Expats relocate to Beijing, some of them like living in apartments in downtown of Beijing, and some of them prefer to rent villas in Shunyi. In order to make it convenient for you to choose a villa, let me tell you the 10 villas popular with expats’ families in Shunyi, Beijing:

1. Beijing Riviera
Beijing Riviera is one of expats’ favorite Beijing villas. It is located at 200 meters on the northwest of the intersection of Jingshun Road and laiguangying Road, the address is: No.1 Xiangjiang Bei Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
 
Advantages of Beijing Riviera:
Traffic:
Beijing Riviera is one of a few nearest villas to center of Beijing. It is adjacent to Airport Expressway, only 10 minutes to Beijing Capital International Airport and only 15 minutes to center of Beijing by car. It is 1.2 kilometers to Maquanying subway station of Line 15.
 
School:
It is only 1.7 kilometers to Montessori School of Beijing, 1.8 kilometers to Western Academy of Beijing, and 2.7 kilometers to Lycée Français International Charles de Gaule de Pékin.
 
Clubhouse:
Beijing Riviera Clubhouse has complete fitness facilities: gym, sports center, squash hall, outdoor tennis hall, indoor and outdoor swimming pool. There is also a massage service, a cold and hot massage bath, a sauna and steam bath for guests in clubhouse. In addition, a catering and entertainment facilities provided in clubhouse: a European and American cuisine, a Chinese restaurant, the Tokyo Teppan-Taki restaurant attracts people with its unique Japanese style, and the Polo lounge provides people with an excellent place to relax and drink.
 
Property Management:
The property management of Beijing Riviera is undertaken by Savills, one of top 5 property management companies in the world. 


2. River Garden Villas
River Garden Villas is an American style villa project, it is one of the most popular Beijing villas with expats’ families. River Garden Villas is situated in Central Villa District of Shunyi, Beijing. The address is: No. 7 Yuyang Road, Baixinzhuang, Houshayu, Shunyi District, Beijing, China.
 
Advantages of River Garden Villas:
Traffic:
River Garden Villas is adjacent to Jingmi Road, Airport Expressway and Jingcheng Expressway. it is around 5 minutes to New Exhibition Center subway station of Line 15, around 20 minutes to Beijing Capital International Airport and around 30 minutes to China World Center by car.
 
School:
River Garden Villas is 660 meters to Dulwich College Beijing, 3.3 kilometers to International School of Beijing, and 3.6 kilometers to Beijing New Talent Academy.
 
Property management:
The property management of River Garden Villas is Beijing Yujing Xinshiji Property Management Co., Ltd. It provides a high standard of bilingual property management services for its residents. The security is very strict, and the property management service is considerate. As a result, River Garden Villas is very popular with foreign families.
 
Supporting facilities and clubhouse:
The living facilities of River Garden Villas is well-rounded. People can buy most of articles for daily usage without going out of the villa. There is a high utilization rate of clubhouse in River Garden Villas, it contains: an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a coffee shop, a Billiard room, a gym, a dance hall, Chinese and western restaurants, a Children’s recreation area, a living supermarket and a massage room etc. There are also tennis courts, basketball courts and a Children’s playground in River Garden Villas.   

Shopping and restaurants: 
Pinnacle Plaza is a leisure western style shopping mall, it is 600 meters on the east of River Garden Villas, there are lots of food stores in Pinnacle Plaza, such as Subway, Domino’s Pizza, Burger King, Starbucks and Jenny Wang Supermarket etc; EURO Plaza Shopping Mall is another big shopping mall close to River Garden Villas, it is around 900 meters on the east of River Garden Villas, there are shops, South Beauty Chinese Restaurant, McDonald’s, coffee shops and fast food stores etc. 

One more advantage of River Garden Villas is all villas were built with thick heavy walls of 40cm, warm in winter and cool in summer with good sound insulation. Moreover, the waterproof and moisture-proof effect of all villas is very good too.


3. Yosemite Villas
Yosemite Villas has the same name as the famous national Forest Park of the California Nevada Mountains of the United States. It is a sample villa group on the riverside of Wenyu River in Central Villa District of Shunyi. The address is: No. 4, Yuyang Road, Houshayu, Shunyi District, Beijing.

Yosemite is divided into 4 areas: area A、area B、area C and area D. Area A is New Chinese style villas, area B is made up of North American and Spanish style villas, area C is modern Chinese style villas and area D is traditional classical New Chinese style villas.
 
Advantages of Yosemite Villas:
Traffic:
It is around 10 minutes to New Exhibition Center subway station of line 15, around 25 minutes to Beijing Capital International Airport. It's only 2 kilometers from Houshayu entrance of Jingcheng Expressway, around 10 minutes to the north 4th Ring Road. Jingshun Road, Jingcheng Expressway and Airport Expressway constituted a fast transportation network in all directions.

Clubhouse:
Yosemite has a super large clubhouse of 26,000 square meters, it contains clubhouse, education club and art museum, which greatly enriched the life of its residents.
 
Park:
There is a private riverbank park of 60,000 square meters along Yosemite Villas, a rare scene of life for its residents.
 
School:
International School of Beijing is opposite to the east gate of area C of Yosemite, it is invested and constructed by 17 embassies in China. Beijing New Talent Academy is also very close to Yosemite, the distance is just 700 meters.
 
4. Dragon Bay Villas
Dragon Bay Villas is located on the riverside of Wenyu River, in the central villa district of Shunyi. The address is: the land of No. 21, Wenyu River Villa District, Houshayu, Shunyi, Beijing.
 
Advantages of Dragon Bay Villas:
Traffic:
It is 3 kilometers from Jingshun Road on the east, 2.5 kilometers from the entrance of Houshayu of Jingcheng Highway on the west. It is around 10 minutes to New Exhibition Center subway station of line 15, and around 25 minutes to Beijing Capital International Airport by car.
 
School: 
Dragon Bay Villas is only 1.5 kilometers away from Beijing New Talent Academy, 1.8 kilometers from British School of Beijing, 2.3 kilometers from International School of Beijing.

Clubhouse:
A gym and a SPA of 6,000 square meters, An Art Experience Club of 800 square meters, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a Hair Salon, a lake of 30,000 square meters.
 
Supporting Facilities:
A self-held commercial street of Dragon Bay Villa of 7,000 square meters with supermarket, laundry, pets store, bank and restaurant etc.
 
Green Belt:
Dragon bay Villas is next to Wenyu River on the southwest, the landscape line along Wenyu River reaches up to 1,800 meters, which formed a peaceful and charming environment, full of refreshing air. And there are 2 green belts, 200 meters long, on the both sides the southwest and the southeast of Dragon Bay Villas.

Hot Spring:
Every family has a hardcover, sunken and multi-functional hot spring courtyard, which truly has hot springs for every household, and every family has waterscape. 5. Rits Garden Villas
Rits Garden Villas is one of high grade foreign villas in Central Villa District of Shunyi, European style. It is 500 meters away from Yanglin Exit of Airport Expressway. The address is: Liyuan Street, Tianzhu Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, China
 
Advantages of Rits Garden Villas:
Traffic:
Rits Garden is close to Beijing Capital International Airport. It has a direct access to Airport Expressway and Jingmi Expressway. It is around 10 minutes to New Exhibition Center subway station of line 15, traffic is convenient.
 
Clubhouse:
The clubhouse is 3,000 square meters. It provides customers with catering, supermarkets, gym, swimming and other recreational fitness services.
 
Greening Rate: 42%, it is high.
 
School:
It is 1.3 kilometers to Dulwich College Beijing, 5.6 kilometers to Etonkids, 6 kilometers to International School of Beijing.
 
Property management: 
The international well-known property management consulting company “Savills” provides property management services for Rits Garden.
 
6. Orchid Garden
Orchid Garden is one of a few the nearest villas to downtown of Beijing. It is seated between Laiguangying road, Jingshun road and Airport Expressway, it takes only 20 minutes to Beijing Capital International Airport by car. The address is: Laiguangying, Chaoyang District.
 
Orchid Garden is a “free style” villas with the design concept of "letting the house melt in environment" and function supremacy. The villas are simple in structure and adopted appropriate Chinese techniques, the feelings of the streets and alley refer to Hutong of Beijing.

Advantages of Orchid Garden:
Living Facilities:
A full set of living facility can be found in Orchid Garden: playground for kids, basketball court, tennis court, parking area, badminton court, chess and card room, reading room, fitness center and swimming pool etc.

School:
It is 650 meters to Lycée Français International Charles de Gaule de Pékin, 2.2 kilometers to International Montessori School of Beijing, 2.2 kilometers to Western Academy of Beijing.

Ratio of Green Space: 50.20%, it is high.
 
7. Grand Hills
Grand Hills is one of a few the nearest villas to center of Beijing. Airport Expressway, Jingshun Road and the 5th ring road constituted a traffic network for Grand Hills. Driving to Beijing Capital International Airport is around 15 minutes and driving to Sanyuanqiao is around 20 minutes in off-peak hours. It is 2.5 kilometers to Maquanying subway station of line 15, 3 kilometers to Jingmi Road. The address is: No. 8, Heping Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
 
Advantages of Grand Hills:
Living Facilities:
Gym, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, supermarket, conference room, restaurant and hotel apartments.
 
Green Coverage：
There is a central park of 80,000 square meters, and a T shape lake of 10,000 square meters runs through the whole area of Grand Hills, divided the whole area into the east and the west slope belts. The green coverage of Grand Hills is 50%, it is high.
 
Size of Villas:
Each villa covers an area of 400 square meters to 2000 square meters. Owners can build private tennis courts or swimming pools on large blocks.
 
School:  
Grand Hills is 840 meters to The International Montessori School of Beijing, 2.7 kilometers to Western Academy of Beijing, 1.4 kilometers to Lycée Français International Charles de Gaule de Pékin.


8. Beijing Eurovillage
Beijing Eurovillage is a German style architecture, designed and built by German engineers. Beijing Eurovillage is close to Beijing Airport Expressway and Jingshun Road, only 1.5 kilometers to New Exhibition Center subway station of line 15, the location is convenient to Beijing Capital International Airport and downtown of Beijing. The address of Beijing Eurovillage is: No. 8, Yuyang Road, Houshayu, Tianzhu Town, Central Villa District of Shunyi, Beijing, China.
 
Advantages of Beijing Eurovillage:
Forestation rate: 
The forestation rate is 59%, it is very high. Grass and trees are around all villas. Full of greening coverage of private gardens and public areas, spacious space between villa and villa created a warm and harmonious atmosphere of life.
 
Shopping:
Pinnacle Plaza is only 100 meters from Beijing Eurovillage. And EURO Plaza Shopping Mall is just 200 meters from the east gate. EURO Plaza Shopping Mall is a big shopping mall, KFC and bank are on the ground floor, shopping is on the 2nd floor, restaurants and supermarket are on basement 1. 

School: 
It is 1.4 kilometers to British School of Beijing, 2.9 kilometers to International School of Beijing, and 3.7kilometers to Beijing New Talent Academy.
 
Construction Quality:
With a high construction quality, Beijing Eurovillage can resist magnitude 8 earthquake; All wall bricks are by air from Germany, the wall is thick with good effect of waterproof and sound insulation and good effect of warm preservation and heat insulation.
 
Layout:
Most of villa layouts of Beijing Eurovillage are north south orientation with sufficient sun light.
 
9. Shine City
Shine City is another outstanding work of COFCO Property (Group) in Central Villa District of Shunyi, Beijing. COFCO Property (Group) is a subordinate enterprise of the world's top 500 enterprise-COFCO.

Shine City situates in the north side of New Exhibition Center, the west side of Beijing Capital International Airport, the center of Central Villa District of Shunyi, Beijing. It is 50 meters on the southeast of the intersection of Anxiang Street and Yufeng Road of Shunyi District, Beijing, China.
 
Advantages of Shine City:
Traffic:
A multidimensional traffic system connects Shine City with urban areas: subway of line 15, Airport Expressway, Jingcheng Highway and Jingmi Road which created several convenient traffic routes for Shine City.
 
School:
It is 2.5 kilometers to International School of Beijing, 3.2 kilometers to British School of Beijing, 3.4 kilometers to Beijing New Talent Academy.
 
Layout:
The residence of Shine City includes: courtyard houses, apartments (60-170 square meters) and sky-villas (300-500 square meters). The layout of sky-villas of Shine City perfectly interprets the luxury in scale, it is square and upright, north south transparent, good lighting and easy for ventilation. The design of 2 lifts 1 family and 2 lifts 2 families is more humanized and more privacy, and every room is equipped with a washroom and dressing room.

Supporting Facilities:
The commerce of Shine City is named Shine Hills, it attracts some well-known hotels, hospitals, schools, clubhouses, restaurants, entertainment centers, and shopping malls to camp in Shine City, which constituted a 360 degree of panoramic international lifestyle. Especially, it is the best place for those food lovers: there are Japanese cuisine, Korean cuisine, Western food, Thai food and the flavor of the north and the south of Yangtze River in Shine City. It is a place where has everything for sale.
 
Parking space is 1:1.5; Meanwhile, for the internet, it is fiber broadband for all families.

Green coverage: 40%, it is high.


10. La Grande Ville
La Grande Ville is one of the biggest real estate projects in Central Villa District of Shunyi, Beijing, China. It is situated on the riverside of Wenyu River, 1,000 meters from the airport exit-Yanglin, 100 meters on the south of the intersection of Tianbei Road and Linyin Road of Central Villa District of Shunyi.
 
Advantages of La Grande Ville:
 Parking space: 1:2
Forestation rate: 47%, it is low density with high green rate.
Layout: every unit of La Grande Ville is sitting on the north and facing the south.
 
Environment:
The project of La Grande Ville owns a particularly favorable environmental advantage, on the north shore of Wenyu River which is a river of ice free in 4 seasons, pretty scenery, pleasant climate. Meanwhile, the area of La Grande Ville is the most mature villa community of Beijing, no matter its landscape or its supporting facilities, all have reached international level.

Supporting Facilities:
There is a clubhouse and a recreation corridor in La Grande Ville. Besides, the project is convenient for shopping and food: Starbucks, La Mezzaluna Italian restaurant, MaanCoffee, Pinnacle Avenue are close to La Grande Ville.
 
School: it is 2.8 kilometers to British School of Beijing.