Sacred Places of Beijing
Beijing · China
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Walk through the spiritual heart of the city to experience diverse traditions of faith. You will encounter incense-filled halls, ancient scholarly shrines, and ornate Buddhist architecture. This route reveals how different beliefs have shaped the city's sacred landscape.
The walk
Lama Temple
A royal prince's palace turned imperial temple and center for managing Mongolian and Tibetan affairs.
Beijing Temple of Confucius
The second largest Confucian temple in China, where imperial ritual met a tragic modern history.
Yonghe Temple
Lama Temple is a place of worship in Beijing, China.
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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6 walks
How a walk works
The guide starts talking when you arrive.
This page is the map and the itinerary. The app is the guide who walks it with you.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.