Cliche or not, Peking duck is a must. Try it on a Beijing scale at the 2,000-seat Quanjude Peking Duck Restaurant, which claims to be the world’s biggest.

14 Qianmenxi Dajie, Xuanwu District (near Hepingmen subway station); Tel: 86-10-6302 3062

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You can spend a pleasant morning wandering and haggling around this eye-catching market and even if that Qing dynasty table you buy turns out to be a fake, it will still look fabulous compared to anything from Ikea.

Panjiayuan market is on Panjiayuan Lu, which connects the south-eastern sections of the second and third ring roads, east of Longtan Park; take a taxi

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