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Kerry Center
9
Adventure Zone
MAP H4 • Kerry Center Hotel, 1
Guanghua Lu • 8565 2490 • Subway:
Guomao • Open 10am–9pm Mon–
Thu, 9am–10pm Fri–Sun • Adm; ticket
covers one adult and one child
Parents and children can play
together at this fun center with a
three-story jungle gym, a tree house,
vertical slides, and colorful cars. All
areas are age specific, and weary
adults can always take a break and
relax at the nearby café.
Aquatic fun at the Water Cube
Water Cube
6
Olympic Park, 11 Tianchen
Donglu, Chaoyang District • 8437
0112 • Subway: Olympic Sports
Center • Open 10am–9pm daily
• Adm; children under 4 ft
(1.2 m) free
The 2008 Olympics Aquatics Center
is now a water park. Water slides
and giant inflatable rides will excite
young fans, while the Bullet Bowl
“plug hole” descent on a four-seater Science and Technology Museum
dinghy is a thrill for any age (see p44). Science and Technology
Blue Zoo Beijing
Museum
7 0
This small but beautifully done Lots of hands-on exhibits for kids to
aquarium has an enormous coral pull, push, and even walk through.
reef tank containing an array of There is also an IMAX-style movie
visually exciting marine life, including theater and an indoor play area in a
eels, rays, and sharks. Tanks are set separate building north of the main
low enough for toddlers to peer into entrance (see p101).
them. There’s also a
“marine tunnel” and Wudaokou
twice-daily shark-feeding BEISANHUAN ZHONGLU Olympic Sports DAGUANG EXPY
DONG ZHI MEN WAI XIEJIE
sessions (see p89). BEISANHUAN ZHONGLU Center Taiyanggong Dongfeng
North
Chaoyang Park
8 BEISANHUAN ZHONGLU ANDING MEN ANDING MEN WAI DAJIE Bridge
Gulou
Subway:
Dajie
Liangmaqiao Xizhi ANDING MEN Yonghe Gong DONG SANH UAN
XIZHI MEN BEI DAJIE
XI DAJIE
Men
There are plenty of XIZHI MEN WAI XINJIEKOU BEI DAJIE BEI DAJIE E DO NG ZHI MEN DONG LU XIN
DAJIE
rides and activities here, D I 'AN M EN X I DA JI GONGREN
BEI LU
Chaoyang Men
including zip-lining, for FUCHENG MEN FUCHENG MEN NAN DAJIE JING SHA N QIAN JIE TIYUCHANG B E I LU
WAI DAJIE
both children and adults. DAJIE Men East Dongdan CHAOYANG MEN WAI DAJIE
Tian'an
This is one of the few FUXING MEN WAI DAJIE XIDAN BEI DON JI A NGTO NG
NEI DAJIE
parks in the city where Xidan DONG DAJIE Beijing EX PR ES SWAY
QIAN MEN
visitors walk, run, do Z H U S H I K O U X I D AJ I E Z HUSH IKO U GUA NG QU LU
yoga, kick balls, or lay DO NG DA J IE JIANGUO MEN G SANHUAN BEI LU Nanlouziz-
down on real grass by 0 km 3 NAN DAJI TIANQIAO E Tian Tan huang
Dong Men
the lake. Go early, take a 0 miles 3 S O N G Y U LU
NANBIHE LU
GUANGQUMEN
picnic, and enjoy the day.
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