Beijing in 3 days: the political and imperial heart of Chinese civilization for 600 years, where the world's largest palace faces the world's largest public square and the greatest man-made structure in history is 1.5 hours away.
The largest public square in the world: Mao's 1949 proclamation of the People's Republic, the 1989 demonstrations, and the mausoleum with his embalmed body.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe largest palace complex in the world: the Hall of Supreme Harmony throne room, the Hall of Clocks, and the hidden imperial garden at the north end.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe original since 1864: the carver slices at your table. 65 days of preparation for the most famous dish in Chinese cuisine.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe most dramatic and best-preserved section: 2.2km of Ming dynasty wall in the mountains northeast of Beijing. Toboggan return included.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide1420 ritual complex: the triple-roofed hall (no nails), the Circular Mound Altar and Beijingers playing erhu in the park at dusk.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe 787m alley of courtyard restaurants: hand-pulled noodles with fermented soybean paste, the defining home dish of Beijing.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe final imperial garden: 14,000 ceiling paintings, the lake built by deepening a wetland, and Cixi's Marble Boat (the navy budget misappropriated in stone).
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide1950s precision factory complex with sawtooth skylights converted to 100+ contemporary Chinese art galleries and the best café culture in Beijing.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideBeijing's main pedestrian street: theatrical scorpion sticks for photos, and the genuine snacks — jian dumplings and winter-season 冰糖葫芦 hawthorn candy.
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