Beijing/Fengtai

• Beijing West Railway Station

• Subway lines 9, 10, 14 and Fangshan can get you into Fengtai.

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• Wanping FortressA Ming-era defensive fortress next to the Lugou Bridge. Shell-holes made in the 1937 Japanese attack are still visible. Take subway line 14 to Dawayao. Then walk 500m south on the Jing-Shi Expressway side road (stay on the west side of the expressway). After 500m, a street turns off to the west, and it's a 200m walk to the fortress.

• Lugou BridgeDating back to the late 1100s and spanning the Yongding River, the Lugou Bridge is both architecturally and historically important. Noted by Marco Polo in the 13th century as a "very fine stone bridge" it came to be known in the West as simply the Marco Polo Bridge. An incident between Japanese and Chinese forces here in 1937 marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

• World Park

  phone: +86 10 83613344
  address: 158 Huāxiāng Dàbǎotái 丰台区花乡大葆台158号
  Opened in 1993, this park, as seen in Jia Zhangke's film The World, contains large-scale replicas of famous buildings around the world (including Manhattan's destroyed World Trade Center towers). There are also song-and-dance shows and acrobatic displays.

• Dabaotai Western Han Tombs Museum

  phone: +86 10 63736427
  If you've made it all the way out to the World Park, walk 500m south and you'll find a museum at the site of the Western Han tombs discovered in 1974.

• Lianhuachi Park

  phone: +86 10 63466607
  address: 48 Guǎngwài Liánhuāchí Road 丰台区广外莲花池路48号
  The earliest mentions of the Lianhuachi (lit. Lotus Pool) area are from the Northern Wei period (386-534). The modern park was established around the lotus pool in 1998, and has impressive flower displays. Just south-west of the West Railway Station (subway 7,9).

• Wangjin Ge

  phone: +86 10 51156916
  address: 5 Dujiakan South Road (杜家坎南路5号; Dù​jiā​kǎn​nán​lù

Budget

• Qiao Yuan FandianLocated not far west from Beijing South train station. About ¥20 from Beijing Zhan (Beijing Train station) by taxi, or take buses 744 or 20; best from Qianmen near Tiananmen Square. Level 6 has a laundry, kitchen, and travel agency. Internet access is located towards the train station (look for the fish net character (网) on the signs, or ask for 'wang ba') or a few blocks away to the west near KFC, McDonalds and a supermarket. Plenty of restaurants can be found nearby, and also don't miss the Art Deco interior of the hotel/restaurant when its lit up at night (head towards KFC).

• Home Inn (Beijing Tiantan Nanmen)

  phone: +86 10 6763 9191
  address: Building 18 Ding'an Dongli, Ding'an Road (定安路定安东里18号楼; Dìngānlù Dìngāndōnglǐ)
  Small rooms with free internet. Meeting facilities, ticket office and laundry service available. Chinese restaurant and room service.

• Home Inn (Liuliqiao)

  phone: +86 10 6346 8788
  address: 14 Southend of West Ring Road Four (西三环南路14号; Xīsānhuánnánlù)
  Rooms with free internet. Business center, ticket office and laundry service available. Chinese restaurant and western breakfast.

• Home Inn (Qingta)

  phone: +86 10 6867 9935
  address: 2 Qingtaxili (青塔西里甲2号; Qīngtǎxīlǐjiǎ)
  Rooms with free internet. Ticket office, laundry service available. Chinese restaurant, tea house and room service

• Home Inn (Yuquanlu)

  phone: +86 10 6869 5588
  address: Xiaotun Road (小屯路4号; Xiǎotúnlù)
  Small rooms with free internet. Business center and gift shop available. Chinese restaurant and room service.

• Maple Business Hotel

  phone: +86 10 8382 2288
  address: 30 Southend of West Fourth Ring Road (西四环南路30号; Xīsìhuánnánlù)
  Rooms with free internet and satellite television. Business center, gift shop, beauty salon, laundry service and foot massage available. Chinese restaurant and tea house.

• Beijing Shanshui Trends (Liuli Bridge)

  phone: +86 10 5225 3333
  address: 44 Taipingqiao Road (太平桥路44号; Tàipíngqiáolù)
  Rooms with free internet. Business center, gift shop, beauty salon, ticket office, laundry service and karaoke available. Chinese restaurant, coffee shop and room service.

Mid-range

• Beijing Wendu Shortcut Business Affairs Hotel

  phone: +86 10 5221 8988
  address: 2 South Xiju Street (西局南街2号; Xījúnánjiē)
  Rooms with free internet. Business center, gift shop, ticket office, laundry service and karaoke available. Chinese restaurant.

• Jianying Hotel

  phone: +86 10 63266633
  This three-star hotel is a 1km walk south from the West Station.