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The 5 best day trips from BeijingFeb 14, 2024 • 5 min read
Beijing offers a dizzying number of things to see and do, but its appeal extends well beyond the confines of the city. Here are our top five getaways.
Beijing Travel Stories
- historyHow visiting the world’s busiest museums has changed
Jul 7, 2020 • 5 min read
As some of the most popular museums in the world reopen, here are the new COVID rules and restrictions that visitors can expect.
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Trailblazers: crossing into China as a Lonely Planet writer in the 1980s
Jul 7, 2019 • 8 min read
Our Trailblazers series sees Lonely Planet's guidebook writers reflect on past adventures, reminisce a little, and compare their experiences past and…
- foodRooster booster: how to welcome the Chinese New Year
Jan 23, 2017 • 5 min read
This year, China welcomes the Rooster, crowing in the new year on 28 January 2017. The Rooster is the tenth animal in the Chinese zodiac (between the…
- foodBeijing on a budget
May 8, 2015 • 7 min read
China’s breakneck rise – in 2014 it became the country with the world’s biggest economy – means that it’s no longer quite the budget destination it used…
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foodThe story of duck
Jun 8, 2011 • 2 min read
Most people would agree that Peking (or Beijing) duck is the capital’s most famous dish. Once imperial cuisine, now the legendary duck dish is served at…
- The cave dwellers of 21st-century China
Sep 6, 2010 • 3 min read
Cave dwellers' dwellings. Image by Daniel McCrohan / Lonely Planet.
