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Best Things to Do
Top 50 Best Things to Do in Beijing [2025]
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The Palace Museum
4.8
/5
184978 reviews
10
From US$ 8.41
Based on 14,235 reviews
Tian'anmen Square and Wangfujing Area | 1.7 km from downtown
Phone +864009501925
Address: No. 4, Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Admire the flowers and plants in the Imperial Garden in Forbidden City
World Heritage Site
Saved by 12106 users116772 positive reviews
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Mr. Xu, the top scholar in Beijing, gave a great explanation. The Forbidden City is worth visiting many times, a cultural journey that will shake your soul. The Forbidden City is not only an architectural museum, but also a history book.
This is really helpful during the summer vacation is difficult to grab tickets I grabbed many times failed to rely on this to help me can enter the Forbidden City and the tour guide is also very careful explanation very carefully
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Universal Beijing Resort
4.6
/5
50846 reviews
10
From US$ 69.80
Based on 67 reviews
Universal Beijing Resort and Sorrounding | 24.1 km from downtown
Phone +864000688688
Address: Universal Beijing Resort, Tongzhou District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 days
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Summer Water Party
The world's fifth Universal Studios theme park
Saved by 10298 users45759 positive reviews
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It was a blast! I took my kids there over spring break, and they were very happy! I loved the Harry Potter area the most. It was very realistic, with lots of food, things to see, and things to do. Great! I can't stress this enough!!!!
An incredible experience!! Get there an hour early to line up!
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Badaling Great Wall
4.7
/5
54036 reviews
10
From US$ 5.61
Based on 11,094 reviews
Badaling Great Wall/Badaling Wildlife Park | 60.2 km from downtown
Phone +864008180088
Address: Exit 58 of G6 Beijing-Lhasa Expressway, Yanqing District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Take a cable car to enjoy the fall scenery of The Great Wall
World Heritage Site
Saved by 8116 users38354 positive reviews
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Absolutely breath-taking and a once in a lifetime experience for us. Pictures have always shown it as impressive but actually being on the Great Wall in person was an even incredible experience, hard to describe. Accessibility can be challenging in places, even with a cable car, for anyone who has mobility issues (I was in crutches). There is a lot of climbing just to get to the stunning views but absolutely worth it!
The guide was very informative, also this is not a walking wall , it is a climbing wall.
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Prince Kung's Palace Museum
4.7
/5
30426 reviews
8.8
From US$ 5.61
Based on 430 reviews
Houhai Area | 4.1 km from downtown
Phone +8601083288149
Address: No.14, Liuyin Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Best Things to Do
Highlights:
Ginkgo trees and ancient buildings create an autumn scene
Over 30 different architectural complexes
Saved by 3539 users22788 positive reviews
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The Prince Gong Mansion witnessed the process of the Qing Dynasty from its heyday to its decline and carries rich historical information. Historical geographer Mr. Hou Renzhi commented that "One Prince Gong Mansion, half of the history of the Qing Dynasty."
Booking tickets on Ctrip was quick and easy, and scanning the QR code to enter the palace saved time and effort. Prince Gong's Mansion truly represents "half of the history of the Qing Dynasty," with exquisite architecture and elegant gardens. I touched the "Fu" stele for good luck and fortune, and it was a worthwhile trip. Highly recommended!
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Temple of Heaven
4.7
/5
19220 reviews
8.6
From US$ 40.84
Qianmen, The Temple Of Heaven and Chongwenmen | 2.5 km from downtown
Phone +8601067028866
Address: No.1, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Stroll on Ginkgo Avenue's Golden Carpet
World Heritage Site
Saved by 8493 users13454 positive reviews
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The Temple of Heaven, located on Beijing's central axis, is a place of prayer, boasting the best-preserved and most exquisite architecture of the Temples of Heaven, Earth, Sun, and Moon. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a landmark of Beijing and even China. The park's vast expanse offers a breathtaking, quaint charm year-round, and its various buildings embody the pinnacle of ancient Chinese prayer. The park boasts verdant pines, cypresses, unusual rocks, and unique trees, while the magnificent illuminations of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests are a true classic. The park offers affordable admission, with discounts for students and seniors. Located in the heart of the city, the park is easily accessible by subway and public transportation.
The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest.It's "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations..."It's a beautiful place.It's an excellent place for meditation as well.
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National Museum of China
4.8
/5
10348 reviews
8.6
Based on 959 reviews
Tian'anmen Square and Wangfujing Area | 531m from downtown
Phone +8601065116400
Address: East side of Tiananmen Square, No. 16 Dongchang'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Admire the museum's collection of precious oracle bone inscriptions and bronzeware
Over 1.43 million items
Saved by 4409 users1042 positive reviews
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The National Museum of China is an art and history museum located on the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.It is the museum with the largest single building area in the world and the museum with the richest collection of Chinese cultural relics.The museum, covering Chinese history from the Yuanmou Man of 1.7 million years ago to the end of the Qing dynasty (the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history).It was wonderful visiting the museum. I recommend it to everybody.
Back in the day, you didn't need reservations to visit the National Museum; a few years ago, you only had to make an appointment a day in advance. But now... you can't get a reservation at the National Museum! I stumbled across the National Museum app on Friday night and saw there were still tickets? I made a reservation! We booked a Saturday between 9 and 11 PM, but after a quick stroll with my kids and taking the subway, we finally arrived at the entrance around 10:30. The line was incredibly long! Thankfully, the temperature wasn't too high, and the line was moving forward (it's hard to imagine what summer vacation would be like). It took about 15 minutes to get inside, and I planned to head straight to the basement level.
But... the Ancient Museum had a limit on the number of people, and the line started on the first floor? I complained as I waited in line for 20 minutes before finally getting inside! As it turned out, while the line was annoying, the limit meant fewer people inside, making the experience much better.
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Summer Palace
4.7
/5
48644 reviews
8.5
From US$ 40.37
Based on 15,102 reviews
Zhongguancun Area | 15.4 km from downtown
Address: No. 19, Gongmeng Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Overlook autumn scenery from the Tower of Buddhist Incense(Summer Palace)
World Cultural Heritage
Saved by 8010 users27861 positive reviews
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Autumn Summer Palace, a century-old gui Zhengyi Fanghua. Go to the Paiyun Palace and Leshou Hall, finely chopped gold foils are covered with branches, sweet fragrance wrapped in autumn wind overflowing, mixed with water vapor in Kunming Lake, making people feel comfortable. Stop under the flowers, watch the light and shadows spill through the gap, listen to the light of the cruise ship rowing, the nose is cinnamon fragrance, the bottom of the eyes is the red wall yellow tile and the blue wave. No need to deliberately find the scenery, only this wisp of fragrance, let the autumn garden more gentle poetry.
Teacher Wu Ping was very knowledgeable and kept explaining throughout the tour. She was very considerate of the elderly and always took the tourists into consideration. She was very attentive. At the end, she even gave us a fun little gift - building blocks. I didn't feel too tired after following the whole tour, and I learned a lot. It was really eye-opening. A highly recommended tour guide.
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Mutianyu Great Wall
4.8
/5
27123 reviews
8.3
From US$ 6.31
Based on 24,447 reviews
Mutianyu Great Wall/Xiangshuihu Great Wall area | 60.1 km from downtown
Phone +8601061626022
Address: Mutianyu Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-5 hours
No. 5 of Night Attractions in Beijing
Highlights:
Overlooking the Great Wall (Cable car)
Shoguan Terrace (Landmark)
Saved by 8603 users18636 positive reviews
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Visiting The Great Wall is once in a life experience. Being there I couldn’t get over how it was amazingly built in such harsh terrain.
Mutianyu Great Wall is really nice to visit. We took the ropeway, cable car and slide, and walked through the west and east lines in 5 hours! The scenery is beautiful. I would like to praise the tour guide Shanshan, who is very responsible (half of our group is foreign, and the tour guide spoke Chinese and English and did not get tired of explaining it clearly). She is very serious and responsible, a thumbs up
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Beijing Wildlife Park
4.7
/5
30901 reviews
8.0
From US$ 20.33
Based on 97 reviews
Daxing Airpot | 45.8 km from downtown
Phone +8601089216666
Address: Wanmu Forest, Yucheng Town, Daxing District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Featured in 2025 Asia 100 - Family-Friendly Attractions
Highlights:
Animal shows (bear & monkey)
Feed animals through irons (200+)
Saved by 2617 users20362 positive reviews
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The annual safari park was packed with people even after getting up early. The kids loved the bear-riding car in the wild animal area. The red pandas were really cute. A new restaurant has been built with a much richer menu. The hippopotamus has grown up a bit; it was still a baby last year. I'll come back next spring to see it.
It was great. The best Park with animals where we've ever been. Animals are well treated, watching nutrition and health. Recommend visiting.
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Beijing Zoo
4.5
/5
9630 reviews
7.9
From US$ 22.15
Based on 2,567 reviews
Xizhimen and Beijing Exhibition Center Area | 7.3 km from downtown
Address: No. 137, Xizhimenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Giant panda Dot Dot | Dolphin & sea lion show
Lion & Tiger Mountain (Iconic exhibit)
Saved by 3113 users6451 positive reviews
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1. With a long history, a wide variety of animals, and convenient transportation, it's a great choice for family science and leisure activities.
2. The park's well-planned layout allows for close-up viewing of animals, offering both scenic and educational benefits.
Beautiful place, clean tungsten, gorgeous territory, beautiful well-groomed animals, recommend to visit.
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