Family trip to Beijing with children. Ideas on where to go with your child

In Beijing, travellers with children will find numerous amusement parks, modern cinemas and shopping malls. They can walk in beautiful parks or attend interesting museums. Happy Valley Park remains one of the most popular and widely visited destinations for travellers with kids. This park is also famous under an unofficial name “Chinese Disneyland”. This large amusement park is divided into several thematic zones, each of which has interesting rides, attractions and recreation areas. Rollercoasters remain the biggest attraction of the park. Don’t forget to visit the Theatre of Masks – a very unusual place that one can hardly find in any other amusement park.

Shijingshan Amusement Park is a no less wonderful place where one can easily spend several days. The youngest visitors of the park will enjoy a visit to Cinderella Castle and to a large pirate boat. Teenagers and adults will like an opportunity to make a ride on a ferris wheel and to walk in mysterious Mayan labyrinths. There are approximately 40 different rides and attractions in the park. During the peak season, various interesting performances and animation programs often take place there.

A visit to World Park in Beijing will be not only interesting, but also educational. This is an amazing park of miniature copies of various landmarks from all over the world. Magnificent Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, Tower Bridge and other famous sights can be seen in a small plot of land. Various gastronomic and entertainment events are not rare at the park, so travellers can not only observe the miniatures, but also get acquainted with cultural and gastronomic traditions of different countries. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The northern part of the city is the location of the internationally famous Beijing Circus. Every performance of this circus is a marvelous and unforgettable show. Beijing Circus has gathered highly professional and talented acrobats, clowns and jugglers from all over the world. Shows with wild animals and amazing performances of gymnasts are worth a separate mention. It doesn’t matter what time of the year you’ve chosen for your vacation in Beijing, a visit to the circus will be always interesting.

Travellers, who enjoy water related activities, will also have much fun in Beijing. They are welcome to visit one of the most unusual aqua parks in the world - The Beijing National Aquatics Center or simply Water Cube. This is a roofed park that is located in the building that was constructed in 2008 for the Olympic Games in Beijing. The aquatics park is a very unusual and interesting place not only because of numerous slides, entertainments available and even a giant swimming pool with artificial waves, but also because of its one-of-a-kind design. The façade of the building is decorated with stylish illumination.

Beijing Zoo is also widely recognized as one of the best zoos in the world. The zoo has become home to more than 5,000 animals, but charming pandas remain its main symbol. There is also an aquarium at the zoo, where visitors will see many interesting creatures that live deep in the ocean.

Art program will be very diversified and varied in Beijing as the city is home to more than 200 museums, many of which are perfect for a family visit. The Goldfish Museum is one of such places. This is an amazingly spectacular place. As one may guess from its name, real goldfish are the main “exhibits” of this museum. In total, more than a hundred of species of goldfish live there. The museum itself is a very beautiful place, and regular excursions are very informative and amusing. Besides that, travellers will easily find numerous shopping malls and entertainment centres in the city, and nearly each of them has places for family rest and activities.