Your Guide to Boating in 5 Beijing Parks is All You Need
These five municipal parks are the Summer Palace, Beihai Park, Yuyuantan Park, Zizhuyuan Park, and Taoranting Park.
The pleasant spring sunshine makes it the perfect season for boating. Embark on a boating journey and seek out the traces of spring on the water.
1. Yuyuantan Park: Equipped with four docks, it offers not only the common sightseeing boats but also flamingo boats, clownfish boats, dolphin boats, and yellow duck boats. The flamingo boat is especially recommended for its pink hue that matches the blooming cherry blossoms beautifully.
The ferry service operates from now until May 5th from 8:30-18:00, with ticket sales stopping at 17:00; from May 6th to October 31st from 9:00-17:00, with ticket sales stopping at 16:00.
2. Zizhuyuan Park: Hidden within the Western Third Ring Road, the 'Little Jiangnan' Zizhuyuan is a rare bamboo-themed park in Beijing. The park's Chengxian Lake, also known as the Big Lake, has three docks located to the east, south, and north, with a total of 132 boats including four-person, six-person, and eight-person electric boats, as well as four-person pedal boats. Besides boating, you can also take a sightseeing boat from the Ziyu Bay dock to the Summer Palace, check in at the ancient style photo shooting spot, or head to the northwest corner of the park to admire the winter plum blossoms at the imperial lodge.
The ferry service operates from 9:00-17:00, with ticket sales stopping at 16:00.
3. Beihai Park: 'The sea surface reflects the beautiful White Pagoda, surrounded by green trees and red walls...' In addition, you can also visit the 400-year-old Xitian Fan, and on Tuesdays, you can go to the Guetang Tower to enjoy the view.
The ferry service operates from 9:00-17:00, with small boats stopping ticket sales at 16:00 and large boats at 16:30.
4. The Summer Palace: Deservedly called the best boating park in Beijing. It offers pedal boats, painted boats, electric sightseeing boats, electric car boats, etc... Truly a blessing for couples, and you can also head to Xijiu Pavilion to buy fortune cookies.
The ferry service operates from 8:30-17:30, with ticket sales stopping at 16:30.
5. Taoranting Park: This place is an excellent spot for lotus viewing in Beijing's summer. Even before summer arrives, boating has become a regular activity here. With rippling blue waves and swaying willows, you can fully appreciate the beauty of 'Taoran'. The docks are located at the East and West docks.
The ferry service operates from 9:00-16:00, with boats being collected at 17:00.
The Zizhuyuan Park in early autumn is still a bit sultry, walking in the park for a while is already sweaty, but exercise is a healthy prescribed action, eating less and moving is necessary. There are also many people exercising in Zizhuyuan Park.
The park is particularly clean, the air is very good, the scenery is very chic, the greening is particularly good, the hot summer is too suitable for cool, and there are shades everywhere. There are a lot of bamboos in the park, it is really beautiful, and you can take a cruise to visit the Summer Palace. There are voice guides on the boat along the way. It is too pleasant to see the scenery on both sides of the Straits.
The lotus blossoms in Beijing's Zizhuyuan Park are now also the lotus festival in the park. You can enjoy the beautiful lotus flowers in Zizhuyuan Park. In summer, you can not only see Zizhu, but also enjoy the flowers.
Zizhuyuan Park is one of our treasure parks in Beijing. Not only is it free, but there are flowers to enjoy all seasons and there are scenery to see. The lotus flower in Zizhuyuan Park generally starts the flowering period on June 10th every year, and enters the flowering period before and around June 20th. The lotus flowers in Zizhuyuan Park are usually open between mid-June and mid-August every year. The lotus flowers in Zizhuyuan Park are mainly distributed in the scenic area of Yanshiyuan, north of the North and South Lakes and Changhe.
I rushed to the ice rink, but when I went there, the ice rink was closed. I had to come to play snow. There were not many projects and it was not fun. Except for the snow circle slide, it was fun. Others were not fun. I also received 50 tickets. After entering, each project will be charged separately. Adults and children are at the same price. The family ticket is 150. There is nothing else to play in, so I just played the snow circle slide for half a small walk. I rented the snow circle for 100/hour. It was very tired to queue up and pull the snow circle. It didn't take long to play, so the tickets were not worth it. But the ice rink in Zizhuyuan used to be cheap and fun. It closed too early this year. 😒
Zizhuyuan Park is located in Haidian District, close to the National Library, beautiful scenery.