Back Lakes (Hou Hai) Beijing

Beijing , China
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    583 reviews 14 travel blogs 27 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Lake

    Popularity

    15of 169 attractions in Beijing

TravelPod Member ReviewsBack Lakes (Hou Hai) Beijing

  • in the winter, ice skating

    5

    isabelle134 4 contributions Brussels, Belgium Jan 27, 2012

    here, cold enough to freeze the lake, and the people of Beijing know how to enjoy: all kind of possibilities to rent skates, or "chairs on skates where you can go over the ice, sitting", ice bicycles, ... just do it, go on the ice, and feel among the people!

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Back Lakes (Hou Hai) Beijing

  • 1

    A Free Day

    12 photos

    Tim says:
    After being cooped up on the airplane yesterday and still adjusting to the time change, Erin and I headed out for a early morning walk. It was nice getting out, stretching our legs and seeing just where we were in this gigantic country. Our hotel is in the financial district, so it is very beautiful, modern and clean. It only took a …

  • 2

    Ice skating on the lakes!

    6 photos

    Yesss!! this morning, I was not sure if I would, but then, after a good breakfast, I went to the lake, rented some skates, and tried to see if I remembered how it goes. Hum, in the beginning, I sat more on the ice after a good fall than on my feet, but, it is like skiing, once you have learned it you never forget... after 20 min, I began to move, …

  • 3

    Rambling around .....and around the Back Lakes'

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    Nothing beats mixing it with Beijingers around the Shicha Hai (Back Lakes) on a perfect (if a little polluted) autumn Sunday!
    We love Beijingers! Sundays are a time to chill out, and people come out to comune - either to exercise in the outdoor gyms (really we do need these in Australia), to play cards or Mah Jong or Go, to eat (a lot of that …

  • 4

    Welcome To Beijing

    21 photos

    At immigration in Beijing airport, Yan was pulled to one side. They barked questions in Mandarin and expectantly looked at her for a reply. Answering in English did not seem to help matters, what did help was Asif sauntering over nonchalantly asking what was wrong. We guess at that point they must have realised this was a true tourist with a real …

Related BlogsBack Lakes (Hou Hai) Beijing

  • 1

    That's a lot of rooms

    41 photos

    ... fun of the Phicael Melps that duped them.  A joke that lasted the entire trip. After dinner we went to an area known as the back lakes.  It's two lakes that has bars and restaurants on either side.  Over 114 bars in a 1.5 mile ...

  • 2

    A Free Day

    12 photos

    ... a free day for us, we had the entire city on our list of "to do's".  We decided to go to the Back Lakes, lakes that were used years ago to get grains to the Forbidden City by boat. This amazing tour took us through several hutongs and former ...

  • 3

    Umbrella and meeting the menace

    34 photos

    ... ; After a long day in the sun we went to a nice restaurant for dinner and got directions from some Chinese Americans to the Back Lakes bar area.  We did a little bar hopping before returning to the reggae bar we went to with Drew.  The ...

  • 4

    Meet the boss man

    24 photos

    Travelers note: The Back lakes is more of a tourist spot and slightly more expensive than Bar Street.  Personally I liked the Back Lakes but if cheap drinks with a young hip crowd is more your speed go to Bar Street. Jason and I decided to go ...

  • 5

    The Chinese did not Completely Ruin It

    45 photos

    ... highrise apartment farms.  Though, I could only hope to see some of the City and focused on the Old Beijing center, Dongceng and the Back Lakes (Hou Hai) region.  This is where a lot of the old Hutongs remain, although the bureaucrats ...

  • 6

    Houhai Lake at Night-Jingshan Park-Chinglish

    28 photos

    ... to shake these people).  It's a whole scene and when the weather is warmer its overflowing with activity. Of course evenings at the Back Lakes is also great for people watching and I got to walk a bit and take lots of photos of the night lights ...

  • 7

    Bonne bouffe!

    7 photos

    ... sur place)! Nous n'arrivons pas à ajouter des photos au blog pour l'instant car les ordi de l'hôtel ne nous le permettent pas. Nous essaierons plus tard. Aujourd'hui, nous allons visiter un autre hutong et les Back Lakes avant de partir pour Xi'an. ...

  • 8

    Home of Soong Ching-ling - Yunnan Dinner

    39 photos

    ... . We definitely saw the sun and then it elusively disappeared without promise of returning for days.  We decided to bike around the back lakes again.  This time we rented the bike for longer and decided to make a few stops. We took a long ...

  • 9

    Mao-Er B&B - Farewell

    6 photos

    ... was easy to visit historic sights from her locale, the neighborhood was more authentic.  Mao-Er is very close to both the Back Lakes and Nanluogu Xiang.  You can walk out your door and find tourist shops and restaurants in just a few ...

  • 10

    Improv Show - 3-Passenger Bike - Sichuan Food

    15 photos

    ... ; “End scene!” (Dan’s writing) Three Passenger Bike We recently moved over to the Houhai Lake area or the back lakes area.  I’ll blog more about this area another day.  For now I will just mention that the walking ...