Beijing (Peking) - Lonely Planet

290 g/db

8th Edition / January 2010

276 pp / 20 pp colour / 28 maps
Next edition due: April 2013

Beijing is loaded with big-ticket sights: the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and myriad small pleasures like alleyway bars, noodle shops and art galleries. Oh, and did anyone mention the Great Wall?

* Includes handy pull-out map
* The only guide with Chinese script throughout the book and on maps makes navigating B?ij?ng easy
* Special chapters on Beijing's historic hútòng (alleyways) and China's iconic Great Wall
* Meet some of the 17 million inhabitants through interviews with a bar owner, a rock star, a Peking duck master and more
* Experience Beijing?s rich culture, from ancient history to medieval temples to modern literature