The summer town 1 hour drive around Beijing, I found, is a great treasure to take the kids to play

📍**Zhangjiakou Travel Guide**

✅ Zhangjiakou is located in the northwest of Hebei Province. It is a city with both natural scenery and history and culture. Here are a selection of travel recommendations:

‼ ️ **1.Classic Attractions**
🌨️ - **Chongli Ski Resort**: Winter ski resort, Yunding, Wanlong and other ski resort facilities are perfect, summer can hike to escape the heat.
🌿- **Zhang North Grassland Sky Road**: Known as "China's Highway 66", summer green grass, windmills in groups, suitable for self-driving photography.
✅- **Dajingmen Great Wall**: Zhangjiakou landmark, climbing the city tower can overlook the mountains and rivers, feel the history of the border.

✅**2.Cultural Experience**
🥳- **Wanquan Ancient Town**: Ming and Qing ancient buildings are well preserved, at night you can watch the intangible cultural heritage "beating trees and flowers" performance (iron water splashed into sparks).
❤️- **Ui County Paper Cutting Museum**: Learn about the local folk art, fine paper cutting is worth collecting.

😋 **3.Food Recommendations**
🥯- **Oatmeal Noodles**: A local specialty staple, served with mushroom soup or lamb sauerkraut.
-🫔 **Wai An Tofu Skin**: Thin as cricket wings, so delicious in cold or shabu-shabu.
-🐏 **Roasted whole lamb**: A must-eat delicacy of Zhangbei Grassland, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

⚠️** 4. Practical Tips**
🚅- **Transportation**: Beijing to Zhangjiakou high-speed rail 1 hour, the city is recommended to charter or drive.
🏨- **Accommodation**: Chongliduo Ski Resort Hotel, Zhangbei Grassland can choose Mongolian bag experience.
🌱- **Season**: July-August the most beautiful grassland, December-February ski season, to book in advance.

✅ Zhangjiakou has both the magnificence of the Northern Kingdom and the style outside the Great Wall, perfect for short-distance leisure or in-depth exploration!