Which one is the best for family holidays (5 kids 13-3years old)…Shanghai Or Beijing?
Question by 1124: Which one is the best for family holidays (5 kids 13-3years old)…Shanghai Or Beijing?
We are planning a holiday 1st till 5th June this year with 5 my kids
(13-3yr old)… .We already go to Hong Kong 2years ago….
Or any suggestion another place in Asia…Plsss Help Me…
Best answer:
Answer by Hello there
Fun Places for Kids in Beijing
Although Beijing is home to many upscale resorts, spas, and hotels which have that wonderful ability to transport you away from the daily grind, these places might not be all that suitable for your children. Therefore, sometimes, when planning a weekend getaway, you’ve got to choose a place that your kids will enjoy as much as you do.
Fortunately, Beijing offers a wide spectrum of family-friendly options including parks and amusement rides, and more educational destinations like museums and aquariums. Listed below are some recommended destinations for a weekend with your children.
BTW, you may know June 1st is the International Children’s Day, China celebrate this day every year, there will be a lots of events for kids all over Beijing.
Beijing Amusement Park
This park may not be as exciting as Hong Kong’s Disneyland but it does offer a great day of fun for kids of all ages. With its loop-to-loop roller coaster, haunted house, water slide, spinning tea cup ride, bumper cars, and merry-go-rounds, the Park is a sure fire hit for children who like a little excitement. The park even has its own monorail – and that put Springfield on the map. Your admission ticket provides access to most rides.
Address: 19 Zuonei Street, Chongwen, Beijing
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Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park
Accessible by subway, this large amusement park features a water slide, roller coaster, paint-ball area, a water park for younger kids, a racecar circuit, bumper cars, and bumper boats. Kids can even experience a little international travel in the park’s Gothic Cinderella Castle, Arabic restaurant, and “European-style blue bridge.”
Address: 25 Shijingshan Road, Shijingshan, Beijing
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Happy Valley
Beijing’s biggest and newest amusement park sprawls out across a square kilometer of land outside the Fourth Ring Road and offers 40 rides, an IMAX theater, more than 100 games, and seven cinemas. Teenagers and other thrill seekers may be excited to learn that ten of the park’s rides are classified as “extreme”.
Address: Xiaowuji Road (N), Dongsihuan, Chaoyang, Beijing
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Beijing Aquarium
Located at the northern end of the zoo, the Beijing Aquarium is state-of-the-art and well equipped. The facility is home to thousands of freshwater and saltwater fish from around the world, as well as an enormous tank containing an entire coral reef. There are several Sea World-style shows every day, featuring seals and dolphins.
Address: 108 Gaoliangqiao Street (W), Haidian, Beijing
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Beijing Zoo
The Beijing Zoo covers an area of over 40,000 square meters and is home to bears, elephants, pandas, lions, tigers, songbirds, antelopes, and giraffes, and many other rare wild animals. The conditions for the animals in the zoo, however, and the behavior of some patrons (who have been known to give chips and soda to the polar bears) will upset animal lovers. Conditions can be said to be improving, as the new chimpanzee and panda houses testify. The zoo also features a large leafy compound, which was the former private garden of a Qing dynasty aristocrat.
Address: 137 Xizhimenwai Avenue, Xicheng, Beijing
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Blue Zoo Beijing
Blue Zoo Beijing is the largest aquarium of its type in Asia. The main attraction is the central tank holding 3.5 million liters of artificially produced salt water and the underwater community encompasses fish from all tropical levels. In all, the aquarium boasts thousands of ocean and marine estuary creatures, including sharks, rays, eels, coral reef fish, sea horses, starfish, and many others. What’s more, visitors may come across the occasional underwater marriage ceremonies of new couples.
Address: South Gate of Workers’ Stadium, Chaoyang, Beijing
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Chaoyang Park
In Chaoyang Park, kids can enjoy the outdoors playing in the big grass field near the entrance. Also, the concrete podiums in the interior of the park designate the tree-free kite flying-zones. The park is massive and there is lots of room to stroll, a range of boating options, a handsome merry-go-round, and many rides including a roller coaster, a flying dinosaur ride, bumper cars, sky swings, and several large inflatable castles. The delightful northwestern section of the park includes a lake, flower beds, and grassy expanses where families can enjoy a nice picnic. In winter, there’s a small ski area.
Address: Nongzhanguan Road (S), Chaoyang, Beijing
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Shanghai…..it’s much more westernized than Beijing, your kids won’t have a hard time to adjust.
pollution in Beijing is out of control…it’s bad for your kids health.
Beijing – http://www.tour-beijing.com/kids_tour/
http://www.nineblue.com/attractions_landing.aspx?city=Beijing
Shanghai – http://gochina.about.com/od/whattoseeinshanghai/tp/SH_Kids1.htm
http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/China/shanghai.htm
both cities will have lots to offer, Beijing would have lots mroe as far as cultural things, Shanghai will have the modern things, I lived in both cities with kids and would have to say both are pretty equal in what they have to offer kids