China Travel

Golden Pebble Beach National Resort(金石滩国家旅游度假区) has an eclectic selection of activities ranging from golf to scuba diving.

The hothouse exhibition is the highlight of the gardens. The first room is filled with evergreens and members of the palm family. The second room is given over to tropical aquatic plants, including water lilies and flowering taros. The third room displays commercial plants and their breeding and propagation. Here there are specimens of the triple-leaved rubber plant, cocoa and coffee trees and the sugar producing sweet-leaved chrysanthemum which has been introduced into China from abroad.

With its handsome buildings, pretty scenery and tumultuous history, the Summer Palace (颐和园) is a wonderful place to explore. It's the official private gardens before.