Routes

Weekend Getaways in Beijing Suburbs | A grape‑flavoured weekend in Daxing

Beijing Suburb

Best Time:
August to September
Recommended:
2 days
Admission:

Features

Fashion shows, folk performances, moonlit concerts, open‑air movies and themed markets will be staged one after another. Below is the two‑day travel route with each attraction as an independent sub‑heading.

Love Letter to the Earth (大地情书)
Earth Art Community (大地艺术聚落)
Being Fun
Chateau Monette

Stop 1 Love Letter to the Earth (大地情书)

As Beijing's largest single lawn in southern Beijing, this site covers about 63,000 square metres.

Address:

120 metres west of the intersection of Caiping Lu (Rd) and Yufu Jie (St), Caiyu, Daxing

Highlights:

It serves as the main venue for the 26th Daxing Caiyu Grape Season, featuring popular photo spots including "Love Letter to the Earth", "Dawn of Heartthrob (心动伊始)" and "Blossoming Happiness (幸福盛开)". During the grape season, five grand fashion shows, yoga experiences, lawn sports, parent‑child interactive zones, auctions with grape‑themed tokens, Beijing‑Hebei‑Tianjin street‑dance gala, multiple moon‑lit singing events and Peking Opera performances by Beijing Peking Opera Theatre will be... View attractions guide

Stop 2 Earth Art Community (大地艺术聚落)

During the grape season, visitors can enjoy romantic landscape photo‑taking and open‑air movie screenings at the Sunset Cinema.

Highlights:

Covering around 35,000 square metres, this site is dotted with distinctive bamboo‑art installations such as the Starry‑Sky Music Theatre, Lighthouse Observation Deck and Star Bamboo Lights. It integrates art exhibitions, natural leisure and community interaction. During the grape season, visitors can enjoy romantic landscape photo‑taking and open‑air movie screenings at the Sunset Cinema.

Stop 3 Being Fun

It is a nice stop for enjoying tasty food and watching a movie in the afternoon.

Address:

Courtyard 1, Road 1, Caiping Lu (Rd), Caiyu, Daxing

Highlights:

Located in the centre of Caiyu, this complex brings together shopping malls, cinemas, premium supermarkets, children's playgrounds, coffee‑baking outlets and diverse restaurants.

Stop 4 Chateau Monette

Covering 150 mu, Chateau Monette is the sole wine‑making chateau in Daxing.

Address:

No. 1 Grape Sightseeing Garden beside Caixin Lu (Rd), Caiyu, Daxing

Highlights:

It is among Beijing's first batch of leisure farms and one of Daxing's top‑ten sightseeing parks. It boasts multiple large lawns, including a 6,000‑square‑metre main lawn and the South Lawn Wedding Plaza. Tourists may tour the constant‑temperature underground wine cellar and observe the full wine‑making workflow: grape‑picking, fermentation, storage and bottling. Waterside guest‑rooms and villas are available for overnight stays.

Stay

Gya Hotel (Beijing Daxing Caiyu Branch)

Town Time Market (小镇时光大集)
Jinyu Black‑Pottery Cultural Base (金宇黑陶文化基地)

Stop 1 Town Time Market (小镇时光大集)

his upgraded local market occupies 24,000 square metres with 300 mobile stalls.

Address:

South District of Hengsheng Bordeaux Town, No. 32 Yuzhen Jie (St), Caiyu, Daxing

Highlights:

It is divided into comprehensive goods zone, clothing‑and‑daily‑goods zone and special‑snack zone. Visitors can find farm‑fresh produce, grain‑oil supplies, garments, hardware, flowers and local specialties including raisins and grape wine. Free sun‑shade umbrellas are provided for farmers' self‑sales area. The food‑stall area has been renovated with better shelters and kitchen‑waste disposal facilities.

Stop 2 Jinyu Black‑Pottery Cultural Base (金宇黑陶文化基地)

Black pottery is an ancient Chinese craft with a 5,000‑year‑long history.

Address:

Pantieying Cun, Caiyu, Daxing

Highlights:

The base has a complete system for training, production and sales of black‑pottery handicrafts such as vases, pen holders and ornaments. Tourists can make their own pottery works and create hand‑print or foot‑print keepsakes.

Eat

Zhanggezhuang National‑Trend Steamed‑Bun Workshop (张各庄国潮馍馍工坊)