May-17-2012

Jingshan Park

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Jingshan ParkAs capital of China, Beijing attracts large number of tourists from all over the world. Before your Beijing tour, you’d better choose a suited hotel. A right hotel with comfortable environment and convenient transportation will make your tour much easier. Shatan Hotel is an ideal choice among Beijing hotels. Shatan Hotel is located in Shatanhou Street and close to Jingshan Park.
Jingshan Park is located in the center of Beijing and north of Imperial Palace and close to Shatan Hotel. It is the royal court of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty. Before Yuan dynasty, this area is wild county. In Jindadi time, Taining Palace and now Beihai were built in this area. It opened to public in 1928, and it was repaired and rebuilt in 1949. From that time, this area was named Jingshan Park. Living in Shatan Hotel, you can enjoy the old atmosphere in Jingshan Park near Shatan Hotel. The Gingko Yard, Cherry-apple Yard, Peony Yard, Peach Yard, Apple Yard, Grape Yard and Persimmon Forest were set at here successively. The park faces south, covers an area of 230 thousand square meters, and is surrounded by red wall and yellow watts. The flower and grassland cover area of 1100 square meters. The main constructions of Jingshan are three park doors, Yiwanglou for sacrificing Confucius and five peak kiosks.
Jingshan Park sits at the middle of Beijing and it is the top point of Beijing city. It is close to Beihai Park in west and Forbidden City in south. Standing at the top of Jingshan, tourists in Shatan Hotel can overlook the whole Beijing city, which is an ancient and modern city. There are over 1000 old Songbai trees, peony and other flowers in Jingshan Park. In recent years, Jigshan Park near Shatan Hotel holds display of peony, lotus and chrysanthemum each year under the policy of building park with culture. All these displays attract tourists in Shatan Hotel from all over the world with bright colors, elegant environment, strong cultural atmosphere and vivid characters. The display of Big Buddha was praised by tourists most in Shatan Hotel in 1998. It is about 2 million tourists visit Jingshan Park every year especially in autumn.
Jingshan Park is also a good place for singing. What they sing are not only Chinese folk songs, revolutionary songs, but also foreign songs such as European operas and pop music. The Jingshan Choir Festival is held in every year from 2004 by the government of Xicheng District. Around Shatan Hotel, Jingshan Park is an ideal place to relax and leisure.

During your travel in Beijing, hotel is important. Choosing a good hotel is much more convenience to your trip. If you travel in Beijing firstlyShatan Hotel , you had better surf internet and choose a comfortable hotel with convenient transportation, among which Shatan Hotel is better.


Shatan Hotel, a three-star foreign related hotel, is located in Shatanhou Street of Dongcheng District in Beijing. Shatan Hotel has superior geographic location and good traffic. The long historical Red Pavilion former address of Peking University is in the north of Shatan Hotel; beautiful Jingshan and Beihai Park are in the west of it; the Forbidden City is in the south of it. It is only 5 minutes walking distance from Chinese Art Museum and Fulongsi Commercial Street, 15 minutes walking distance from Wangfujing Street and Xindongan shopping mall, 15 minutes driving distance from Beijing Railway Station and center of Beijing, and 40 minutes driving distance from Capital Airport.


 Shatan Hotel is close to People’s Education Press and Higher Education Publishing with lodging, catering, business conference, recreation and sauna. Shatan Hotel has 6 floors including 62 standard rooms, 21 luxurious standard rooms, 3 luxurious three people suites and 2 business suites. There are Italian imported surfing bathtub in business suites and luxurious suites and sauna room in luxurious suites. The standard A with more furniture is larger than standard B in Shatan Hotel. Shatan Hotel has a Chinese Restaurant with Guangdong Cuisine, Hunan Cuisine and Sichuan Cuisine. The restaurant covers an area of 600 square meters with luxurious compartment, which can accommodate 180 people. It is the first choice for family party, wedding celebration banquet and business banquet. There are many features dishes in Shatan Hotel, and you can enjoy your favorite foods. The Western Restaurant offers abundant buffet and dishes.


This hotel also provides conference rooms to businessman. The different size conference rooms can meet different needs from guests in Shatan Hotel. Shatan Hotel also has waiters and waitresses who can speak English for receiving foreign guests. Whatever your purpose in China, business or travel, Shatan Hotel will offers you a good rest space.

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Apr-17-2012

Beijing Yuyuantan Park

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Beijing Yuyuantan ParkThe best time for traveling is coming. Would you like to join a group of Beijing tour? Before traveling looking for a good hotel to live in will be important. Shatan Hotel Beijing is a good one for those who first come to Beijing. Shatan Hotel Beijing is located in Shatan Back Street, the central zone of Beijing. As the prime location, during the tourist rush season, Shatan Hotel Beijing is full of guests.

Surrounded Shatan Hotel Beijing, there are a lot of attractive places. Yuyuantan Park, conveniently located in Beijing Haidian District not far from Shatan Hotel Beijing. The East Gate of the park adjacent to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse; west to the central of Third Ring Road and faces the CCTV Tower; South Gate in the north China Millennium Monument, north of the Navy General Hospital. From the east to the west it is about 1.7 kilometers long, covering an area of ​​137 hectares.

Until the year of 2008, the main park area is composed by the Western Cherry Park, North Lake Scenic Spot, Zhongshan Island in the south, and the Spring Garden in the east. Currently in every spring the park organizes “cherry flowers festival” well-known to all the natives. A blend of two thousand cherry trees “Sakura Garden”, the tourists fill the air as the crowd surging to become the capital specific to early spring views. Winter swimming during 70s-80s, the “anti-cancer life park” in 90s and other fitness activities are widely known. For tourists living in Shatan Hotel Beijing, it is a good place to leisure.

After 40 years of rapid development of urban construction, the surrounding tall buildings of downtown, busy traffic and endless lake water in Yuyuantan Park are leisurely two stark contrasts. As more prosperous, more modern cities, the pursuit of more ambitious goals today, people are particularly valuable around the green and peaceful. In the future, follow the natural harmony of the building is still the same style of the park. Living in Shatan Hotel Beijing and visiting Yuyuantan Park during the spare time, you will feel relaxed and comfortable.

During the late March to April, in Yuyuantan Park there usually holds the cherry blossom festival, attracting large numbers of tourists from all over the world including those living in Shatan Hotel Beijing. During the festival, tourists in Shatan Hotel Beijing should not miss the great chance to enjoy the charming scenery.

Peking University Red PavilionThe Red Pavilion of Peking University is located in the North Shatan Street Dongcheng District. It was one of the yards in Peking University in originally. In May 1912, Beijing provisional government made the capital university to Peking University and set up the first yard, second yard and third yard. This is the first national university in the Republic of China period. The Shatan Hotel Beijing is in Shatan Back Street and the red Pavilion is not far from the Shatan Hotel Beijing. Tourists in Shatan Hotel Beijing can choose the Red Pavilion to have a visit the original Peking University.

The Red Pavilion on northwest of the joint of Wusi street and Beiheyan Street is an important landscape in Beijing street. It is chosen by many guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing since the good location of the Shatan Hotel Beijing. The flat surface of the pavilion is I-shape. There are four floors on ground and one floor underground. The architectures here are simple western modern tomes classical style. From the second floor to the fourth floor are red bricks wall. The blacks surround the window. The corner has “Wujin Wuchu” black bricks. On the two sides of the gate corridor, there are parking lots. In north of the gate hall, there is a main ladder. On the two sides of the building there are stairs leading to the back yard. The architecture style here gives deep impression to many guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing.

The red Pavilion was finished in August 1918. The whole building is built by red bricks so it was named Red Pavilion. In early 1918, Li Daozhao was appointed as the Peking University library director. From that time, Peking University became the revolutionary activities center in north China. During the “May 4th” revolutionary activity, the Red Pavilion and the Democratic square on its north are the main places to hold patriotic activities. This is a good place for guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing to review Chinese revolutionary time. Besides the modern entertainment, you will get more especially for guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing.

The Red Pavilion is not only the first institution of higher education, but also the birth place of modern culture and democratic activity. Many leaders had worked there. Guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing have good harvest after visiting the building.

Located in the center area of Beijing city, the Shatan Hotel Beijing is also a good choice during your Beijing trip. You will get to many places very conveniently from the Shatan Hotel Beijing. Shatan Hotel Beijing welcome to your reservation!

Feb-28-2012

Beihai Nine Dragon Wall

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Beihai Nine Dragon WallAmong so many hotels in Beijing, Shatan Hotel Beijing is a popular one. Due to the elegant environment and the good services, Shatan Hotel Beijing gains a high reputation among foreign tourists. Located in the city center, Shatan Hotel Beijing is surrounded by many attractive places.

Not far from Shatan Hotel Beijing stand the famous Beihai Park. There are three famous Nine Dragon Walls in China: the largest and the oldest one is in Datong, Shanxi Province, which was built in Hongwu reign of Ming Dynasty; the most refined and beautiful composition is located in a classical garden-Beihai Park. Known as Beihai Nine Dragon Wall; the third on is located in front of the Ningshou Palace in Forbidden City. Beihai Nine Dragon Wall was built in 1756 AD, the Qianlong reign of Qing dynasty with two hundred years of history. Beihai Nine Dragon Wall is an important historical material of the glass structure of the Qing Dynasty architecture. Guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing usually visit this attractive scenic spot in Beihai Park.

Beihai Nine Dragon Wall is 25.86 meters long, 6.65 meters high and 1.42 meters thick. The Dragon Wall with great body and beautiful wall embedded rocks, sea, clouds, sunrise and moon pattern and the base for the plainer jade pedestal. On the wall, there are totally nine different patterns of mosquito dragon relief Pentium in the clouds and waves. Each dragon with supple body and in bold dragon claw is very vividly.

Beihai Nine Dragon Wall consists of three parts. The lower base, also known as Xu Mizuo, waist shape with 2.09 meters high, composed of 75 glazed tiles, carved in relief two layers of glass animal. Central part is the main body of the Nine Dragon Wall with 3.72 meters high and divided into six layers of 426 glass component tiling made ​​nine dragons. The upper brackets, decorative glazed tile beast on the top. Between the new dragons the background are the plants and rocks patterns, silhouetted against the contrast new dragons into a subject, flexible, graceful and moving shape. As a popular scenic spot in Beihai Park, tourists in Shatan Hotel Beijing all speak highly of it.

If this is your first travel to Beijing, Shatan Hotel Beijing will be a good travel condition for you. And the comfortable environment in Shatan Hotel Beijing will make you feel as if you were at home.

Jan-31-2012

Half Day Beijing Tour

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Prince Gong’s MansionShatan Hotel Beijing is a popular hotel for tourists. Many tourists would like to order the rooms of Shatan Hotel Beijing on the internet in advance due to the convenient traffic and comfortable environment. Also there are a lot of tour routes suitable for guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing.

Hutong is a kind of special ancient city of lane in Beijing. There are thousands of hutongs in Beijing which were formed in the history of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Although similar in appearance, the inherent characteristic of each hutong is different. Hongtong is not only the pulse of the city but also the living place of ordinary people. With so many marks of social life, Beijing hutongs has become folk customs museum. And for the neighbourhood in harmony, hutongs played an effective role in modern city. Beijing hutongs has become the carrier of culture. Guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing could join the group of half day Beijing hutong tour to learn more about hutong culture.

Drum tower is the first station for this tour. Bell Tower and Drum Tower is a group of ancient buildings located in north-south axis of Beijing, North Di’anmenwai Avenue Dongcheng District which is the national cultural heritage. The two towers are majestic and impressive. During Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty, Bell Tower and Drum Tower were used as the timekeeping center of the capital. Formed in the history of the city’s bell tower, Bell Tower and Drum Tower is the largest in Beijing which is one of the landmarks in ancient capital. And it is also one of the important historical buildings witnessed Chinese past century.

At the end of the half day tour, tourists of Shatan Hotel Beijing would visit the former residence of celebrity. Prince Gong’s Mansion is located at No.14A, Liuyin Street of West City District. The Residence was built during 1776-1785, including two parts: mansion house and garden, with the area of 57 thousand square meters and about 30 building groups of various styles. In Qing Dynasty, the favorite minster of Emperor Qianlong, He Shen lived here. In 4th year of Jiaqing (1799), He Shen was arrested and forced to move out because of corruption. Jiaqing granted this residence to his sixth brother Prince Qing. In the period of Xianfeng, he granted to his sixth younger brother Prince Gong. This is the largest and luxurious mansion in Qing Dynasty now in existence.

Dec-28-2011

Juyong Pass

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Juyong PassJuyong Pass is along the Great Wall in Beijing on the North off the famous ancient city, state-level cultural relic’s protection units. Off the pass city where the canyon, an Army Taihang Mountains is mountains, the terrain is extremely advantageous. And Zijingguan, fell off horse, solid off and said the four were related Ming West Beijing. Pass a long history and beautiful scenery. Based on this profound cultural connotation and beautiful natural environment, as early as 1961, located off the head, it was the State Council announced the first national scenic area; 1987 UNESCO world cultural heritage of mankind will be included in. Men of letters, wrote a large number of high-brow poetry depicting Juyongguan Fu and inscriptions, stone text, of which there are 170 ancient poetry about, nearly 10,003 more than a thousand words. Juyongguan existing nearly 20 stone, of which 14 are more intact. Guests of Shatan Hotel can have a travel here during Beijing travel. The Shatan Hotel in Beijing central zone and enjoys good location. Guests of Shatan Hotel are easy to have a convenient Beijing travel.

Pass travel convenience, Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, closed in from across the Badaling Expressway. There are road and rail station, 48 km to Beijing Pass. Line car go by in about half an hour to reach the highway, Pass to the Ming Tombs 25 kilometers to Longqingxia 41 km to 55 km Guanting. So guests of Shatan Hotel can travel Ming Tombs and Longqing Gorge if you have enough time after the Juyong Pass tour. Guests of Shatan Hotel in Juyong Pass cannot miss the famous Watergate attraction.

Watergate advantageous terrain on both sides of mountains Pass, in the middle of water, waterways, off north-south direction through the city, the intersection of the Great Wall and the river, built water holes arched gate, water gate on the gate floor, equipped with gates, to control internal and external doors water, the flood gates open season, reducing flood the dry season, water reserves for use off the pass city. North and south piers of Watergate-like tip, to facilitate the reduction of the force of floods on Watergate, played to prevent damage and prolong the use of time effects. Tourists live in Shatan Hotel will have a good Beijing travel.

Dec-14-2011

Beijing Travel

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Beijing TravelChina vacation tour in Beijing have a lot of good things to do and there are a lot of good attractions to visit; the Shatan Hotel in Beijing Dongcheng District is very close to Beijing Wangfujing Commercial Street and is not far away from Beijing Tiananmen Square. Guests in Shatan Hotel can have a visit of Jingshan Park and the Beijing Shijingshan Sculpture Park. The Beijing Shijingshan Sculpture Park is the first one sculpture park of Beijing city with an area of 36,000 square meters. The water area is reaches to 5,000 square meters in the Beijing Shijingshan Sculpture Park. Beijing Shijingshan Sculpture Park is located in Beijing Shijingshan District and enjoys the good transportation conditions. There are four parts in the Beijing Shijingshan Sculpture Park. They are Natural Mountain-Water Zone, Zaochun Yuan, Lutus Schoolyard zone and the Sculpture Zone.

The Natural Mountain-Water Zone covers an area of 4,500 square meters and is a good place for tourists to play by a boat. In the Zaochun Yuan, tourists can appreciate many kinds of beautiful plants and flowers. There are a lot of good Beijing tour lines online here and guests in Shatan Hotel can book now. Such as the 2 Days Imperial Beijing & Olympic Stadium Tour. Tourists will visit some viewpoints including the Summer Palace, Badaling Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Bird’s Nest and Water Cube. The 2 Days Imperial Beijing & Olympic Stadium Tour not include a hotel. The Shatan Hotel offers booking online here; book Shatan Hotel now and enjoy the good price. The 2 Days Imperial Beijing & Olympic Stadium Tour (start from about 8:00 am and back around 5:00pm) is a private style Beijing 2-day tour and the price is from 580 RMB (91 USD) per person. More Beijing tour lines online here and you are welcomed to login to search more information about Beijing tour.

If tourists in Beijing want to book one hotel in Beijing central city Dongcheng District, maybe the Shatan Hotel is a good choice to consider.

Jingshan ParkAs we all known, Beijing is very rich in tourism resources including beautiful natural scenery and many historical sites. And many of them are located in Dongcheng District, the central zone of Beijing. So if this is your first travel to Beijing, living in a hotel situated in Dongcheng District will bring you much more convenience. Shatan Hotel Beijing is an excellent one.

Shatan Hotel Beijing is located in Shantan Back Street which is situated in Dongcheng District, Beijing. East from the North Shatan Street, west to Jingshan East Street, North link with University Street, south to west old alley, the total length of Shantan Back Street is 323 meters belonged to the Imperial in Qing Dynasty, said Ma Temple. After the Republic of China, Shantan Back Street is called Jingshan East Street and in 1965 merged into the old alley, so called Shantan Back Street. Once there was a Qing Dynasty Princess House located in the street. In 1898 there built the Imperial Academy (the predecessor of Peking University today) on the north side of the street, and in 1935 built Geological Museum of Peking University on the south side of Shantan Back Street. Now, the Shantan Back Street prohibit large passenger car traffic from 7 a.m. to 20 p.m.

As the prime location, Shatan Hotel Beijing is surrounded by many world famous attractions among which the nearest is Jingshan Park. Jingshan Park lies to the north of Palace Museum, so it is also called the back garden of the Palace. The garden was built early in Yuan Dynasty, and was called Wansuishan (Long live hill) then the name was changed to Jingshan in the 12th year of Shunzhi reign (1655) of Qing Dynasty. Jingshan Park is the Imperial Garden during Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The total area of Jingshan Park is 23 hectares. Jingshan is the highest point of Beijing with the elevation of 88.35 meters. At present, Jingshan is the best place to get a bird’s-eye view of inner city of Beijing. At the east foot of the hill, there was a scholartree, on which the last emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty hanged himself.

After traveling to Jingshan Park, guests of Shatan Hotel Beijing could also enjoy a cup of tea in Jingshanxuan Teahouse. The decorations with ancient Chinese style will make you feel relaxed. With so many attractive places to pay a visit, guests in Shatan Hotel Beijing will get a lot of fun during Beijing trip.

Nov-23-2011

Shatan Hotel

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Guest room in Shatan HotelWhen traveling to Beijng, living in a good hotel will bring your much more convenience during your trip. If this is your first travel to Beijing, you had better find a hotel enjoys a good location and convenient transportation. Before traveling, you could surf the internet and get some useful information. There are a lot of hotels with different style in Beijing, among which Shatan Hotel is very popular.

Shatan Hotel established in 2000 and renovated in April 2007, is located in the heart of Beijing next to the beach backstreet of Jingshan Park, east of the historic site of Peking University, Wusi Street, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, west of the beautiful Jingshan Park and Beihai Park, very near to world famous attraction the Forbidden City. Walk east to Longfusi Commercial Street, Art Museum of China, it will only take you 5 minutes; to Wangfujing Avenue,  and Wangfujing shopping malls within 15 minutes’ wall; walk west you could get to Vantone Mall, Hualian Shopping Center. With prime geographical location and convenient transportation, Shatan Hotel attracts a plenty of tourists every day. The appearance of Shatan Hotel followed the ancient style, elegant and comfortable. The characteristic of the hotel is the courtyard building, which is really unique. When traveling to Beijing, Shatan Hotel will be your best choice. While staying, you can enjoy the capital city’s unique cultural environment, experience the imperial style at the same time. So it will be the ideal choice for businessmen and travelers.

Shatan Hotel has 6 floors with 62 standard rooms, 21 deluxe standard rooms, 3 ​​deluxe suites and 2 business suites totally. The Chinese Restaurant in Shatan Hotel mainly provides new breed of Guangdong, Hunan and Sichuan food with the dining area of ​​600 square meters, equipped with luxurious rooms where can accommodate about 180 people dining at the same time. Western Restaurant offers daily buffet dishes or zero dishes. Hotel Features Recommended dishes: Purple Dragon King, a product of Hong Kong-style fresh, small shrimp Hunan flavor and South African abalone. There are three meeting rooms varying in size in the hotel, can accommodate 20 to 80 people, to meet your business needs. Shatan Hotel also provides the best services to all the guests from all over the world. The hotel also has a fully functional business center, car center, parking, ticketing center, beauty salon, bath center, commodity houses, billiard room, table tennis room, chess room and other comprehensive services and facilities, and laundry service, airport pick-up service (not free).

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