Choose your luxury hotel in Beijing with Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Luxuriate in true imperial style and uncover a rich past as you walk in the footsteps of the last emperor of China.
Luxury things to do in Beijing
From your luxury hotel near the Forbidden City, you’ll see paper-kite flyers and street calligraphers in lively hutongs (alleys). The vast red-walled and yellow-tiled Palace Museum, home to the last Emperor Puyi, exudes bygone power and unfathomable wealth. Stroll as Empress Cixi once did with her entourage along the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace. Sip vodka martinis in sky-high lounges above Herzog & de Meuron’s steel lattice Bird’s Nest stadium. In Dashanzi, a new school of artists brushes shoulders with global dealers in the 798 art district. From Jingshan Park, survey the last bastion of Qing dynasty power.
Luxury tours around Beijing
Hire a rickshaw driver to drive along Beijing’s fashionable street of Nanluoguxiang, where colourful shops and crafts stalls vie for attention. Near your boutique hotel, the Great Wall of China snakes away for thousands of miles along serrated mountain tops. Walk through the meandering stone paths of the Ming dynasty village of Cuandixia, where 400-year-old stone houses and courtyards have been exquisitely preserved.
Gourmet Beijing
Beijingers dine out on the rich flavours of Peking duck with modern twist. The ultra-chic white interiors in the Legation Quarter are where seared scallops in ginger sauce and simmered goose with chestnut are cooked to perfection. Excite your palate with spicy Sichuan pork huiguo ruo and sesame spinach in view of Mao’s floodlit mausoleum.
Book your luxury hotel in Beijing with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and taste Oriental luxury in classical Chinese style. Sample fiery rice wines and imperial cuisine and discover deserted Buddhist temples.