4-Hour Private Tour of the Summer Palace by Public Transportation

Itinerary
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Stop At: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 China

Depending on the start time selected at checkout, meet your guide outside of your hotel lobby at 9am or 1pm. From here, you’ll make your way to the nearest metro station for the short and easy journey to the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), a UNESCO World Heritage site.

During your journey, your guide provides a historical overview of the landmark, which was built in 1750 as a royal residence and is widely considered a masterpiece of Chinese landscape design.

Duration: 3 hours

Pass By: Long Corridor at the Summer Palace, No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing China

Once you arrive at the Summer Palace, you will enter from the East Gate of the palace and visit some of the most important buildings, such as the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, it takes you back to the time when the emperors built these places as a route to heaven; The Hall of Happiness and Longevity, it was the residence of Empress Dowager Cixi during her stay in the Summer Palace; The Long Corridor, it is a covered walkway in the Summer Palace; The Marble Boat, it is an ornamental structure in classical Chinese landscaping; The Hall of Dispelling Clouds, it is situated on the central axis of Longevity Hill and is the heart of a succession of buildings used for celebrations.

Pass By: Kunming Lake, Inside Summer Palace, Haidian District, Beijing 100091 China

See the beautiful Kunming Lake in Summer Palace

Pass By: Unique Beijing Tours, Beijing China

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