Penyola
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Jingshan Park 景山公园
Climb to the hilltop pavilions for the classic view over the Forbidden City.
Offline audio guide · Beijing
Beijing's imperial sights, beautifully drawn.
An English guide for international visitors to Jingshan Park, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. Hand-drawn maps, narrated stories and ready-made walking routes, all on your iPhone, with no connection needed.
Free to download for iPhone. Jingshan Park is free; one purchase unlocks the rest.
3guides
129illustrated highlights
150+audio stories
0bars of signal needed
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Open the free Jingshan Park guide right here: tap places on the hand-drawn map, listen to the audio stories and follow a suggested route.
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Three of Beijing's great sites, in one app
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Forbidden City 故宫
Courtyards, halls, carved guardians and the stories behind them, with routes for a short visit or a full day.
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Summer Palace 颐和园
Kunming Lake, Longevity Hill and the Long Corridor, with walking routes around the lake.
Every detail has a story
See what most visitors walk past
Bronze lions guarding the gates, the crane and tortoise before the throne hall, a golden celestial globe, the sundial that told imperial time. Penyola points them out on the map and tells you why they are there.
What's inside
Made for walking around, not reading at home
Hand-drawn maps
Every site is drawn by hand. Pinch, zoom and tap any building.
Stories for every highlight
129 illustrated highlights, from throne halls to the roof beasts most visitors miss.
Narrated audio
150+ audio stories in two English voices, to play as you walk.
Ready-made routes
Suggested walks with times and distances between stops.
Visitor essentials
Opening hours, ticket notes, entrances and a Chinese address card for your taxi driver.
Works offline
Everything is on your phone. No account, no sign-in, no ads.
Drawn by hand
Palaces, grottoes, giant Buddhas and wild places
Every guide comes with watercolour-style drawings of what you'll see: imperial halls today, and soon cave temples, carved Buddhas, karst peaks and lakes from the guides we're drawing now.
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In the works
More of China, being drawn
We're drawing guides to more than 30 other sites across China. Here are a few of the maps in progress. Unlock All Guides includes every guide we add, at no extra cost.
Previews of work in progress. Which guides arrive first, and when, isn't decided yet.
Pay once
Free to start. One purchase for every guide.
Jingshan Park is free and complete. You can open the Forbidden City and Summer Palace maps before you buy. A single in-app purchase, Unlock All Guides, unlocks their stories, audio and routes, plus every guide added later.
US$6.99 one time · no subscription · nothing renews
Price shown is for the United States; the App Store shows your local price.
