Shared bikes enjoy great popularity in Beijing, especially in its urban area. Hence we recommend some short routes fit for shared-bikes.
Route: Niu Jie – Dashilan – Beihai Park – Jingshan Park – Nanluoguxiang
Distance: about 14.5km
Niu Jie: (1-2 hours)
Niujie (牛街 in Chinese) is a neighborhood at Guang'anmen, Xicheng District in southwest Beijing that has two main attractions – the mosque and food. The restaurants alongside this street feature various palatable cuisines which are famous for exquisite appearance and delicious tastes.
Things to Do: Jubaoyuan Restaurant (聚宝源), Turpan Restaurant (吐鲁番餐厅), Deshunlou (德顺楼), Nai Lao Wei (奶酪魏)
Dashilanr: (2 hours)
Dashilanr (大栅栏 in Chinese) is located to the south of Tian’anmen Square, west of Qianmen Street. The overall length of Dashilanr is 275m from east to west. With a long history, it was also the former entertainment center of Beijing where five grand Chinese opera theatersare located. The street also boasts many time-honored brands of Beijing, well-known both in China and abroad, including Tongrentang (同仁堂), Ruifuxiang (瑞蚨祥), Majuyuan (马聚源) etc. To learn more, click here http://www.dashilar.org/
Beihai Park:
Beihai Park (北海公园) is a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples. Since 1925, the place has been open to the public as a park. It is also connected at its northern end to Shichahai.
Various flowers in the park bloom all-year-roundand spring flowers March through May, lotus flowers blossom in July and August while chrysanthemum bloom in October and November.
April –October: admission hours: 6:30 – 21:00 (Last entry 20:30)
admission fee: 10 RMB
November – March: admission hours: 6:30 – 20:00 (last entry 19:30)
Admission fee: 5 RMB
Jingshan Park
Jingshan Park (景山公园) is an imperial park covering 23 hectares (57 acres) immediately north of the Forbidden City in the Imperial City area of Beijing. The park enjoys ideal location for visitors can have a panoramic view of the Forbidden City and the Beihai Park. The most wonderful panoramic pictures of the Forbidden City were taken from atop of Jingshan Hill.
Admission Hours: 6:30 – 21:00 in summer and 6:30 – 20:00 in winter
Admission Fee: 2 RMB
Nan Luo Gu Xiang:
Nanluoguxiang (南锣鼓巷 in Chinese) is a narrow alley, that gives its name to an old part of the Beijing city center, that has traditional architecture both new and old. The neighborhood contains many typical narrow streets known as hutong.The alley itself is approximately 800m long, running from East Gulou Street in the north to Di'anmen East Street in the south. It is famous for various featured shops such as Plastered 8 (创可贴8), Wenyu Cheese Shop (文宇奶酪店) etc.
