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Beijing Zoo 北京动物园Běijīng Dòngwùyuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Beijing Zoo
Regarded as China's oldest public zoo, it grew out of the Qing government's agricultural experimental farm founded in 1906 and first opened to visitors in 1908. Besides the giant pandas and other animal houses, the wooded grounds keep buildings of the old farm, among them the brick gateway and Changguanlou, a Baroque-style two-storey villa built in 1908 as a stopping place for Empress Dowager Cixi on her boat trips to the Summer Palace.
How to get to Beijing Zoo
On Xizhimenwai Street in Xicheng District, about 6 km north-west of Tiananmen Square and a few minutes' walk from Beijing Zoo (Dongwuyuan) metro station.
Nearby
- Prince Gong's Mansion 恭王府 under 10 km
A Qing courtyard mansion and rock garden, home first to a corrupt minister, then a prince - Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island - Shichahai 什刹海 under 10 km
Three linked lakes ringed by hutongs and lakeside bars, with open-air skating in winter - Drum and Bell Towers 钟鼓楼 under 10 km
Beijing's old timekeeping towers, with drum performances and views over the hutong roofs - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
Also within 20 km: Beijing Planetarium 北京天文馆 (under 10 km), Beijing Aquarium 北京海洋馆 (under 10 km), Zhenjue Temple 真觉寺 (under 10 km), Zhalan Cemetery (Tomb of Matteo Ricci) 利玛窦和外国传教士墓地 (under 10 km), Purple Bamboo Park 紫竹院公园 (under 10 km), Beijing Lu Xun Museum 北京鲁迅博物馆 (under 10 km).
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