Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng

The beekeepers from Huáng Shān in Ānhuī Province and elsewhere arrive in Běijīng’s leafy west from the late spring, when the scholar trees that cover the hillsides start to flower, and you may well see them sitting at…

门头沟, 离西五环走G109往西62公里
Well-preserved Míng-era village on ancient trade route west of Běijīng
Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of Běijīng Suburbs and Beyond

门头沟区东南部潭柘山
Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of Běijīng Suburbs and Beyond

There’s an unpleasant start, passing the corpse of the Capital Iron and Steel Works, once Běijīng’s biggest polluter, and accompanying chemical plants and other…