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Lama Temple
Yun’er
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Drum TowerDrum Tower Confucius DistrictDistrict
Confucius
Bell Tower
Bell Tower Temple Gui Jie
Gui Jie
Temple
Hou Hai
Hou Hai
Jing Yaa Tang
Migas
DaliDali Jing Yaa Tang Migas
CourtyardCourtyard
Great LeapGreat Leap
Bei Hai
Bei Hai BreweryBrewery Sanlitun
Sanlitun
Park Park
Around Beijing Great WallGreat Wall
Around Beijing
MutianyuMutianyu HUAIROUHUAIROU
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Forbidden
City City
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Tian’an Men
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Southern Fish
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Capital M dates from the 14th century.
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Two day itinerary Day 3
0 miles0 miles 1 1 Four day itinerary MORNING
Get an early start and hire a private
and water calligraphy, then wander car to take you to the Summer
over toward the Drum and Bell Palace (see pp28–9). Stop at the Ming
Towers in Hou Hai (see pp26–7). Get Tombs (see pp32–3), then go on to
lost in the hutongs and stop at Mr the Great Wall (see pp34–5). Enjoy a
Shi’s Dumplings (see p57) for lunch. late countryside lunch at Mutianyu.
AFTERNOON AFTERNOON
Continue down leafy Guozijian Street. Hike to your heart’s content, then
Check out the traditional craft shops sleep on a kang (traditional bed) in a
and Confucius Temple (see p82) farmer’s house after a rustic dinner.
before heading to the Lama Temple
(see pp20–21). Dine on excellent Day 4
MORNING
Leave after breakfast and head
back to the city, stopping at the
798 Art District (see pp30–31).
AFTERNOON
Grab some lunch at AT Café (see
p31), and check out some of the
galleries that have made Chinese
art famous. Head back downtown
to Sanlitun for roast duck at Jing
Yaa Tang (see p93), then take a
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests wander over to Migas (see p93)
can be found at The Temple of Heaven. for alfresco after-dinner drinks.
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