Beings Special Leisure Offer

By David Cheng

Walk for a few minutes from the Sanyuanqiao Airport Express station, and you will see the famous Chaoyang Park. The park, one of the citys most spacious green spaces, is a prime option for nature lovers who are looking to unwind.

The greatest hit is undoubtedly the new 20,000-square-meter artificial beach on the parks east side. You dont have to travel outside Beijing for warm sand. The sand for the beach comes from the Beijing Olympics Beach Volleyball Ground shipped from tropical Sanya, where Chinas best quality sand is found.

Its the place for great family fun! Inside you will find a full-scale amusement park. Two outdoor swimming pools allows for some splash fun, while a nearby fountain provide the perfect opportunity for carefree photography moments. For little heroes ready for some adventures are invited to step in a dinosaur jungle.

How about some real, thrilling fun? They have a bungee tower that is 75 meters high, the highest in all Beijing! Well, if your legs are too shaky for that challenge, and you prefer to be on the ground, you might as well relax in a hired boat while enjoying picturesque scenes from the lake.



No one hopes to miss the world-class SPAs at the No.8 hot spring club. They dig nearly 2,500 meters down to tap a hot spring beneath Beijing. Yes, as you may hear from its regulars, there is a ridiculous massage said to be done by a weird fish species that nibbles at the skin! Dare you have a try?

Hungry? Simply exit the west gate, and you will find some of Beijings best exotic eats at the famous Lucky Street!

Lucky Street: a taste of home

Nestled in this chic street are a dozen of Beijings best foreign restaurants, offering every exotic cuisine from Mediterranean to Japanese.

If you are in a difficult time adjusting to Chinese taste, this is where you will get a flavor of home. Most of the restaurants fly their ingredients in from their home countries.

Youll find yourself tons of familiar faces here. Next to the famous embassy area, this street is most popular with ambassadors, expatriates, and foreign tourists.



However, if youve already began to love Chinese cuisines, a few Chinese restaurant offering ethnic dishes will not disappoint you.

Take the restaurant Yang Jin Ma for instance. This Tibetan restaurant offers not only delicious milk tea and yak steak, but puts on nice Tibetan performances. The setting in there really allows you to get a unique taste of Tibet " the land of Yak and Yeti.

Workers Stadium: time to party

A short ride from your Beijing hotel stands the famous Beijing Workers Stadium, the host court for the citys football team, and also one of Beijings prime venues to party.

There the Outback Steakhouse, Kros Nest, and a variety of shops offer soccer fans a great place to dine and celebrate when the games are on.

Also at the Workers Stadium North Road, you will find a host of nice Chinese restaurants to eat at. The authentic beef noodles from Xinjiang minority served at Wangsheng are worth a try. The famous roasted duck offered at Gua Lu Kao Ya is quite popular with foreigners. And for some spicy stuff, you have to go to Grandpa and Grandmas.

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