When you finish the visit of the Forbidden City, riding a Beijing Beijing, if you take the most common route, which is to enter through the Tiananmen Square, upon exiting through the north door you will find the artificial hill of the Jingshan Park.
That happened to me Trip to china, but I didn't know that very close was one of the most beautiful parks in the Chinese capital, the Beihai Park.
This is what the reader pointed out Abarciela, in the comments of the topic dedicated to my 5 essential visits in Beijing Beijing, as he considers that Beihai Park should also be an essential visit.
El Beihai Park You will find it west of the Imperial Palace, better known as the Forbidden City. Its gardens date back more than a thousand years, and it is a very central park that is considered one of the best preserved imperial gardens in china.
These former imperial gardens were opened to the public in 1935, and with 70 hectares of extension, the Beihai Park It is mostly occupied by lakes.
On the walk through the park you will find several imperial palaces and pagodas.
In the south of the park is its most notable area, which is called Round City, a construction surrounded by a wall that dates back to the 12th century. Inside it you can see a large jade Buddha, one and a half meters high.
At the top of the hill Beihai Park the so-called White Pagoda, built at the end of the 36th century. XNUMX meters high, from which you have a panoramic views of the Forbidden City.
For visit Beihai Park you will have to pay 15 yuan (2010), and you will also have to pay to enter the Round City (2 yuan) and the White Pagoda (10 yuan).
If you would like to get to Beihai Park by bus, lines 5, 101, 103 and 10o will leave you at the main door.
To complete the information, in this link you can read the Antonio's experience during his visit to Beihai Park in Beijing.
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