Great Wall & Forbidden City

Posted on March 4, 2013 by rain

Great WallIf you want to enjoy the Beijing trip happily and comfortably, you should surf a good hotel online. The Plaza Hotel Beijing is located at Chaoyang District, guests can take buses, taxies and subway to any attractions of Beijing easily.

The Great Wall is one of the symbols of Beijing and China as the world wonders for ancient world. There is an old saying one who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a hero. Firstly built in Spring and Autumn Dynasty, the Great Wall is a great defensive military project from their home from the invasion of nomads of the north, and almost every dynasty built their Walls. But the existing Great Wall in Beijing is the Ming Great Wall, totally about 8851.8 kilometers in length. Opened to public, the Great Wall at Badaling, Mutianyu, Juyongguan, Jinshanling and Simatai attract lots of tourists every year as the world famous sections. Among, the Badaling section is the most famous one as the first open section,the Mutianyu section is the most beautiful one as the essence of Ming Great Wall, the Juyongguan section is the grandest pass in the world, and the Jinshanling and Simatai sections are the most original sections with less maintained traces.

As well as the Great Wall, Forbidden City is also the symbol of Beijing and China, also known as the Imperial Palace, is home to 24 emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasty, since the third emperor in Ming Dynasty moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing until the last emperor of Qing Dynasty left it. Covering an area of 720,000 square meters, the Forbidden City is divided into two part including the Inner Court (for living) and Outer Court (for working), is the largest palatial structure in the world and the best preserved imperial palace in China. Built from 1406 to 1420, it is the huge courtyard with almost 8700 rooms and 870 architectures. Now, it was rebuilt to be the Palace Museum, showing the former imperial home to every visitor, and at same time collecting and displaying the treasures of royal China and the private collections of emperor. It is the history book of China, recording the events happened in it and witnesses the development of China carefully.

Related Routes:

1 Day Tour: Badaling Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City from US$ 54/pax

1 Day Tour: Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square from US$ 63/pax

1 Day Tour: Great Wall & Forbidden City Tour with Airport Transfer from US$94/pax

2 Days Beijing Tour Package B (with hotel) from US$ 120/pax

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Happy 4 Days Experience in Beijing

Posted on February 16, 2013 by rain

Sits in Chaoyang District, Plaza Hotel Beijing offers complimentary internet and easy access to the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone.

4 Days Beijing Tour Packages – Bus Tour B (without hotel)

Price From: US$ 77( 490 CNY )

Day 1: Arrival at Beijing
Pick you up at Beijing airport or railway station and our driver will hold a sign with your name at the exit. Private transfer service for you to your hotel by our driver (without tour guide).

Day 2: Beijing (L)
Mutianyu Great Wall1. Pick you up at your hotel on departure time and then drive to the Ming Tomb first visit the Underground Palace for about 2 hours. Before having Chinese traditional lunch, you will have 45 minutes for a short visit of Jade Carving Factory, from where you will know the processes of Chinese jade carving and Chinese jade culture.
- Ming Tomb: Buried 13 emperors of Ming Dynasty, it is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China.
- Jade Carving Factory: jade carving is a famous special Chinese product, a blend of the excellent skill on carving and Chinese traditional cultures.
2. After having lunch, then driving to Mutianyu Great Wall. Enjoy the most beautiful mountain scenery as well as hiking.
- Mutianyu Great Wall: Originally built during the Northern Qi Dynasty in the mid-sixth century, the most beautiful section.
3. After the visit of Mutianyu Great wall, back to Beijing downtown, we will drive by the exterior of the “Bird Nest” and the “Water Cube”. You will have chance to take pictures in coach. Then, you will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional Silk arts.
4. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to your hotel around 6:00pm.

Forbidden CityDay 3: Beijing (L)
1. Pick you up from hotel on departure time, and then drive to the Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City (including the Exhibition of Treasures) to feel the imperial power.
- Forbidden City: the best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world.
2. 20 minutes driving to the Temple of Heaven. On the way to the Temple of Heaven, you will have a chance to visit the Chinese traditional medicine culture.
- Temple of Heaven: the largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings in China.
3. After Chinese lunch in the Restaurant. You will have a short visit to a pearl free market. Then move on to Summer Palace, visit it for about 1.5 hours.
- Summer Palace: the largest and most well-preserved royal park in China, greatly influences Chinese horticulture.
4. At last, transfer you back to your hotel.

Day 4: Departure Beijing
According to the flight or train time, pick you up and transfer you to the airport or railway station. Tour end!

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What to Do in Beijing for 4 Days

Posted on December 28, 2012 by rain

Plaza Hotel Beijing is always the first and ideal choice for travelers and businessmen in Beijing, with comfortable service and living environment.

Summer Palace

 

Price From: US$ 155( 990 CNY )

Departure: Daily
Duration: 4 days (start from about 8:00 am and back around 5:00pm)
Attraction: 
Day 1 – Airport to hotel transfer;
Day 2 – Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven;
Day 3 – Juyongguan Great Wall, Summer Palace, Beihai Park;
Day 4 – Hutong, Airport transfer and see off.
Payment Method: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire, Western Union
Tour Guide Language: English, other language speaking guide (French, Japanese, Spanish etc.) is available, if need, please contact us!
Feature: 4 days package tour contains the representative attractions of Beijing which will be impressive to you. With the private tour guide company, visit Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Juyongguan Great Wall, Beihai Park and Hutong, but hotel except.

Review of tourists who had enjoyed this tour:
The four days Beijing tour contains the representative attractions of Beijing and in my opinion, Forbidden City, the Emperor’s house must be seen without discussion. The wide areas, the buildings full of gold and red colors, their beautiful shapes… how awesome! During the Forbidden City tour, I got to know a lot about the history of Beijing. That’s cool! Also thank you very much to our professional and knowledgeable English tour guide. We really had a wonderful trip with her help during the four days!

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Tiananmen Square

Posted on November 20, 2012 by rain

Tiananmen SquareLiving in Beijing downtown, tourists can visit any attraction of Beijing easily. As one of famous hotels in Beijing, Plaza Hotel Beijing is close to many representative spots of Beijing, such as Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Panjiayuan Antique Market, etc. If I were you, I choose this hotel as my first accommodation in Beijing. Tourists booked 2 Day Beijing Tour Package A (with hotel) chose this hotel mostly.

Near to various spots, guests in Plaza Hotel Beijing can visit Tiananmen Square conveniently which is the largest public city center square in the world. Covering an area of 440,000 square meters, Tiananmen Square is also an important place witnesses the history of China and the birth place of many significant events, so it left deep impression in the minds of Chinese people. Almost every Chinese people wish to visit Beijing and Tiananmen Square firstly. Around Tiananmen Square, there are four grand constructions stand there and have great influences on Chinese history and development, especially the Great Hall of People. Every significant national conference is held in it as well as every significant national decision.

No matter in which season, Forbidden City is the next stop of Tiananmen Square, because not only the short distance, but also they are seemed like as a whole body in Forbidden City tour. Forbidden City, also known as Palace Museum in Chinese, is the best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world. What happened in it is the most attractive point for travelers, especially foreign tourists who love Chinese ancient history in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Even if you know nothing about Forbidden City, you would harvest after a Forbidden City, because itself is one part of Chinese history. So booking Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven & Summer Palace Day Tour, you can visit Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City together with cheap price, and visit Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace together, and they are also the imperial constructions in that time.

As a people living in Beijing, I always like Badaling Great Wall, Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City Day Tour, and it takes you to visit the symbols of Beijing. More Beijing tours on BeijngLandscapes.com are waiting for you!

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Temple of Heaven

Posted on October 16, 2012 by sun

Temple of HeavenIf in this holiday you want to visit Beijing, it is your good choice. Beijing has lots of famous tourist attractions you must visit during your holiday. One thing that you must think about is where will you stay in Beijing right? Here, I will recommend one hotel that located also close to famous attractions, Plaza Beijing Hotel. The hotel is also offer the best service and provide with complete hotel facilities inside. Plaza Beijing Hotel is located in the strategic are, which is close to many tourist attractions in Beijing for example, Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and also offers quick access to Beijing’s main commercial, entertainment, and shopping district. Lots guests of Plaza Beijing Hotel will visit those attractions. Plaza Beijing Hotel attracts lots of local people and foreigners to stay during their holiday. One of the most famous and favorite attractions located close to Plaza Beijing Hotel is Temple of Heaven. Lots of Plaza Beijing Hotel guests will visit Temple of Heaven on their holiday.

Temple of Heaven is a complex of religious buildings and was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. In ancient China, the Emperor of China was regarded as the Son of Heaven. The temple of Heaven was created between 1406 and 1420 by the emperor Yongle (the same that created the Forbidden City). All the buildings within the Temple have special dark blue roof tiles, representing the Heaven. Temple of Heaven is also become the main tourists attractions in Beijing tour that lots guests of Plaza Beijing Hotel visit too.

Temple of Heaven which located not far from Plaza Beijing Hotel was open to the public in 1919. Nowadays, the surroundings of the Temple of Heaven are very popular park for exercising too. Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 and was described as “a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world’s great civilizations…” as the “symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries.” This one of the greatest architectural structures in the world which located close to Plaza Beijing Hotel that the tourists should not missed during vacation. Welcome to Plaza Beijing Hotel and wish you have a nice holiday!

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Plaza Beijing Hotel

Posted on September 19, 2012 by sun

Plaza Beijing HotelBeijing as the capital of China, has lots of famous tourist attraction, not only the historical sites but also has the cultural places. Beijing also attracts lots of foreigner to come visit Beijing during their holiday. There is one of the hotels in Beijing which is very suitable for you when you visit Beijing is Plaza Beijing Hotel. Plaza Beijing Hotel is 4 stars international business hotel which located in southeast Ring Road of Beijing, close to Beijing’s largest antique market (Panjiayuan Antique Market) for about 1000 meters, the East Third Ring Road shopping district of CBD, Capital Library, and only take 30 minutes drive from the Capital International Airport. Guests in Plaza Beijing Hotel could visit to Panjiayuan Antique Market to have a look for the Chinese antiques or buy some gifts for their friends. The Hotel also located for just few minutes from the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, and also offers quick access to Beijing’s main commercial, entertainment, and shopping district. Plaza Beijing Hotel has the convenient transportation and strategic location make lots of guest feel comfortable to stay in the hotel.

Plaza Beijing Hotel in total has 218 different kinds of guest rooms including business suites, standard suites, executive and standard rooms, and each of them is well decorated and equipped with good facilities.

Plaza Beijing Hotel also provides with lots of hotel facilities such as, a unique style, decoration and elegant Chinese restaurant, Western restaurant, coffee shop, fitness center, sauna, 24 hours rooms service and beauty salon for all the guests. All the facilities provided for make the guests more comfortable to stay in the hotel. Plaza Beijing Hotel also offers a roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), wedding services, concierge services, translation services, and tour assistance are available. Guest parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and currency exchange center.

For the business, Plaza Beijing Hotel provides 400 square meters multi-purpose ballroom and several meeting rooms are equipped with complete audio and communications equipment. So Plaza Beijing Hotel is an ideal place both for business and leisure guests.

In each guests room’s Plaza Beijing Hotel are all equipped with central air conditioning, electronic magnetic card lock system, personal safe, international or domestic direct dial, voice mail, slippers, DVD player, breakfast buffet facilities, mini-refrigerator, free high speed Internet connection, as CNN, NHK, AXN and other international satellite television programs. Plaza Beijing Hotel will make your holiday being the unforgettable moment and also make your holiday in Beijing more complete.

 

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Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center

Posted on August 3, 2012 by rain

Raffles CityPlaza Hotel Beijing, an international 4-star hotel, is located at East 3rd Ring and CBD business area. The most important is this area has various shopping centers to convenient your shopping experience near Plaza Hotel Beijing.

Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center is situated at Dongzhimen area and not far from Plaza Hotel Beijing. As one of important parts in Beijing Raffles City Plaza, Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center plays an important role. Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center near Plaza Hotel Beijing owns many world famous brands including H&M, ZARA, BERSHKA, MANGO, etc. Tourists come from Plaza Hotel Beijing can buy what you want in Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center. At same time, Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center offers fashion style good connected to international fashion trend to consumers. With the flowing time, Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center adjusts the compose of brands according to the change of fashion trend and taste of consumers, providing special consume experience which you can always at the front of world fashion.

Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center has not only various international fashion brands, but also gathered many authentic snacks and foods. No matter the authentic barbecue, pure Japanese cuisine, Thailand food or fish ball, toast, and tortoise Herb Jelly, customers always can find what their favorite foods in Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center. So tourists live in Plaza Hotel Beijing have a good chance to enjoy all these kinds of delicious foods.

Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center is the architectural masterwork of Stephen Pimbley who is a great master of architecture in the world. Underground of Beijing Raffles City Shopping Center, it connects the largest modern compressive transportation hub-Dongzhimen Transportation Hub. Tourists in Plaza Hotel Beijing will get this shopping center conveniently. After shopping tour, Plaza Hotel Beijing offers you best service and comfortable living environment to tourists from all over the world.

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Sanlitun Village

Posted on July 23, 2012 by rain

Sanlitun VillagePlaza Hotel Beijing, an international 4-star hotel, is located on the East 3rd Ring and CBD area of Chaoyang District. Close to Plaza Hotel Beijing, Sanlitun Village is a good place to recreation, entertainment and shopping.

Sanlitun Village represents a kind of human and prevailing custom fundamentally, so its core is people. Besides you can enjoy the catering, shopping and entertainment, you can create art and lead fashion. Sanlitun Village leads a unique life idea and culture, and it gives people a characteristic trend experience. Tourists in Plaza Hotel Beijing can experiences this kind of idea personally. Tourists in Plaza Hotel Beijing can enjoy this human and fashion idea in Sanlitun Village.

Designed by the front architecture designer in Japan, Sanlitun Village has 19 independent constructions which are adopted dauntless colors and irregular stereoscopic lines. The opening space with garden, courtyard and hutongs is created into a new pattern. In the creation of this project, the designer used many natural materials largely and made a unique space feeling, which made Sanlitun Village stands out of many shopping areas in Beijing and becomes the hot point of Beijing downtown. If you are a architecture lover in Plaza Hotel Beijing, Sanlitun Village is an ideal place for enjoyment.

A delicious cuisine, delicate showcase, standing street lamp, a chair for rest, and a beautiful direction are the arts in Sanlitun Village. In Sanlitun Village, the art is flowing and covers everywhere at here, and you will find them in details. When you live in Plaza Hotel Beijing, you could find these details art in Sanlitun Village.

You can go shopping, taste delicious cuisines and recreation in Sanlitun Village, even enjoy the beauty of details if you live in Plaza Hotel Beijing. At same time, Plaza Hotel Beijing offers you comfortable living environment and nice service.

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Beijing Sony Explore Science

Posted on July 6, 2012 by rain

Sony Exploer SciencePlaza Hotel Beijing, a deluxe 4-star hotel, is located on the east 3rd Ring and CBD business area. Plaza Hotel Beijing offers comfortable environment and good service to tourists. In addition, Plaza Hotel Beijing is adjacent to Sony Explore Science which is a scientific museum.  

Besides these representative attractions of Beijing, there are many human landscapes in Beijing. In Chaoyang Park, there is a famous science and technology museum “Sony Explore Science”. Sony Explore Science is a scientific popularized project and went into operation in 2000. Sony Explore Science was supported by Sony (China) Limited Company totally. This project was invested US$ 30 million and it is the first non-benefited scientific museum with the themes of light and sound in the world. If you are interested in scientific exhibitions, you can live near Sony Science Explore such as Plaza Hotel Beijing.

Sony Explore Science devoted itself to opening scientific dreams of Chinese teenage in 21th century. This museum not only has large number of high-tech exhibitions in fields of digital, IT, video, but also has many current polychrome activities. During 11 years after opened, Sony Explore Science has received over 1 million audiences from all over the world. At same time, Sony Explore Science gets the public recognitions and full affirmations from education field. Sony Explore Science was rated the national science education base and the Beijing youth science popularization base. If you live in Plaza Hotel Beijing with your kids, you can take your kids to Sony Explore Science, they will addict into it.

All exhibitions in museum are sued the top technology of fields in Digital, IT, video, and some exhibitions come from the San Francisco Scientific Museum in America. Sony Explore Science plans a series of activities according to the social hot points such as Explore Space Station, Explore in Polar, the front line of robot, annular eclipse live telecast, and many scientific exhibitions. All these displays received good praise from society.

 From 2008, Sony Explore Science near Plaza Hotel Beijing put a rule into practice the group of schools can visit Sony Explore Science for free. Only if make an appointment in advance, the groups can visit this museum for free. Sony Explore Science started scholar project to let the suburbs students can enjoy the happy of science and technology same as students in Beijing downtown. Sony Explore Science recomposes the performance form of experiments and sends all these performance to these students in poor area. Like this, students no matter at where can enjoy the high technology.

Tourists in Plaza Hotel Beijing will visit this museum conveniently, because Sony Science Museum is close to Plaza Hotel Beijing. It is a good chance for tourists in Plaza Hotel Beijing to appreciate high technology exhibitions. So Plaza Hotel Beijing is one of ideal choice among so many hotels in Beijing.

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Chaoyang Park

Posted on June 6, 2012 by sun

Chaoyang ParkAre you looking for a good travel condition during your Beijing trip? Plaza Hotel Beijing is nice choice for you. Plaza Hotel Beijing is a 4 star hotel very popular among foreign tourists. Located in the most prosperous area, Plaza Hotel Beijing is very near to the CBD area and some attractive places, so being a guest of Plaza Hotel Beijing, you will full of enjoyment during the trip.

Chaoyang Park is one of the places very popular among tourists living in Plaza Hotel Beijing. And in the park there are several theme parks. Chaoyang Planning Art Museum located in Chaoyang Park, adjacent to the beach volleyball court, is a big art exhibition hall. Maintain the original architectural style of the old plant to form a sharp contrast of old and new inter-perfect fusion, bore a striking resemblance to clouds has also been given to the concept of the Olympic memories with a total area of 15,000 square meters. It fully embodies the international level and Chaoyang characteristics. The museum includes six functional spaces: the exhibition of digital sandbox, theme Planning Exhibition history gallery, dynamic theater, 4D Theater, the T-type multi-function display, temporary exhibition and leisure interactive entertainment district. If time allows, tourists of Plaza Hotel Beijing could come here to have a relaxation.

Chaoyang Planning Art Museum is designed to expand the use of the T-space between the original buildings, forming a very large T-type space with an area of ​​2000 square meters. The T-space is composed by the three “T”, namely Taste, Try and Taste the building. During the trip to Chaoyang Planning Art Museum, tourists of Plaza Hotel Beijing will get very different feelings. Here can conduct a variety of topics cultural and artistic activities, such as press conferences, corporate annual meetings, fashion shows, film premiere and community activities. In addition, for the general public to provide interactive entertainment space combine Exhibition, recreation, exhibition concept become part of the activities of the public. Can be seen from the name, this is a dynamic, leading the fashion place and it will become the new business cultural card of the Chaoyang District, Beijing. For tourists living in Plaza Hotel Beijing, just pay a visit here during your spare time.

Besides the attractive places around, the main reason for the popularity of Plaza Hotel Beijing are the elegant environment, the advanced facilities and the excellent services. Welcome to Plaza Hotel Beijing during your Beijing tour!

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