Scenery

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng

Note that much of what’s listed below is within the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads, and sometimes barely beyond the Third, and reachable in half an hour or so for ¥20 to ¥30 by taxi, or for much less still by metro or public…

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of Běijīng Suburbs and Beyond

The hills west of Peking are the Switzerland of Northern China. They are not very high nor extraordinarily beautiful, but there are some very pretty gorges and…

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