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Hou Hai
By day visitors take
A n d i n g m e n x i b i
A n d i n g m e n x i b i n n
ANDING MEN DONG DAJIE
ANDING MEN DONG DAJIE rickshaw tours around the
GU O WA N G G
GU O WA N back lanes for a glimpse
H U TON G G
H U TON ANDING MEN NEI JIAODAOKOU ANDING MEN NEI DAJIE DAJIE Gong Y of fast-disappearing old
Nanguanan
Nangu
Gong Yuanuan
Beijing; by night, attention
TIUGULOU DAJIE
TIUGULOU DAJIE
DONG ZHI MEN NEI DAJIE
Qian D I'AN JIAODAOKOU NAN DAJIE NAN DAJIE YONGHE GONG DAJIE YONGHE GONG DAJIE DONG ZHI MEN NEI DAJIE shifts to the area’s
DONG CHENG
DONG CHENG
Hai
Hai lakeside bars and
DI'AN MEN XI DAJIE D I'AN ME N WAI DA JI restaurants (see pp26–7).
DI'AN MEN XI DAJIE
ZHANGZI ZHONG LU DONG SI SHI TIAO
ZHANGZI ZHONG LU
DONG SI SHI TIAO
Bei Hai
Bei Hai MEISHUGUA N HOUJIE DONG SI BEI DAJIE DONG SI BEI DAJIE Around Beijing
Qian ME N WAI DA JIE E
DIAN MEN
DIAN MEN Great Wall
Jing Shan of China
Jing Shan
P Parkark S308
MEISHUGUA N HOUJIE
DONG SI XI
DONG SI XI S213 S308 HUAIROU
J I N G S H A N
WENJIN J I E
DAJIE
WENJIN J I E J I N G S H A N DAJIE
Q I A N J I E Ming Tombs G45
Q I A N J I E
S330
CHANGPING
DONG SI
Hai
Hai G6 SHUNYI
DONG SI
DAJIE
DAJIE
NAN DAJIE
NAN DAJIE
WANGFUJING
WANGFUJING
DONGHUAME G7
DONGHUAMEN N
DAJIE E
DAJI Summer G45
Palace S50
Nan 798 Art
Nan
Zhong N A N C H A N G J I
Zhong N A N C H A N G J I E E
Hai S50 District
Hai
D O N TONGZHOU
D O N G G
X I C H A N G 'A N J I E
CH AN G'A N J IE
X I C H A N G 'A N J I E CH AN G'A N J IE CHONGWEN MEN NEI DAJIE CHONGWEN MEN NEI DAJIE SHIJINGSHAN
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main map
0 miles 15 Summer Palace
QIAN MEN XI D Beijing summers are
QIAN MEN XI D A JIEA JIE
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unbearably hot, so the imperial court
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0 miles 1 1 would exchange the Forbidden City
Z H U S H I K O U
Z H U S H I K O U
DO N G D A J I E for this semi-rural retreat, with its
DO N G D A J I E
ZHUSHIKOU
ZHUSHIKOU CHONGWEN ornate pavilions and gardens, ranged
CHONGWEN
QIAN MEN DAJIE
QIAN MEN DAJIE
XI DAJIE
XI DAJIE
around Kunming Lake (see pp28–9).
T Tian Tanian Tan
P Parkark
TIANQIAO NAN DAJIE
TIANQIAO NAN DAJIE
798 Art District
When former electronic
components factory 798 became a
venue for contemporary art, it kick-
started a local trend for converting
industrial spaces into galleries and
chic bars (see pp30–31).
Ming Tombs
Thirty miles
(45 km) northwest
of Beijing is the vast Great Wall of China
burial site of 13 of “Great” is something of an
China’s 16 Ming understatement; the Wall is
emperors. The most nothing less than spectacular.
impressive sight Clamber up the perilously
here is the Sacred sloping carriageways to one
Way, with its 12 pairs of the highest watchtowers
of stone guardians on the wall – the experience
(see pp32–3). is breathtaking (see pp34–5).
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