If you are a shopaholic, yes then Xidan could become one of the option place to come.But when you come to Beijing, you should not only travel to the shopping centre, don’t also miss many historical sites that incredible to see. The Beijing tour that you could join in below:
2 Days Beijing Tour Package A (with hotel)
Price From: US$ 118( 750 CNY )
Day 1: Beijing (L)
1. On arrival in Beijing, you will be met by our tour guide and directly have an excursion from Beijing airport to Badaling Great Wall. Sightseeing on Great Wall Badaling section for about 2 hours. On the way to Badaling Great Wall, a short visit of Jade Carving Factory. It was not only the excellent skill on carving, but also mixes many Chinese traditional cultures in the jade carving.
- Badaling Great Wall: The most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall.
2. Drive you to downtown Beijing and have an outside view of Olympic Stadium. Then transfer you to the hotel and free for the rest of the day.
Day 2: Beijing (B, L)
1. After breakfast pick you up from hotel on departure time, and then driving to the Tiananmen Square and visit Forbidden City (including the Exhibition of Treasures).
- Tiananmen Square: The largest public square in the world with a total area of 440,000 square meters.
- Forbidden City: The best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world.
2. After lunch visit the Temple of Heaven. Then transfer you to Beijing airport or railway station and see off.
- Temple of Heaven: The largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings in China.
Detail Itinerary
Xidan Beijing is one of the most famous commercial streets in Beijing. Lots of young people will visit and shopping in Xidan Beijing at weekend. Located not far from Xidan Beijing, there have Xidan Bookstore. As the largest bookstore in Beijing, Xidan Book store gathers over 500 publishing houses’ books from home and abroad, with the total amount of 30,000. Xidan Bookstore is also become the largest bookstore in China features four floors of books, almost entirely in Chinese; those in English are usually for students learning the language.
In the first basement, there have lot of original English books, the best-sellers, various reference books and celebrity’s autobiographies etc. On the second floor there are books about literature, art and books for children. The information desk is on the southwest and the cashier is on the northwest. Washing room is on the northeast. The third floor is mainly products about video and game programs. Books about gym and restaurant are on the fourth floor. Come and visit Xidan Bookstore where you can find your favorite book. Very worth and fun place to go if you love reading books very much. Have a nice and fun vacation in Beijing!
Xidan Beijing is located at Xicheng District Beijing, which also called the second Wangfujing. It is one of the largest shopping areas in Beijing. If you love shopping, then Xidan Beijing will be one of the best options for you. Located not far from Xidan Beijing, there has one luxury and great hotel called Grand Mercure Beijing Central. This hotel is located in Beijing (Xicheng), close to South Cathedral, Tiananmen Square, and Forbidden City. Guests of the hotel will have an easy access to reach all of those attractions. If you love shopping, you will also have convenient access to Wangfujing Street.
In addition to 4 restaurants, Grand Mercure Beijing Central features an indoor pool. Other amenities include wireless, 24 hour front desk, laundry service, currency exchange, ticket assistance, room service 24 hour, indoor swimming pool and many other facilities. In total, Grand Mercure Beijing Central has 290 guest rooms with many different types of room that will meet every guest needs. Each guest rooms will provide with air conditioning, satellite TV, slippers, mini bar, coffee tea maker, hair dryer, sewing kit and many others. Stay in Grand Mercure Beijing Central and have a comfortable stay in Beijing!
Xidan Beijing is one of the largest shopping districts in Beijing that attract lot of visitors each day. Around Xidan Beijing, there has lot of nice hotel that you can stay when come to Beijing. One of the ideal hotels for you is Shanshui Hotel Beijing. This hotel looks over Changan Avenue and Financial Street. It is only 2 kilometers far from Tiananmen Square. Not only located close to Xidan Beijing, Shanshui Hotel Beijing is also near from Beijing Railway Station. It located in very convenient and strategic location.
Shanshui hotel Beijing provide lot and complete hotel facilities including, swimming pool, KTV room, beauty salon, sauna, mini bar, air conditioning, conference facilities, coffee shop, massage, ticketing office, restaurants, tea house, fitness center and others. All of those facilities will make guests more comfortable to stay inside the hotel on their holiday. The hotel provide many different types of guests rooms to meet guests need, in each guest room equipped with air conditioning, desk, electric kettle, hot water, satellite TV, hair dryer, internet access and others. If you want to have an easily way to reach Xidan Beijing, then Shanshui Hotel Beijing will be the ideal hotel to stay.
Xidan Beijing is the second famous shopping area after Wangfujing Shopping Area. Here, visitors are able to explore around the area shopping around and also buy some souvenir here. Forbidden City that located not far from Xidan Beijing is one famous historical place in Beijing that you should visit when you come to Beijing. Here I suggest one tour line that includes Forbidden City inside:
Day 1: Beijing (L)
1. Pick up at your hotel between 7:20am and 8:00am, and then drive to the Ming Tomb, visit the Underground Palace. Sightseeing on Ming Tombs for 2 hours.
- Ming Tomb: Buried 13 emperors of Ming Dynasty, it is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China.
2. End the visit of Ming Tombs at about 11:00am, before having Chinese traditional lunch (11:30), travelers have 45 minutes to have a short visit of Jade Carving Factory.
3. After having lunch, then driving to Mutianyu Great Wall.
- Mutianyu Great Wall: Originally built during the Northern Qi Dynasty in the mid-sixth century, the most beautiful section.
4. After the visit of Mutianyu Great wall, you are returned to the downtown Beijing and we will drive by the exterior of the National Stadium - the “Bird’s Nest” and National Aquatics Center - the Water Cube.
5. After that, you will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional Silk arts. You are transferred back to your different hotels around 6:00pm.
Day 2: Beijing (L)
1. Picking up travelers from hotel on departure time, and then driving to the Tiananmen Square, then visit Forbidden City (including the Exhibition of Treasures).
- Tiananmen Square: The largest public square in the world with a total area of 440,000 square meters.
2. Drive (20 minutes) to the Temple of Heaven. On the way to the Temple of Heaven, you will have a chance to visit the Chinese traditional medicine culture.
3. After Chinese lunch (40minutes) in Restaurant. Enjoy a short visit to a pearl free market.
4, Driving (30 minutes) to Summer Palace. The largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden. Visit it for about 1.5 hours.
- Summer Palace: The largest and most well-preserved royal park in China, greatly influences Chinese horticulture.
5. At last, driving the travelers back to guest hotel.
- Forbidden City: The best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world.
- Temple of Heaven: The largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings in China.
Day 3: Beijing (L)
1. Pick up at your hotel between 7:20am and 8:30am, and then driving to Beijing Zoo to see the lovely Giant Pandas. The Panda Zoo visit takes about 40 minutes. - Beijing Zoo: China’s and World’s largest treasure house of animals and birds, also there are pandas.
2. Then take you to the Lama Temple, 1 hour tour for the mysterious Tibet style Buddhism temple. The Lama Temple tour finishes at about 11:00am. Before having lunch (12:00), you will have 45 minutes to visit the Chinese traditional handicraft silk carpet factory.
3. Have lunch with locals in a typical Beijing resident’s house.
4. Then you will be arranged to visit the old Beijing lanes by taking rickshaws. Hutong tour lasts for 2 hours.
5. Then head to the Olympic Stadium where you have about 45 minutes to take pictures at the Bird’s Nest and water cube.
Detail Itinerary
Xidan Beijing is an area in Beijing that full of shopping malls, markets and other interesting places. Lot of local people will visit this area for shopping and hang out with friends. If you want to experience this with your friends and go shopping there, here I suggest Joy City Hotel and Apartment that located not far from Xidan Beijing. Located not far from Xidan Beijing, visitors will have a convenient transportation to explore Xidan Beijing area.
Joy City Hotel and Apartment has 300 guest rooms and in each room equipped with air conditioning, television, coffee and tea maker, slippers, mini bar, internet access, sewing kit and others. This hotel also has lot of hotel facilities includes, room service, 24 hours front desk, dry cleaning, tour assistance, sauna, meeting facilities, gift shops, bar, restaurants, fitness center, indoor swimming pool and others. This hotel is 500 meters from the closest subway station, Xidan Subway Station (Line 1 and 4), 2.2 km from Beihai Park and 2.5 km from Tiananmen Square. With all complete hotel facilities and strategic location close to many other attractions, Joy City Hotel and Apartment is become lots of foreigners best choice. If you want visit Xidan Beijing conveniently, Joy City Hotel and Apartment will be your best choice to stay.
Xidan Beijing is located at Xicheng District Beijing, which also called the second Wangfujing. Xidan is one of the most famous shopping areas in Beijing. In old Beijing city time, Xidan Beijing had been called Xidan Pailou. Xidan to Xidan Street as the center of the area, there are many malls and supermarkets, and also have a lot of trade building surrounding the street. The commercial of Xidan mainly manage youth and fashion, so it attracts many native young people to relax and shopping there. At the weekend a lot of young people will go to there and all of the supermarket along the street will be very crowded. There will be lots of foreigner and also local adult people.
Along the Xidan Beijing Street, they have lots of restaurants, entertainment center, shopping malls etc. Visitors also can be able to find the world wide brand or the high class fashion and cosmetics they like in the elite malls and of course with the high prices. On the other hand, Xidan Beijing also has the shopping market sell some cheaper things with no brand, which the quality is not too bad. So if you have plans to visit Xidan Beijing, you should prepare some more time to shopping and look around the whole area.
Beijing Xiandan Joy City, grand opening by the end of 2007, is made to an international young c
ity meticulously by COFCO. It is the only one shopping mall in Xidan business circle that becomes fashion popular trend and first choice for shopping pioneers to leisure. It is also the biggest point in Beijing business real estate.
People comes to Beijing Xiandan Joy City with different unscramble. Because every floor has its main concept which offers an omnibearing experience space for her young customers to facing the world. And every concept shows the youth personality and unique character.
There are Spanish brand ZARA, English brand NEXT, GUESS, fashion accessory Folli Folle, simple and natural MUJI, etc. you cannot feel impecunious when you face the luxurious brand such as LV, Armani, Gucci, etc, because you can have a fashion clothes with little money. The ordinary brands are waiting for her visitors.
Beijing Xiandan Joy City has many titles: the longest high ladder in span in world, the largest digital cinema – Capital Cinema in the north of Yangtze River and the largest cosmetic supermarket. The caterings in Beijing Xiandan Joy City also show the international style and become the fashion topics in office ladies.
Beijing Xiandan Joy City will be an international fashion trend in Beijing.
Along the Xidan north street northward overlook Xidan Beijing, which is a street giv
e priority to commercial at Xicheng District in Beijing? Xidan Beijing was named from Xidan Pailou in old Beijing city. Xidan to Xidan crossing as the center. There are many commercial facilities along Beijing Xidan cultural square, Xidan North Street. The commercial of Xidan manage mainly youth and fashion, so it attracts many native young people to relax and shopping. Xidan Beijing is known as“the paradise of shopping for young people”.
The name of Xidan Beijing comes from a pailou, which is named”zhanyun”. There is a pailou at the crossing of Dongdan named”jiuri” in East District. Because they are separated and relatively, they are called Xidan pailou and Dongdan pailou, simply Xidan and Dongdan. So as Xisi and Dongsi. All these pailous were dismantled during the process of changing city’s traffic in 1949. Before the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, the Xidan pailou was rebuilt at the transformation of Beijing Xidan culture square. The new pailou is more to north than the old.
The alleys and hutongs around the Xidan Beijing are developed into commercial area such as west of Beijing Library Heng’ertiao, the Wugongwei Hutong on north of the Xidan Culture Square, Youfang Hutong east of the Capital Times Square and so on.
Beijing Juntai Market was opened up in December 2003 in Beijing Xidan. The market supplies best quality space with new environment and new shopping. The market acts on international convention. There is also the Joy City, Zhongyou Market and Pearl Market and so on many shopping space supplied for tourists in Beijing Xidan. You will fully go shopping in Beijing Xidan. It is really a good place worth visiting during your Beijing trip.
The Beijing Xidan Juntai Market not only has perfect location but also has good hardware facilities and software service. The well-designed market is spacious and comfortable. The market supplies wide space for customers. The light, elevation, broadcast system and toilet service facilities are all international brand name products. On this base, the international grade brand products, popular fashion element and considerable service will let every customer here becomes the shopping to an enjoyment in life.
The catering in Beijing Xidan Juntai has more characters. It introduced many international brands. There is Mala Youhuo and many other famous Chinese brands. The Haagen-Dazs, Fruit Gain and One Tea One seat and so on relaxation catering brands also in the market. Beijing Xidan Juntain Market satisfies different ranks people.
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