China Travel Guide: Beijing Games 2008

">famous Forbidden City — where visitors
can stroll through the residences of China’s
Guide to the excitements of Olympic Gamesformer emperors — and the monolithic
2008 at Beijing, China.Great Wall of China, the Beijing tourism authority
Everyone knows that we need 4 Years ofhas suggested a number of culinary and nightlife
waiting to get involve Olympic Games. But nowhotspots too.
the games are quickly approaching, taking theOn the list, include the happening Houhai Bar
host by China - one of the powerful countries inStreet and famous restaurants Kaorou Ji and
the world. Putting the controversy over the hostDasanyuan. But tourists looking for a taste off
aside, the Beijing Games 2008 is shaping up to bethe beaten track, should aim for restaurants
great. The facilities are simply astonishing. Therecommended or populated by locals
Beijing National Stadium, nick-named the bird-nest,Other recommendations include visiting the Drum
is certainly a unique piece of architecture. HerzogTower, Beijing’s ‘Big Ben’ and
& de Meuron Architekten AG, a Swiss firm, wonoriginal time-keeper. Around the tower is an
the bid to begin construction way back in 2003.antique market worth exploring and the bustling
Their other notable works include the AllianzHutong fruit market. Other interesting parts of
Arena in Munich and the Tate Modern in London.Beijing include the Underground City near
The venue will have a seating capacity of 80,000.Tiananmen Square, a subterranean network built
With a newly designed, high-speed metro trainwhen the country feared Soviet invasion in the
service to help transport tourists to events and1960s and the Ancient Observatory, an incredibly
main attractions, visitors coming to the ancientpreserved Tibetan temple.
metropolis are also presented with a series ofDespite the full of joys you’ll certainly
user-friendly, innovative travel itineraries on thereceive from friendly sport competitions
Beijing event website. atmosphere, if you have a chance to visit China
On testing the new train system from the airportduring Olympic 2008, it might also be decent
terminal, Chinese President Hu Jintao told a groupchance to get to know more about this giant
of foreigners that the country was ready tocountry as every people in China see this
“open its arms and welcome all of the friendsworld’s major sport event as an
of the world to come.” Certainly, the city hasopportunity to dazzle the world. Traveling around,
not looked more attractive.Shanghai is one of the China’s top
Among the must-see attractions, such as thedestinations as such.