Blog Tag - Houhai

A Few Spots To Grab Food and Drink Around Shichahai, Pt. 2
Following on from our part one of places around Shichahai to grab food and drink, we have our part two of recommendations that we think are worth...
A Few Spots To Grab Food and Drink Around Shichahai Pt. 1
There’s a good chance you’ve been to Shichahai/Houhai, the lake area located in western Beijing just north of Beihai Park. A bustling spot where you...
Break Out the Skates, Ice Skating Season is Officially On at Shichahai, Summer Palace
Ice skating is officially open at Shichahai as of Jan 11 and the Summer Palace as of Jan 10, according to Beijing Evening News. Spanning Qianhai and...
A True Hermit Lives Right Downtown: Boutique Hotels for Your Next Beijing Staycation
Note: We understand that with the ongoing outbreak, now might not be the ideal time to start roaming around the city. However, in the hope that the...
Park Life: Everything You Need to Know About Shichahai Park
Life's a park! We take a look at Beijing's most beloved parks, dig into what makes each of them special, and why they're worth your time to explore...
Beijing Olympian: Plunging the Icy Depths With Houhai's Fearless Winter Swimmers
Beijing Olympian is an ongoing column in which we explore the newest, the funnest, and the downright whackiest in Beijing’s fitness scene. Is it...
Lace Up: Beijing's Best Indoor and Outdoor Rinks for Ice Skating
Whether you're a wobbly beginner, or able to zip around in artful figure eights, there are few things more exciting than lacing up your skates and...
DP Houhai Fine Dining Destination The Georg to Close Mar 22
After just over two years in business, Houhai-adjacent high-end restaurant The Georg and the encapsulating Georg Jensen Hus lifestyle concept that...
The Deep Dish: Hutong Pizza, a 14-Year-Old Beijing Mainstay
As online voting continues for the 2017 Pizza Cup, The Deep Dish will be previewing a few of the restaurants vying for the title of Beijing's most...
Big Bear Baked Goods' First Branch in  Dashibei Hutong is a Treat
Any Beijinger with a sweet tooth will be familiar Jonathan Ellis’ Big Bear Baked Goods. The 33-year-old Chicago born baker rose to local dessert fame...
DP The Best Spring Date Ideas in Beijing
It’s getting warmer, and love is in the air. All you’ve got to do is hope that your partner doesn’t read this blog, or else they’ll know it wasn’t...
Unseasonably Warm Weather Frustrates Outside Skating Venues in Beijing
Initially forecast to be the coldest winter since 2012, this winter turns out to be a warm one, according to BJ News, because of the warm winter, the...
Houhai Undergoing Clean Up Like Nanluo Guxiang and Gujie
Nanluogu Xiang. Guijie. Baochao Hutong. And now, next in the line of popular areas facing crackdown by the government all in the spirit of "cleaning...
Houhai Next to Get the Nanluogu Xiang Treatment?
As the bandages come off Nanluogu Xiang's recent face lift, authorities may have already set their sights on yet another tourist hot spot due for an...
Lace Up: Our Favorite Places to Skate in Beijing
Whether you're a wobbly beginner, or able to zip around in artful figure eights, there are few things more exciting than lacing up your skates and...