Culture & History At Four Seasons Hotel Beijing

Frenetic Beijing boasts a number of cultural and historic sites, including Tiananmen Square, an enormous open space, visited by foreign tourists and Beijing residents, alike. Visit at sunrise or sunset to see the raising or lowering of the Chinese flag. Take a trip to the Forbidden City, once the imperial residence of Ming and Qing dynasties, or the world-famous Great Wall of China. At 5,500 miles long, stretching from east to west, it boasts an astonishing history of more than 2,000 years and is located just 1 hour, 30 minutes away from the hotel.