{"id":9206,"date":"2023-06-10T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=9206"},"modified":"2023-06-10T21:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T13:11:11","slug":"some-similarities-and-differences-between-paris-and-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-tour-reviews\/some-similarities-and-differences-between-paris-and-beijing","title":{"rendered":"Some similarities and differences between Paris and Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Beijing tour<\/a>? If you have visited Paris, the capital city of France, you will expect some similarities and differences as well between the two great cities. Being capital cities and metropolises, both Paris\u00a0and Beijing have\u00a0a great history. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you are obliged to take a boat cruising on the Seine River in Paris, you will pay pilgrimage to the Great Wall around Beijing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seine River cruise puts you\u00a0into a time corridor experiencing the historical Paris and enjoying the mesmerizing views along the river banks. Hiking on Great Wall allows you to touch the 500-year history and appreciate the hilltop views.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cruising on the Seine River<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Hiking on the Great Wall around Beijing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

French history has left Louvre Palace to the city of Paris and Beijing is also bestowed with a great palace \u2013 Forbidden City. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Louvre Palace <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Both palaces have been turned into museums \u2013 Louvre Museum and Forbidden City Museum, art and historical\u00a0Treasure troves\u00a0belonging to the whole mankind.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Forbidden City Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Many travellers would start their Paris city tour with a visit to Concorde Square. Similarly, Tiananmen Square is very often a starting point to begin a city tour in Beijing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concorde Square leads to Louvre Museum and Tiananmen Square is connected\u00a0to Forbidden City Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Concorde Square in the centre of Paris<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Tiananmen Square in the centre of Beijing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The sharp difference between Paris and Beijing lies in their city constructions. The old buildings in Paris have been well preserved and protected while Beijing demolished its city wall in 1960s and a great number of old residential buildings (hutongs and courtyards) have been demolished too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Beijing government has protectively allocated some old residential areas for protection, Beijing has unquestionably has become a brand new metropolis \u2013 new residential blocks, high-rise office buildings and fancy and van-garden structures.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The well preserved old Paris City<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The modern city of Beijing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Paris is an old modern city while Beijing is a modern old city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
Beijing Tour Packages<\/a>
Great Wall Tour<\/a>
Beijing City Tour<\/a>
Beijing Winter Tour<\/a>
Beijing Autumn Tour<\/a>
Car Rental in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Tours<\/a>
China City Tours<\/a>
China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a>
How to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
How to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a>
Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
Gui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Beijing tour? If you have visited Paris, the capital city of France, you will expect some similarities and differences as well between the two great cities. Being capital cities and metropolises, both Paris\u00a0and Beijing have\u00a0a great history. \u00a0 While you are obliged to take a boat cruising on the Seine River in Paris, you will pay pilgrimage…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[1781,1782,1783],"class_list":["post-9206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-tour-reviews","tag-beijing-and-paris","tag-beijing-and-paris-sightseeing","tag-paris-and-beijing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9206"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31844,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9206\/revisions\/31844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}