Blog Tag - Visitors

Tell Us How to Make Beijing a Better Place & Win Burger Fest Tix!
Beijing is a city of contrasts: ancient and modern, bustling and serene. It's a city place that prior to Covid regularly attracted millions of...
DP Beijing's Top Five Best Peking Duck Restaurants
The OG of Beijing dishes, Peking duck, is the one culinary event you definitely shouldn't skip, no matter how long you've been in Beijing and how...
Beijing's Essential Bars for Visitors: Summer/Fall 2019 Edition
Gone are the days when drinking in Beijing meant a choice between pricey hotel bars or cheap-Qingdao-slinging dives. Beijing’s bar scene has exploded...
Beijing's Best Restaurants for Visitors and Tourists, 2019 Edition
Note: A version of this article was first published in April 2017. Following a slew of closures in the Beijing restaurant scene over the past couple...
What to Eat in Beijing: A Visitor's Guide
Having served as the capital of China on and off for centuries, Beijing's food and food culture has absorbed influences from all around the country...
Day at the Museum: Exploring Beijing's Best Collections
Just because you’ve been to one Beijing museum, definitely doesn’t mean you’ve seen them all. Whether you’re new to the city, or just haven’t seen a...
DP Beijing's Best Tour Companies
Beijing is a pretty easy city to get around for visitors, even for those who don't speak Chinese, but taking a tour can still improve your overall...
Where to Take Your Parents: Beijing Hutong Dining on a Scale of Adventurousness
It's a common scenario: Your parents are coming to visit and their dining preferences are unadventurous, to say the least. So where on earth do you...
Not Just for Tourists: How to Make the Most of Beijing's Scenic Spots
Beijing’s scenic spots are often dismissed as touristy by those of us who have called this city home for longer than, say, six months. However, you...
DP Try These Five Traditional Beijing Desserts
Chinese cuisine may not be well known for its desserts (the Lucky Peach cookbook 101 Easy Asian Recipes famously includes just two dessert "recipes...
20 Bars That Should Be on Your Beijing Drinking Itinerary
Beijing’s bar scene has exploded over the past decade, with something to satisfy everything from sophisticated oenophiles to obsessive hopheads....
DP The Ultimate Visitors' Guide to Beijing Restaurants
Beijing is blessed with a fast-paced, diverse restaurant scene home to everything from high-end Western fine dining to authentic regional Chinese...