Beijing is one of China’s famous ancient citadels. It can be characterized as a great and inspiring, confident and modern city. If you long to enjoy local architecture be ready that the private tour guides from PrivateGuide show you how the architecture of China’s city reflects all the stages of city’s historical development. The tourists will see the traces of the ancient past, Soviet-style monuments, and modern highlights. The city’s epic imperial grandeur is realized through colossal flyovers and multilane boulevards.

The name of the city “Northern Capital” in many ways speaks for itself. The city isn’t going to compete with Hong Kong or Shanghai; it has its own pace. The tourists who have visited Beijing many years ago are surprised when they see how the city has changed from the dusty communist capital of the seventies and eighties to a modern city with the usual high rising buildings. The visitors are able to enjoy the design of the city: long, straight boulevards and avenues are crisscrossed by a network of lanes. The superb attraction of Beijing where the personal guides surely take you to is Forbidden City, a massive complex of buildings and palaces that housed Chinese Emperors for almost 500 years.

Beijing is considered a gateway to China’s cultural past, so you shouldn’t miss Tiananmen Square with Mao’s mausoleum, the Summer Palace, and the blissful Temple of Heaven Park. Moreover the local guides advise you to start the trip to the Great Wall exactly from Beijing as it is less than two hours’ drive from the city center. Beijing is undoubtedly the nation’s cultural, political, and educational center. This frank and uncomplicated city has more attractions than his ancient past. It welcomes the visitors by its irresistable energy, vibrant arts scene, and a young character that hungers to embrace all that is new and modern.