It’s a Memorable of Cycling in Beijing

You could have a memorable bike tour even your time is limited. It takes only 2-3 hours. We have well selected bike tour that takes you to appreciate the most developed areas include some of the new landmarks of Beijing like National Theater of Performing Arts, New CCTV Tower, and CBD.

 Our guide will lead you to ride along the Beijing Changan avenue, all the way, you will pass by National Theater of Performing Arts, Great Hall of the people, Tiananmen Square, New CCTV Tower which is the new landmark of Beijing, CBD (Central Business District).

National Theater of Performing Arts

The National Centre for the Performing Arts is an opera house in Beijing. With ellipsoid dome of titanium, it could accommodate 5,452 people sit in three halls and is almost 12,000 square meters in size. The exterior of National Centre for the Performing Arts is completely surrounded by a man-made lake. It looks like an egg floating on water, or a water drop.

New CCTV Tower

 High-rise in the Central Business District, the main building of New CCTV Tower is a loop of six horizontal and vertical sections with the floor space of 473,000 square meters, forming an irregular grid on the building's exterior with an open center. The New CCTV Tower is different from traditional tower. The form of the New CCTV Tower is regarded as a structural challenge. Because of its irregular shape, the local people give it a nickname of Dacucha.

Beijing CBD

Beijing CBD was recently positioned as the secondary core area in Beijing's International Financial Center Development strategic plan. Beijing CBD has attracted 117 Fortune 500 businesses in the financial, media, information technology, consulting and service industries. More than 60 percent of overseas-funded companies in Beijing are in the CBD.

Great Hall of the people

The Great Hall of the people is an important place for political activates of the party, country and people's organizations as well as political, diplomatic and cultural activities of Chinese leaders and people. The Great Hall of the People merges the country-wide building materials, and it only took 10 months from drawing design to all decoration inside and outside and equipment installation and trial run.

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is the symbol of China, is the heart of Beijing. Surrounded by lofty walls on all sides, it is the witness of many of important events since last hundred years.

All the way, you will exclaim the fast development of Beijing. And you will feel this bike tour of Beijing is unforgettable.

Top 3 Stunning Villages Around Beijing

Beijing which is the capital of China has a lot of historical and cultural destinations to visit. Besides all of that, located near from Beijing, there also offer ancient and artistic villages around where visitors could enjoy stunning and amazing landscapes around. There are three top village descriptions below:

1.       Hancunhe Village

It is a modern village which located 40 kilometers southwest away from Beijing. Once poor village, the now turned into one modern village. Visitor could find such facilities like park, department store, hotel, swimming pool, cinema, travel agency, post office, hospital and education center. Many people facilities were also built very modern with advance and good qualities.

Beautiful flowers and trees are planted everywhere, all the villager villa-type houses in both traditional Chinese and European architectural style. They turned the undeveloped village into a beautiful metropolitan garden. It's also an ideal place to buy really fresh vegetables. 

Chatting and talking with some locals will also be a fun and unusually thing to do to get closer to many locals in China. Visit the museum of development of the village will let visitors know about history of the village. 

2.       Zhuishikou Village

 

The other famous village called Zhuishihou Village located close to Tailing, one of the 13 Ming Tombs in Beijing. It is located 50 kms north of Beijing city and surrounded by the hills with a stream in front of its entrance. Zhuishikou village is one of the 30 villages under Changling Township in Changping District. There are 140 households in the village with about 450 villagers.

Visitors could breathe some fresh air, enjoy calm and peaceful village far from the city. Visit some local residents and have a chit chat to know better about local culture, life style and habits of the village life in Beijing. 

3.       Chuandixia Ancient Village

 

Chuandixia Ancient Village located in the west area of Mentougou District, 90 kilometers west of downtown Beijing. It is an ancient mountain village with peaceful tranquilities, characteristic architecture and natural beauty. It is home to 500 well preserved courtyard homes dating to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Many of these homes have been converted into inns offering food and lodging to travelers.

Chuandixia Ancient Village has unique scenery and still stands in a quiet valley with little temples, mountain paths and numerous family-owned inns and restaurants. Visitors could climb up in to the hills surround the village and see the beautiful view of the village with delightful little temples. Because of its beauty, the village also has become a famous object for painters and photographers.

Beijing Villages are highly recommended for the walk with blue skies, authentic local cuisine, fresh air. It has become suitable place to escape from the crowd and busy city.