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Beijing
Centre Area, the Expatriate Haven
Beijing Centre Serviced Apartments are
conveniently located in the mid of downtown and Beijing Capital
International Airport which is becoming one of Beijing’s most
foreigner-friendly areas.
Beijing Centre provides high standard
serviced apartments to the people who craving the amenities and tastes of
home. Conveniently located in the mid of downtown and Beijing Capital
International Airport and surrounded by two international hotels, Beijing
Centre serviced apartments enjoy internationalized atmosphere which
predominates as the sole focal points of foreign lifestyles and share the
distinctions of shopping districts, bar streets, fusion restaurants,
public gardens, manmade lakes, etc.
In the 1980s, the Beijing Centre Area
was constructed, making it the first Holiday Inn-branded hotel to be built
in Beijing and one of the earliest foreigner-friendly residential
complexes. The ‘90s saw a number of multinational corporations,
including Siemens, Nokia and Motorola, IBM set up offices in Beijing
Centre Area, with the first luxury property developments including
serviced apartments (Chateau Regency Phase I, Greenland Garden, etc.)
springing up as well. These days the area is home to a number of medium
– to high-end residential developments and serviced apartments (including
Chateau Regency Phase I, East
Park International Apartment, Landscape
Apartment, to name but a few), and a thriving community of
expat-oriented stores, food and beverage outlets.
The Traffic Situation around Beijing
Centre Apartments
Such relative moderate prices to stay in
Beijing Centre serviced apartments, combined with a host of local
amenities and easy access to the airport and all the attractions, Beijing
Centre has been a consistently popular home for foreigners of all
backgrounds-from North American and European, Australian and south Asia.
Beijing Centre Apartments lie within striking distance from Beijing
Capital International Airport (with a road linking it directly to the
airport expressway – it takes about 20 minutes to get there, traffic
permitting). With a new direct link to the Airport Expressway, quick
access to the east 4th ring road, and a nearby light rail line
(in Wangjing) in the work, Beijing Centre apartments are set to remain
entrenches as some of the city’s most prime real estate.
The distance between Beijing Centre
Apartments and major attractions / remarkable places:
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Holiday
Inn Lido Beijing (656ft / 200m) 丽都假日酒店
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Rosedale
Hotel Beijing (656ft / 200m) 珀丽酒店
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United
Family Hospital (656ft / 200m) 北京和睦家医院
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Amcare
Women’s & Children’s Hospital (656ft / 200m) 北京美中怡和妇女儿童医院
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New
/ 3rd Embassy District of Beijing (1.86mi / 3km)
第三使馆区
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798
Factory (Dashanzi Art District) (1.86mi / 3km) 798工厂(大山子艺术区)
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China
International Exhibition Centre (3.11mi / 5km) 中国国际展览中心
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San
Li Tun Bar Street / 1st Embassy District (3.11mi / 5km) 三里屯酒吧街
/ 第一使馆区
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Silk
Market / American Embassy (7.46mi / 12km) 秀水市场
/ 美国大使馆
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Tiananmen
Square / Forbidden City (8.7mi / 14km) 天安门广场
/ 紫禁城
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Beijing
Capital International Airport (10.56mi / 17km) 北京首都国际机场
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Temple
of Heaven (11.2 mi / 18km) 天坛
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Great
Wall (Ba Da Ling) (50mi / 80km) 长城(八达岭长城)
Eating
Out around Beijing Centre Apartments
Beijing Centre Apartments surroundings abound in good
eats. A
row of restaurants, including Chain
Cool, Pascucci and a selection of Korean
eateries, runs along Fangyuan Xilu (方园西路);
while to the northwest lies Agrilandia.
Around the Holiday Inn are the popular expat hangout Eudora
Station, and Blue Lake inside
of Lido Park (丽都花园), while
within the hotel is the new Pure
Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant, a branch of the Taj
Pavilion and the ubiquitous Starbucks.
Italian eatery II Casale, Annie’s and
the new branch of Singaporean restaurant Boat
Quay and Sculpting in Time Cafe
are on Jiangtai Lu (将台路).
Pure
Lotus Vegetarian
was voted “Best Vegetarian in Beijing” in 2006.
Run by monks, their creative dishes will leave you with a full
stomach and a clear conscience – and a considerably lightened wallet.
The whole setting is expensive but worth it.
Daily 9:30am-10:00pm
Address: 3/F Holiday Inn, Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台路丽都假日酒店三层
Tel: + 86 - (0)10 - 6437 6688 ext. 3812
The
Taj Pavilion was voted “Best Indian” in 2006.
Provide friendly management, some of Beijing’s finest Indian food
in an authentic setting.
Daily
11:30am-2:30pm; 6:00pm-10:30pm
Address: 3/F Holiday Inn, Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese: 朝阳区将台路丽都假日酒店三层
Tel: + 86 - (0)10 - 6437 6688 ext. 3812
Yuxiang
Renjia serves a consistently good Sichuanese food in a pleasantly rustic-themed
environment.
Daily
10:30am-10:30pm
Address: 2/F Holiday Inn, Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台路丽都假日酒店二层渝乡人家
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6437 6688 ext.
1558
The
Texan Bar and Grill serves good Tex-Mex food and steaks in a saloon-type
setting in the Lido mini-mall.
Daily
11:30am-2:00pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm
Address: 1/F Holiday Inn, Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台路丽都假日酒店一层德克萨斯扒房
Tel: + 86 - (0)10 -
6437 6688 ext. 1849
Nyonya
Kitchen serves Peranakan cuisines at its finest.
The owner seeks to instruct and offer up spices and curry pastes
fresh from Malaysia.
Tue-Sun
11:00am-9:00pm
Address:
Opposite to Holiday Inn, across from Gaojiayuan Middle School
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区高家园中学丽都饭馆对面娘惹厨房
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 -
6433
7377
Eudora
Station Bar and Restaurant is a very serviceable food and drink establishment
with restaurant downstairs, bar and wine tasting upstairs.
There is a solid feeling of quality about the place that may make
it a standby for a spot to spend the afternoon or evening.
Daily
11:00am-2:00am
Address:
6 Fangyuan Xilu, Opposite to Lido Plaza, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区芳园西路6号丽都广场对面伊多瑞站
Tel: + 86 - (0)10 - 6437 8331
Park
Grill serves up Pacific Rim flavors including Australian T-bone and New Zealand
lamb and is particularly famed for its steaks, which rival the best in
Beijing. The decoration is contemporary with a white grand piano as the
centerpiece. Performances are given five nights a week from 7pm to 11pm.
Daily noon-11:00pm
Address:
2nd Floor of Trio, Jiangtai Xilu, west of Rosedale Hotel,
Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台西路珀丽酒店西侧Trio
二层
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 -
6437 8399
II
Casale
provides
Italian home style food.
Mon-Fri 10:30am-10:30pm
Address:
Jiangtai Xilu, opposite the Japanese International School, Chaoyang
District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台西路日本人国际学校对面家园意大利餐厅
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10
-
6436 8778
Annie’s
Cafe
is unpretentious and affordable Italian food which was voted “Best
Italian & Outstanding Pizza in 2006.
You can eat at the restaurant or you can call delivery service.
Daily
11:00am-11:00pm
Address:
Jiangtai Lu, Jiuxianqiao Shangye Jie, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台路酒仙桥商业街安妮餐厅
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 -
6343 6041
Boat
Quay Restaurant and Cafe offers Singaporean favorites in a comfortable way.
Address:
Jiangtai Lu, 3 Jiuxianqiao Shangye Jie, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台路酒仙桥商业街3号驳船码头
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6431 9852
Sculpting
in Time provides coffee, pasta dishes and desserts amid shelves of books and
crafts.
Daily
9:30am-0:30am
Address:
2B Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese: 朝阳区将台路乙2 号雕刻时光
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 5135 8108
Eating In at Beijing Centre Apartments
Jenny
Lou’s
is located 100m away from East Park International Apartment.
Address:
Ground Floor, Hairun International Apartment, Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang
District
Address
in Chinese: 朝阳区将台路海润国际公寓底商婕妮超市海润店
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 51358338
Lido
Deli
comes for sausages, smoked salmon, pates, select wines and famous Harbin
black caviar.
Daily:
7:00am-9:00pm
Address:
Holiday Inn Lido, Jichang Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese: 朝阳区机场路丽都假日酒店熟食店
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6437 6688 ext. 1542
Night Life around Beijing Centre
Apartments
Although not traditionally known for its
swinging nightlife, Beijing Centre Area has seen a number of new venues
open, including Trio (from the
people with Australian background and now becomes a new entertainment
center of Beijing Centre Area), NHU
Lounge (a new dance club), Area
Club. Holiday Inn has
its own onsite pub and Eudora
Station is another popular expat watering hole.
Area
provides the perfect setting for Beijing Centre Area’s stylish set.
It is filled with white sofa beds surrounding a central dance floor
which exudes a modern, sleek, and upscale ambience.
Parties are held every weekend featuring international DJS.
Area was voted “Best New Bar” in 2006.
Daily 8:00pm-2:00am
Address:
500m east of Xiaoyun Qiao, Fangyuan Xilu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区芳园西路霄云桥东500米空间俱乐部
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6437 6158
Trio opens in recent times and becomes new
entertainment center in Beijing. It
is composed of 3 levels; each is seemingly independent from the other.
One floor is home to the Park Grill, while the other two are
drinking establishments. One
sees Frank’s Place and The Cella is a wine bar where members can store
their very own vinage.
Address:
Jiangtai Xilu, west of Rosedale Hotel
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台西路珀丽酒店西侧
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6437
8399
www.trio-beijing.com.cn
The Cella is located in the basement of the Trio complex
and decked out medieval style. The
Cellar houses some of the finest wines to be found in Beijing.
Daily 5:00pm-3:00am
Address:
B1/F, Trio, Jiangtai Xilu, west of Rosedale Hotel
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台西路珀丽酒店西侧Trio
地下一层
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6437 8399
Frank’s Place is the legend of the Beijing
nightlife scene after is relocated to Trio. The
bar area is breezy with a subtle sports-theme but the terrace is the place
to be during the summer months. Frank’s
was voted “Best Sports Bar” in 2006.
Daily 10:00am-2:00am
Address:
1/F, Trio, Jiangtai Xilu, west of Rosedale Hotel
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台西路珀丽酒店西侧Trio
一层
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6437 8399
NHU provides a glamorous incentive to spend the
evening in Beijing Centre Area. An
enormous bar serves some of the city’s best cocktails and smoothies and
first class wine list. A
creative dinner menu can be enjoyed in the restaurant or upstairs lounge
and is whipped up by the international chef (ex-Hilton).
Jazzy, Latin flavored beats and upbeat hip-hop is provided by
international DJs. Daily
11:00am-late
Address:
6 Fangyuan Xilu, south gate of Lido Park, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区芳园西路6号丽都花园南门
Tel: + 86 - (0)10 - 6435 6762
Health and Beauty
around
Beijing Centre Area
Beijing Centre Apartments certainly have
its share of massage parlors: new Capri
Spa sits next door to Trio, while Oriental
Taipan is located south east of Lido Park, 2A fangyuan Xilu (6437
6299). Staying in Beijing
Centre Apartments, it takes 5-10 minutes on foot to reach two
international standard hospitals with either foreign doctors or foreign
language support program available.
Oriental Taipan
Address: 2A Fangyuan Xilu, South East of Lido Park,
Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区芳园西路甲2号,丽都花园东南东方大班
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6437
6299
Heping Keep-fit Massage Center Daily noon-1:00am
Address: 6 Fangyuan Xilu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区芳园西路6号和平盲人保健按摩中心
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6436
7370
Touch Spa Daily 10:00am-midnight
Address: 6 Jiangtai Lu, Holiday Inn Plaza (next to health
club), Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese: 朝阳区将台路6号丽都假日酒店(健身房旁)
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6430
1072
Beijing
United Family Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient services, wide range of medical and
surgical specialties, emergency room and ICU open 24 hours.
Address: 2 Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区将台路2
号北京和睦家医院
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 6433
3960
www.unitedfamilyhospitals.com
Amcare
Women’s & Children’s Hospital offers high-quality medical services with a focus on maternity care,
women’s health and pediatrics.
Address: 9 Fangyuanxi Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese:
朝阳区方圆西路9号北京美中怡和妇女儿童医院
Tel:
+ 86 - (0)10 - 800
610 6200 / 6434 2399
www.amcare.com.cn
Public Garden
An unmissable experience is a morning visit to one of
Beijing’s public parks. This is when people let their hair down by
indulging in their particular favorite physical activities such as tai’chi,
jogging, singing or even ballroom dancing. There are two public parks, Side Park(四德公园)and Lido Park(丽都花园), playing the roles as very close neighborhood to
Beijing Centre apartments.
Highlight: 798 Factory (Dashanzi Art
District)
Chinese:
798 工厂(大山子艺术区)
Address:
No. 2-4 Dashanzi Lu, Chaoyang District
Address
in Chinese: 朝阳区大山子路2-4号
This is one of the freshest new spaces
in Beijing and every day it draws the city’s most creative artists and
impassioned art collectors. Whether
you love photography or sculpture, painting or video installations, you’ll
find a gallery here devoted to it.
Dashanzi Art District is located only
3km northeast of Beijing Centre Area and previously was 798 Factory built
in the 1950s with tremendous government’s funds and East Germany’s
architecture and industrial know-how.
It went on to churn out electronics for decades before being shut
down as Beijing urbanished…In 2002 the city’s artistic community
started to take an interest in this giant industrial carcass.
They left it as is on the outside but went to work on the insides,
divvying it up amongst themselves. These
days 798 Factory is often compared with New York's Greenwich
Village or SoHo,
but you can go and see the results for yourself.
You can easily spend a day at 798
Factory. Small but classy
cafes and bars serving western style food are easy to find there, so there
is plenty of choices for lunch or an early supper.
This is also one of the few places in Beijing you can come to
really escape from traffic and crowds.
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