The best places to go in Beijing on weekends are: the former site of Geology Hall of Peking University, Zhongguancun Forest Park, and Nangong Wuzhou Botanical Garden.
Nangong Wuzhou Botanical Garden consists of Parrot Garden, Coconut Grove Fishing Garden and three indoor parent-child theme amusement parks. It covers an area of 350 acres. With constant temperature in all seasons, you can not only enjoy the tropical plants, but also have a close contact with the parrot garden. With nearly 100 varieties, more than 1,000 parrots and 70% green area, it is a garden for people to communicate with birds.
You can also bring your baby to dance with colorful butterflies*** in the Greenhouse Theme Park, shuttle between the Mini Driving School and the Naughty Rainforest, take a ride on the Jungle Flyer to build your own sand kingdom in the Sand Land; and experience a variety of stimulating and fun entertainment projects in the Island Land consisting of the Flower and Fruit Mountain Pavilion and the Waterfall Cave Pavilion.
Peking University Geology Museum is located in the Dongcheng District Beach North Street. 3-story Western-style building. Built in 1934, it was designed by Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin. Plane, elevation are asymmetrical, body shape with functional requirements change. The southwest of the building is embedded in a stone, engraved with "May 15, 23rd year of the Republic of China, the President of Peking University, Chiang Menglin laid the foundation stone".
The old site is used by the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1992 was announced as the delineation of protection units and construction control zone. The scope of protection for the east to the beach North Street, south, west and north to the current Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Law use range of the fence.