Explore the most classical gardens, the Summer Palace. Learn the stories of the powerful women Express Dowager CiXi, and take a dragon boat cruise along the huge man made lake, you will experience them all with your tour guide. After the lunch in the the local restaurant you can relax by trying out hot spring. Tour includes tasty local lunch, all entrance fee, an English-speaking guide and transport by private vehicle.
Pickup included
Your tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hote, then heading to the Summer Palace, you will spend 1.5 hours here with your private tour guide to learn the history and story of the palace, then enjoy a peaceful dragon boat cruise on the lake.
Summer Palace landscape, which is mainly in Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, covers an area of 1.1 square miles. Its 70,000 square meters of building space features a variety of palaces, gardens and other ancient-style architectural structures. It is very well known for its large and priceless collection of cultural relics, it was listed as the world historical and cultural heritage sites by the UNESCO.
Inside the Summer Palace, you will walk along the Kunming Lake to enjoy the beautiful view.
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
We will pick you up in the lobby of your hotel if your hotel is within the 5th ring road of Beijing city, if your hotel is out of the 5th ring road, you can travel to city to meet our guide or hotel pick up may have extra cost
• Dress code is smart casual • Please bring your own swimsuits • Tour last between 8-9 hours, if you want to extend the tour, then please pay 15USD to your driver and 15USD to your guide for each of their extra hour • During weekends (Friday to Sunday) Jiuhua Hot spring have the time limit of 4 hours.The other days there is no time limit.