Travel Reference
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A Night Out on Ghost Street (
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› restaurants
For a close-up look at how Beijingers treat their restaurants as party venues, take a trip to
buzzing Ghost St one evening. The restaurants here are always jammed with locals doing
what they do best: eating, drinking and making merry in as big and noisy a group as pos-
sible.
Step Back in Time in Dashilar (
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› ancient alleyways
› shopping
A great area to get lost in, Dashilar and its surrounding
hutong
offer a genuine taste of old
Beijing. Browse some of the most historic shops in the city and absorb the atmosphere of
a traditional Beijing neighbourhood.
Sip Cocktails in Sanlitun (
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)
› bars
› nightclubs
Brush off the dust from the palaces and temples and join Beijing's beautiful people in the
nightlife zone of Sanlitun, where you can drink and dance the night away in the capital's
most sophisticated bars and clubs.
Shop Like a Beijinger (
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› markets
› shops
Nothing gets the locals' blood flowing more than haggling over an accessory, ornament or
latest must-have item of clothing. Shopping is an art form in Beijing, and the markets and
shops of South Chaoyang are the places to practise it.
