to East 10, open to the public. It is decorated with lights at night. Please note that you're not able to walk toward Jinshanling Great Wall or in reverse.