The best places to visit in Beijing, China -> Destinations

   Giant construction of the ancient world, the Great Wall measuring 6400 kilometers long, is provided from place to place with forts looking tall rectangular towers of defense, has a height of 8 meters and a width of 6.5 meters, and meritandu status of the longest wall of the Earth. To protect the state, China's first emperor, Qin (221-210 BC) commands to be linked together fortifications built by his predecessors. It will submit both east and west, a total length of about 5000 km,...

   Gugong, or Forbidden City, is located in central Beijing, north of the famous Tiananmen Square. Tourists, excited wonders Imperial Palace, usually enter through the south gate and go through the north, after a complete tour by former administrative and cultural center of the former Chinese empire. Flights are regular bus and links to tourist attractions celelelte Beijing are excellent.       Separated from the rest of the world throu...

  Tiananmen Square is the biggest central square in the world, and not just a symbol of Beijing, but even the whole country. This huge space, comparable to - and much more impressed - the Kremlin is surrounded by many important buildings and institutions: the Museum of Chinese Revolution, Mao Mausoleum, Tiananmen Tower, Qianmen. Every day at sunrise and sunset, this place demanding and complicated ceremony of raising the Chinese flag, an unforgettable show for the first time you dis...

   In the south of the historic center of Beijing and the Temple of Heaven Park is - Tientan - oases of peace in the heart of uproar. Main Temple - Hall of prayer for a plentiful harvest - is known world wide since the '80s, when many Chinese products they had on the package: a red cone with three rows of roof (cone symbolizes the sky), climb on a square marble terrace (symbol of the Earth). Two other pieces accomplish all that the Son of Heaven and pray for forgiveness of sins harv...

  Also called "Bird's Nest" because of its complex architecture, Beinjing National Stadium was designed during the 2008 Olympics. Completion was scheduled for March of 2008. Here took take place opening and closing ceremony of the Olympics, and most activities. It is located near the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.     In 2002, Chinese government officials have invited architects to the world in a competition for design. Pritzker...