Beijing Insight City Guide - Brian Bell

Beijing Insight City Guide

Brian Bell (Autor)

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256 Seiten
2005
APA Publications Pte Ltd
978-981-4137-50-8 (ISBN)
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A 258-page guidebook to Beijing presenting the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format. It includes full-colour photographs, street atlas, a pull-out restaurant map guide, as well as a detailed district-by-district gazetteer section, essay features and travel tips.
This 258-page guidebook to Beijing presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: the best of Beijing: overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions; places: district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; restaurant guide: a pull-out, pocket-size "Z" map, with review listings of recommended restaurants and bars; photo features: magazine-style full-colour features on some of the city's most famous sights, including museums and galleries; essay features: incisive essays on history, people and culture; travel tips: practical listings, covering accommodation, entertainment, transport and more; and a street atlas: colour maps of Beijing's main streets, with grid-referenced index.

Introduction: The Best of Beijing; City on the Rise. History: From Ancient Times to 1949; Communism and Modern Times; Decisive Dates. Features: People; Religion; Food and Drink; The Arts in Beijing. Places: Introduction; Tiananmen Square and Surroundings; The Forbidden City; South of Tiananmen; The Temple of Heaven; The Lake District and the North; Eastern Beijing; Western Beijing; The Summer Palaces; Western Fringes; The Great Wall; Further Afield. Photo Features: Life in the Hutong; Beijing Opera; Bicycles; Parks and Leisure; Building the Wall. Information Panels: Maomarabilia; The 2008 Olympics; The Golden Prison; Beijing's New Architecture. Travel Tips: Transport; Accommodation; Activities; A-Z Practical Information; Language; Further Reading. Maps: Beijing; Tiananmen Square; Forbidden City; Southwestern Beijing; Temple of Heaven; Lake District and the North; Eastern Beijing; Western Beijing; Northwestern Suburbs; New Summer Palace; Fragrant Hills Park; Around Beijing; Ming Tombs; Hebei Province; Chengde; Tianjin; Beijing; Street Atlas.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.4.2005
Reihe/Serie Insight City Guides
Zusatzinfo Full colour photographs throughout
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Maße 135 x 195 mm
Gewicht 496 g
Themenwelt Reiseführer Asien China
ISBN-10 981-4137-50-2 / 9814137502
ISBN-13 978-981-4137-50-8 / 9789814137508
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