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July Horoscope 18 60 Weekend Brunch at Café Yun @ Shangri-La Hotel, Tianjin Afternoon Tea Chinese Style Have fun every weekend in July at Café Yun with bouncing castles, games, activities and great lucky draw @ Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel prizes. Do yourself a favour and spend the time on a Chinese afternoon Celebrate the weekend at Café Yun with a half tail of Boston tea set at the lobby lounge at the Sheraton Binhai, where lobster, carvery, foie gras and much more. The buffet is everything has been delicately put together for you to enjoy. inclusive of free flow beer, soft drinks, coffee and tea. Price: 188 CNY/person. 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Beginners can Panjiakou Reservoir and go diving Tianjin Polar Ocean World is a also give it a try. You can choose over submerged ruins! As if that great experience for both, kids between a 15 and 8 metre high wasn’t enough, there are two and adults alike. It’s home to wall. If you want to try it out, one other options. Head to Beijing's dolphins, penguins, seals, beluga climb costs just 30 CNY. Blue Zoo in Sanlitun and swim whales, sea turtles and even polar Hackysack with turtles and sharks. Prefer dolphins? Try the aquarium at bears. You can enjoy animal shows Not too far from the climbing Beijing Zoo. They both usually and even see a “mermaid” or two wall in Ritan Park you can find all charge between 350 CNY and 480 in action. The park is not very big types of hackysack enthusiasts! CNY, which includes admission to so you can walk around the whole Some have been coming here for the exhibits. place in less than two hours with more than a decade, but anyone is relative ease. One piece of advice, welcome to join and learn a new Into the country always try to buy your tickets on- skill. You will find more people Horse-riding in Moganshan line to avoid the large queues, after five in the afternoon. especially during the holidays. If If you are looking to take a break Camping you have kids, this is a must place from Tianjin but don’t fancy going to visit during the summer. Camping on the Great Wall is a too far, you can head to the Naked unique experience that anyone Stables Private Reserve. This Take a boat ride School’s Out: living near Beijing should have gorgeous eco-retreat is also an Have lived in Tianjin a while and at least once in their lives. You equestrian centre. It is located just seen everything there is to see? can arrange the trip by yourself outside of Moganshan, a quiet Take a boat ride along the Haihe but many tourist agencies offer town an hour and a half drive River at night and experience the packages, so you can just enjoy away from Hangzhou. It is the Inspiration for magic of this city when all the your hike along the wall while perfect spot to teach your little lights are on. It is an ideal place to they deliver your things directly to ones how to ride a horse and is catch the breeze, take beautiful the campsite. Take in the beautiful a great place for the parents to the Summer photos and just relax. scenery, the sunset and later the relax during the evenings. Besides In the neighborhood stars! It will be the Great Wall as horse-riding, the retreat offers you have never seen it before! plenty of other activities to keep Dragon Boat competition in the kids busy: hiking, mountain Holidays Beijing Scuba biking, a swimming pool and By Emma Penny Yes really, try scuba diving in Beijing is just half an hour away cooking classes. and during summer the city offers the nation’s capital! Going scuba Stay in a traditional Chinese 炎炎夏日，莘莘学子们终于迎来了自己的假期，如何在这夏日中放松身 plenty of choices for spending a diving in a landlocked place like village 心舒缓紧张的神经，更好地迎接之后的挑战呢？本期我们特意精选了天津 great time with your family. Of Beijing might seem rather fanciful, 周围的一些项目和地点，给各位一个参考。希望大家都能和家人度过一个美 course, you can always visit the but beginners and professionals Cuandixia is located on a steep 好的夏日。 tourist spots like the Forbidden alike can visit the Great Wall hill, just 60 miles away from City and the Summer Palace, ummer has arrived but it all covered! suitable for picnics than others. but if you want something a bit despite the lovely weather In your own backyard Visit Shuishang Park and take a different, head to Hou Hai Lake six weeks of no school paddle boat ride with your family S Go for a picnic and enjoy a traditional dragon can easily turn into the worst before settling down for a picnic boat competition. You can cheer Tianjin is full of beautiful spots nightmare for any parent. So in by the lake. Later you can enjoy on the race participants, eat to have a picnic so why not head order to help you entertain your the thrills to be had at the nearby steamed rice dumplings and over to Central Park and sit under kids and take full advantage amusement park.