Beijing Travel Blog

Unlike Shanghai, Beijing has a few specific areas for great nightlife.Hou Hai Lake and the surrounding area offers a more classical location for sipping your favorite brew. Sanlitun represents modern Beijing and houses some great western and international bars and restaurants that are sometimes high...

Beijing is a romantic city. In February, during the Spring Festival, the city is decorated with red lanterns and fireworks are erupting all evening long. Valentine’s Day is an up and coming holiday in China, and more frequently, young lovers are celebrating this western holiday by gifting stuffed...

Kro's Nest (courtesy of Beijing CityWeekend) The Kro’s Nest establishment will now operate under a new name, Tube Station Pizza. All three locations, Gongti, Haidian and the North 3rd Ring location will all undergo name changes. While the signs for Kro’s Nest have already gone down, it...

Fengtai is not somewhere that most tourists or expats visit often because of its location in the South-West of the city and its mainly old residential feel. However, it can offer an interesting insight into local Beijing life and also offer a quieter day out for those looking to move away from the hustle...

After one of the most brutal Beijing winters in living memory with far more snow and subzero temperatures than is frankly necessary, the warmer weather is finally starting to come to Beijing. May is a great time of the year in Beijing because it hasn’t gotten so hot that you just want to live in a...

1. Small courtyard residences called hutongs used to be the common style of residence in Beijing. Many have since disappeared, but you can still get the feel for the old city at The Courtyard, and the food is a creative and refined take on Asian-European fusion. 2. One Chinese specialty that you can’t...