The Imperial Palace：also known as Forbidden City is located to the north of Tiananmen Square and was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties which was finished construction in 1420.It is the largest and most complete example of ancient architectures in China.
Traffic：Bus No.13, 42, 107, 111,118, 204, 609, 623, 701, etc.

The Temple of Heaven：is located at the east of ZhengYang Gate of Beijing, and place for the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to sacrifice to Heaven. Famous scenery spots such as The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest (Qiniandian), the Circular Mound Altar (Yuanqiutan), Vermilion Steps Bridge (Danbiqiao) and the Hall of Abstinence (Zhaigong) are in The Temple of Heaven which attracts the attention of guests from all over the world.
Transportation：Subway Line 5; bus No.17, 36, 120, 203, etc.

Summer Palace：located the north-west of Beijing, Haidian district, is the emperor's palace and garden, which was the private place for Cixi for summer holiday. It is mainly composed by longevity hill and Kunming Lake, and is the most complete preserved and the largest imperial gardens in China.
Transportation：Subway Line 4, bus No.209, 332, 394,601, 608, etc.

Ming Tombs：：located at piedmont of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing, are the tombs for the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and also the best preserved and most emperor buried graves in the world. The tomb which is opened publicly is the mausoleum of Emperor Zhu Yijun, the thirteenth emperor of Ming Dynasty, and his two empresses named Xiaoduan and Xiaojing. Transportation: numerous day tours, usually on the same program as the Great Wall tours
Transportation：Bus。

Beihai Park：is an imperial garden to the northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing. In the north of the park there is a large pool called the Taiye Pool connecting the two other pools, which are called the Middle Sea and the South Sea respectively. Therefore the Taiye Pool is also called the Beihai.It is a imperial palace garden built gradually from 5 dynasty, named Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty. It is also know as Winter Palace.
Transportation：Bus No.103, 211, 614, 685,etc.

Olympic Games Stadiums (National Stadium, National Swimming Pool, And Olympic Green):located at the outside of Fourth North Ring of Beijing urban area. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as well as swimming and athletics events. After the Olympics, it was turned to be entertainment and leisure places after that.
Transportation：Subway Line 8, bus No.82, 538,611, etc.

Prince Gong's Mansion：located at the north bank of Shicha Lake in Beijing, is the largest quadrangle dwellings in the world, and the best preserved palace in Qing Dynasty. Because some scenery in Prince Gong's Mansion is described in A Dream in Red Mansion, some people say that Prince Gong's Mansion is the original version of the Grand View Garden.
Transportation：Bus No.13, 42, 107, 111,118, 204, 609, 623, 701, etc.

Shicha Lake：located to the north of Beihai Park of Beijing, composed by West Lake, back lake and Front Lake, in which Back Lake has the largest water surface. Shicha Lake is surrounded by several palaces and gardens, such as Prince Gong's Mansion, Former Residence of Song Qingling, YinDing Bridge which is known as one of the eight attractions in Beijing. This area is tradition scenery area and resident area which well keeps the original folk culture and Beijing features.
Transportation：Bus No.13, 42, 107, 111, 118, 204, 609, 623, 701, etc.

Badaling Great Wall：located in the South of YanQing, Beijing, is a part of Great Wall—most famous ancient defense project in China which was built in 1505, Ming Dynasty and is the best preserved part of Ming Great Wall. There is a Chinese saying that "He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man". Transportation: bus No.919 or numerous day tours.
Transportation：Bus No.919.

Enjoy Beijing snacks：when you come to Beijing, you must be attracted by Beijing snacks, such as Aiwowo (Steamed Rice Cakes with Sweet Stuffing), noodles with soybean paste, baked wheaten cake, Steamed Pea and Bean Flour Cakes with Bean Paste Stuffing, pea cake, steamed pork dumplings, Ma Tofu, fried pimple, bean, Fried liver, cooked tripe of sheep or swine, wheaten cake boiled in meat broth, fried cake, clyster, focal circle, fried sugar cake, gruel of millet flour and sugar, etc.

If you want to have a taste of authentic Beijing snacks, you can go to
Dong Hu Men night fair：located at the north of Wang Fu Jing street in Beijing.
Transportation：Subway Line 1, Bus No.20, 37, 126, 203, 420, etc.
Hu Guo Si snack bar：Now have three branches in Beijing, located at: HuGuoSi Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Transportation：Bus No. 13, 105, 107, 111, 118, 204, etc.
Fucheng Men, 2nd West Ring, Beijing；
Transportation: Bus No. 13, 19, 101, 102, 103, 121, 202, 209, etc.
Dong Si North Street, Beijing；
Transportation: Bus No. 104, 106, 108, 113, 115, 116, etc.
Nine Snack：located at north bank of Shicha Lake of Beijing. This snack bar has a collection of Rice Cake Yang, Cheese Wei, Small Intestine Chen, Cooked Tripe Feng, Rui Bin Lou baked wheaten cake, plain water boiled sheep head Li, Yue Sheng zhai, etc.
Transportation：Bus No. 27, 206, 210, 305, 315, 345, etc.

Visit folk bars and restaurants in NanLuoGuXiang：located in the North of Beijing city, to the north of Di'anmen East Street. This lane is the representative of Beijing HuTong, has a collection of self-employed furniture shops, clothes shops and bars with traditional characteristics.
Transportation: Bus No.13,113, 701, etc.

Shopping at Beijing Golden Street—WangFuJing Street：located at the Northeast of Tian'anmen Square which is the center of Beijing city, is one of the most famous business streets in Beijing. Department Store, Beijing APM, Beijing Oriental Plaza and other large shopping centers are all build on this street.
Transportation: Subway Line 1, Bus No.20, 37, 126, 203, 420, etc

Local nightlife in SanLiTun Bar Street：located in the east of Beijing city, close to Beijing Workers' Stadium, is the earliest embassy district.
Transportation: Bus No.113,115, 406, 431, 701, 758, etc.

Shopping at Da Shi Lan：located in the Front Door street of Beijing, has many famous brand shops such as Rui Fu Xiang silk store, Zhang Yiyuan Tea shop, Sheng Xifu.
Transportation: Bus No. 7, 20, 59, 66, 69, 120, 203, 626, etc.

Shopping at Silk Street：located at Yong'anLi, Jianguomen Wai Street, Beijing, world famous wholesale market of clothes and cases.
Transportation: Subway Line 4, Bus No.28, 120,403, 639, 640, 673, etc.

Stroll in the sea of Art at 798 Art District：This Art district , named after the factory built in 50 decade in last century, is located in DaShanZi district near JiuXianQiao Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, so it is also called DaShanZi Art District which covers more than 600,000 square meters. Attracted by ordered designing, convenient traffic, unique style of Bauhaus architecture, many art organizations and artists came to rent the vacant plants and transformed them, gradually formed a district gathered galleries, art studios, cultural companies, fashion shops etc.
Transportation: Bus No.401, 402, 403, 405, 418, 420, 445, 909, 955, 988,991, etc.

Take a university stroll in Institutions of higher educations：：there're many famous institutions of higher educa tion in Beijing, mainly located in ZhongGuanCun area, such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, People's University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Agricultural University, etc.