• Tiananmen Square
  

  
  Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen Gate located to its North, separating it from the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the third largest square in the world.
  
  

• Forbidden City
  

  
  The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum.
  
  

• Beijing's hutong
  

  
  The oldest parts of Beijing - the hutong neighbourhoods - are found near the Drum and Bell Towers and by Beihai Lake. These date back to the Yuan dynasty (13th-14th centuries) and consist of narrow alleyways and traditional single-storey courtyard homes. The alleyways come alive in the evenings, with people cooking, eating and playing mah jong and musical instruments in the street.
  
  

• Temple of Heaven
  

  
  The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven is a complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing.
  
  

• Great Wall of China - Badaling
  

  
  The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China. Certain sections of it, such as Badaling, Jinshanling and, Mutianyu and Simatai are withing a few hours by car from Beijing and often visited as day trips. Badaling, approximately 50 mi from Beijing, is the nearest and the most crowded sections of the Great Wall
  
  

• Summer Palace
  

  
  The Summer Palace is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three-quarters of which is water.
  
  

• Yonghe Temple
  

  
  The Yonghe Temple is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China.
  
  

• Beijing's dining scene
  

  
  In Beijing diners can find any type of Chinese cuisine imaginable, from Imperial dishes to fiery Szichuan chilli fish broth, Cantonese dim sum, Yunnan dishes that use flower blossoms, Manchu mutton hotpot and the city's most famous dish - Peking duck best sampled at the iconic Quanjude restaurant. Some of the best places for food include Ghost Street and Donghuamen Night Market, with numerous street stalls.
  
  

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