Looking for some fun near your hotel in Beijing? Getting ready to unwind yourself after a busy day? Seeking unique nightlife experience to liven up your stay in Beijing?

Visit Beijing’s Sanlitun Street, where the capital city’s top bars, cafes, restaurants and nightclubs are located.

Even international celebrities, including gold medalist Michael Phelps, movie star Vince Vaughn and soccer star Renaldhino visited the bars here during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Known as ‘Sanlitun Bar Street’ among locals, this hot nightlife venue lies in the famous embassy area not far from Beijing’s east 3rd Ring Road. Every day as the sun begins to set, foreign tourists, expats, and locals with extra energy to burn overflow this place.

The street consists of two parts: Sanlitun North and Sanlitun South. Sanlitun North is where you will rock until the early hours of the morning. It’s only only a few hundred yards away fromthe 4 star Beijing Taiyue Suites Hotel.

Sanlitun North gathers several dozen bars with tables outside; allowing you to sit down for drink or simply enjoy the street scene. The treat can be comfortable even in Beijing’s sweltering summer, as lush trees keep you out of the sun and allow you to enjoy the cool shade.

With international customers on the rise, many bars here offer liquor and beer, from IPAs to Glenfiddich, coming from around the world. Some even offer drinks from your hometown!

Despite this, many visitors to China fall in love with local draft beers such as Yangjing and Tsingtao, which are palatable and refreshing by anyone’s taste. Prices for these two beers go around 25 RMB (a little over $3 US), expensive by Beijing standards, but still cheaper than back home.

Another prime place for cheap drinksis the bar at the Beijing Avic hotel.

When night falls, bars usually put on stage live performances, and soon the party reaches its climax. Party goers wiggle to the hip beats the band play, bartenders work on exhibition flair, and waitresses weave in and out of the crowds to serve your beers. Although the spirit might be a little different from that back home, but at the height of it, nobody seems to care!

Of course, if you want to keep things quiet and have an intimate conversation with your loved one, there are bars tucked in the alleyways offering just that. The ambience can be cozy and lovely.

You may have a quick dinner here for most bars serve salad, spaghetti, hamburgers, soup and other food. Otherwise, just walk for a few minutes to the Sanlitun South for a more formal treat.

Sanlitun South hosts a few restaurants serving all kinds of south Asian and international cuisines. Ambassadors and diplomats patronize these restaurants a lot, so the food must be good.

Ok, you know the street, now it’s time for you to set out to experience all the fun at firsthandSo here is a little piece of advice: don’t have so much fun that you miss your Great Wall tour the next morning, or drink so much that you can’t get back to your Beijing hotel!