http://www.lastminute.com/site/find/World/Asia/China/Beijing.rssen-gbInfo on lastminute.com's Beijing offeringshttp://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ]]> ]]> Set at the very heart of Beijing, in front of the Forbidden City, surrounded by important buildings of the Communist Party and with Chairman Mao's mausoleum standing at its centre, Tiananmen Square - Gate of Heavenly Peace - represents the core of both modern and ancient China.]]> So called because the Ming and Qing dynasty emperors kept this pleasure dome off limits for 500 years, the Forbidden City or Imperial Palace is a massive network of restored buildings containing a stately 9999.5 rooms (the half-a-room contains a stairway, and the room count couldn't go any higher, as 10,000 rooms would make it like heaven). Now Beijing's Palace Museum, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.]]> Beihai Park, situated just west of the northern gate of the Forbidden City, is an imperial garden dating back more than 1000 years. The building at the centre is a former palace of a number of successive dynasties, which used to be called the Winter Palace by westerners.]]> Once only held at weekends, the open-air Panjiayuan Market is now China's largest bric-a-brac market and a must for every visitor to the capital.]]> The Simatai section of the extraordinary 6700-kilometre (4163-mile), 2000-year-old Great Wall of China has been left in its beautiful natural state and greets visitors who make the journey 110km (68 miles) north-east of Beijing.]]> Jingshan Park is situated directly behind the Forbidden City and is a good place to visit after the joint attractions of the Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square. The views of the old city and the surrounding areas are the best in Beijing.]]> China's largest temple, the Temple of Heaven is an amazing complex of interconnected buildings enclosed by a gargantuan circular wall and a 273-hectare park in the Chongwen District, south of the Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square.]]> Beijing's Lama Temple is a vibrant riot of colour. Its Chinese name, Yonghegong, means "Palace of Harmony." The prayer halls and gardens are hung with amazing mandalas, which symbolise spiritual or meditative worlds to Buddhists.]]> Located 15km from Beijing, the Summer Palace is the largest imperial garden in China. Considered a paragon of Chinese architecture, the buildings blend harmoniously with the natural scenery along the shores of Kunming Lake.]]> Marco Polo Bridge, otherwise known as Luguo Qiao (Reed Moat Bridge), was first built between 1189 and 1192 for Emperor Shizong. It is renowned for Marco Polo's glowing description of it, but even more for being the starting point of the Japanese-Chinese war which pulled China into the Second World War.]]>