Bell and Drum Towers Beijing

North end of Dianmen Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing , China
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    44 reviews 19 travel blogs

    Attraction Type:

    Historic site, Landmark/point of interest

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    15of 169 attractions in Beijing

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  • 1

    A Free Day

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    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

    Beijing Baby

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    Our first update from China! So we got here safe and sound, it's such a busy place, it's crazy. We spent our first evening teaching a Chinese waitress how to do tequila shots which resulted in Jamie walking into a glass door and falling off his stool. Ashley has his first injury - he stood on the mattress to fix our broken curtain and somehow fell …

  • 3

    pee pee boy

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    The Highlight of todays trip was going to the tea house and seeing something they call "pee pee boy" where you pour water on him and he pees. Can't wait to show everyone at home, we got as many as we could since they came free when you bought something from the tea store.
    we started the day early, we slept for as long as we could but still …

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    ... my cousin) took Cath and I on a tour of some of the sites including the lake and the Hutong area including the Bell and Drum Towers. Stopped at a fav restaurant on the lake which was really nice. After lunch we managed to pick up the train tickets ...

  • 2

    Day 5: Hutongs on Bikes

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    ... happy - we probably paid more than he makes for five haircuts. Melanie and Jeff took a quick side ride and saw the Bell and Drum Towers - two magnificent structures. After returning our bikes, we had dinner and then walked over to Tiananmen Square to ...

  • 3

    Sleeping on the Wall and Freedom Bananas!

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    ... so he had a bit of a chillout day, and Me Sooz and Ian headed to the Lama Temple, through some hutongs along to the Bell and Drum towers then to the Silk Street Market and then the Temple of Heaven. had to go and meet Miki at the train station to try ...

  • 4

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    ... took the pedicabs to the hutong area and after our tour our pedicabs took us on a tour of the Houhai district and to the Bell and Drum Towers.  After our Western lunch where the kids chowed down on spaghetti, we went to Prince Gong's garden.  ...

  • 5

    5 Nights in Beijing

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    ... english. Struggled away with the chop sticks. Managed to kind of get it, but gonna need more practice. Popped into the bell and drum towers (sounds like a pub). YOu could see into the slumy areas that the government tries to hide behind the wallls. ...

  • 6

    War and Peace

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    ... You cross under the Zhao Fai Gate that says "All Nationalities should respect each other" in Manchurian, Han, Tibetan and Mongolian. The Bell and Drum Towers were under construction. The bell is rung 108 times to get rid of trouble and get a good ...

  • 7

    B-town!

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    ... , it only took about 30mins of non-stop eating before we felt human again to meet up with some friends in Beijing and go visit the Bell and Drum towers near HoHai lake, we'd woken up quite late so we only had a short amount of time to appreciate the two ...

  • 8

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    ... for its unique design. I went for a long walk one day through the hutongs around Huguosi Hotel and around the Shisha Lakes and the Bell and Drum Towers to the north and northwest of the Forbidden City, an area of the city I also wandered through with my ...

  • 9

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    ... inside, but obviously wasn`t so legit.]   Now that we were on our way again we headed over to the Bell and Drum Towers which are directly north of the Forbidden City.  From there we walked around the Hutongs and found one street that ...

  • 10

    Ni Hao Beijing!

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    ... went up the white dagoba and then down into some random caves whilst there too. We then went back to the Hutong area to the Bell and Drum towers which you can climb up – we did, and were in time to see the drums being played which was amazing! ...