Where to stay in Beijing?
Heading to China's capital? Beijing has hundreds of rated hotels, plus numerous hostels, inns, B&B hotels and boutique hotels. So there is no shortage of places to stay whether you want rich history or shops galore. If you’re looking for quick answer about where to stay in Beijing, start here. We’ve included detailed outlines of the best area to stay in Beijing below.
Beijing Hotel Area Map( Hotels, Sights, Subway, Rail and Airport)
Choose your own favorite Beijing area and hotel
A: Best for the former Imperial Center: Hotels in Central Beijing
Central Beijing is the historic heart of Beijing. Now it is home to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Chang'an Avenue, Wangfujing, Beihai Park, Jingshan Park, Changpu River and Zhongshan Park as well as some important museums such as National Museum of China, National Art Museum of China and Beijing Police Museum.This is the best area to stay in Beijing if you are interested in the imperial relic sites. Wangfujing area is also rife with shops and restaurants.
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Forbidden City an iconic sight in Central Beijing 1. Center Beijing Imperial Half Day Tour 2. Beijing Central Axis Half Day Bicycle Tour 3. Beijing Classic Day Tour 4. Beijing Highlight Day Tour 5. Beijing by Night Illuminations Tour |
B: Best for Romance & Olympics Site: Hotels in Houhai & North Beijing
These two areas are a combination of Beijing's yesterday and today, and the journey from Houhai up to the Central North Beijing is a trip through time. Old time restaurants, bars, hostels, narrow alleys and courtyard hotels are booming around Houhai area while the North Beijing is a fast developing area with the Olympic sites and modern and futuristic buildings. Houhai is the capital's old quarter, once especially for Manchu nobles and military officers in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is now a fascinating warren of winding narrow alleys that thread their way past densely packed courtyard houses where life carries on much as it has for centuries.
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Bird's Nest & Hutongs iconic sights in Houhai & North Beijing 1. Beijing Old Hutong Half Day Tour 2. North Beijing Old & Modern Half Day Tour 3. Beijing Hutong Bike Half Day Tour 4. Beijing Old City Day Tour 5. A Glimpse into Beijing Yesterday and Today Day Tour 6. Beijing by Night Illuminations Tour |
C: Best for Mixing with the Common People in Beijing: Hotels in South Beijing
In comparison with the north and Northeast Beijing, the south Beijing remains comparatively underdeveloped. In Yuan and Qing dynasties, Han people were forced to live in the south of the imperial city center. Unlike the grid pattern of the inner imperial city and the north Beijing, the south Beijing has a random and organic pattern. The south Beijing has a slow pace of life without much shining architecture or the modern style of the north and Northeast Beijing. The south Beijing is home to many hostels and courtyard hotels as well as a couple of mid-range and luxury hotels. It is a nice to place to see a real Beijing behind its seemingly modern and trendy backdrop.
Important attractions nearby include Liulichang Cultural Street, Fayuan Temple, Nantang Church, Temple of Heaven, Museum of Natural History...
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Temple of Heaven an iconic sight in South Beijing 1. South Beijing Old Beijing Half Day Tour 2. Beijing Classic Day Tour |
D: Best for Business & Foreign Embassies: Hotels in Northeast Beijing
Northeast Beijing (Chaoyang District) is the most developed area in Beijing. It accommodates Beijing's Central Business District as well as hundreds of skyscrapers, hotels and office buildings. It is also home to the most of the international companies, embassies and new agencies.It is not a very tourist area, but it does have some interesting sites such as 798 Art Space, Sanlitun Bar Street, Ladies' Street, Chaoyang Park, Dongyue Temple, Ritan Park and Tuanjie Lake Park.
This area is not really considered to be the best place where you might stay and enjoy the tourist sights. Why not? Expensive and teamed with white-collar workers.
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New CCTV Building an iconic sight in Northeast Beijing
1. Northeast Beijing Creative Industry Half Day Tour 2. A Glimpse into Beijing Yesterday and Today Day Tour 3. Trendy Beijing Half Day Bike Tour 4. Beijing by Night Illuminations Tour |
E: Best for Financial Business: Hotels in West Beijing
The west Beijing is the financial center teemed with banks and financial institutions, also home to a few important ministries and academic institutions. Its modernity cannot deny its history as a former place where princes, government officials lived in Qing Dynasty. It is also home to the temples and the imperial canals running to the Summer Palace.The west Beijing is home to some interesting sights such as Capital Museum, Military Museum of Chinese Revolution, Yuyuantan Park, CCTV Tower, Lu Xun Museum, Temple of Emperors of Successive Dynasties in China, Temple of Great Charity (Guangjisi), White Dagoba, Beijing Zoo, Beijing Planetarium, Five Pagoda Temple, Temple of Longevity and Purple Bamboo Park.
The west Beijing has several international chain luxury hotels as well as a few budget and standard hotels.
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The China Millennium Monument an iconic sight in West Beijing 1. West Beijing Noble Beijing Half Day Tour 2. Beijing Royal River Boat Tour |
F: Best for Beijing'Silicon Valley and Higher Education: Hotels in Northwest Beijing
The northwest Beijing fuses effortlessly the higher learning institutions in Beijing(universities and colleges), Zhongguancun (Beijing's silicon Valley) and the imperial gardens (Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace). The important attractions in the northwest Beijing include Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace(Yuanmingyuan), Great Bell Temple, Western Hills, Botanical Garden and Xiangshan (Fragrant Hill).
The hotels in the Northwest Beijing mainly cater for academic and business travelers.
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Summer Palace an iconic sight in Northwest Beijing 1. Northwest Beijing Royal Garden Half Day Tour 2. Beijing Classic Day Tour |
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