Summer Palace Ticket with optional Guided Tour

4.4 (13 reviews) Beijing, China
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Duration2h
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 15 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Ticket -booking service or experience the grandeur and beauty of the Summer Palace with your tour guide in group at the fixed meeting point.
summer Palace used to be the imperial Garden for the emperors in the Qing Dynasty.

Options

Summer Palace Group Tour

Duration: 2 hours
Summer Palace Guided Group : You will meet the guide at the east palace gate under the lion at our fixed time
Pickup included

Summer Palace Ticket ONLY

Summer Palace ONLY Entrance : NOT combo ticket.
Only Summer Palace admission Ticket booking NO pickup and NO guide.
Can Enter 7:30am-6:00pm
Pickup included

Summer Palace Group tour

Pickup included

What's included

  • If your booking only ticket, it means no guide no pickup, you will go and explore on your own.
  • Guided Tour if you choose this option
  • Either ticket we provide booking is entrance ticket NOT combo ticket.
  • Entrance Ticket
  • Gratitude(for good service)
  • If your booking is only ticket, it means no guide service
  • Meals
  • Transportation

What to expect

  1. Hall of Benevolence and Longevity
    20m · Admission ticket included
    The building was built in 1750, burned down in 1860 by the English and French troops and rebuilt in 1888 by the Empress Dowager Cixi. For administering government affairs, receive greetings, and receive foreign envoys.
  2. Kunming Lake
    20m · Admission ticket included
    Kunming Lake takes up about 75% of the park. This lake used to be a much smaller water source near Beijing. Before this water reservoir becomes a man-made lake. Most of the expansions took place during the time of the Qianlong Emperor, who used about 10000 laborers for this end. They used the extracted ground as a means to increasing the area around longevity hill.
  3. Hall of Happiness and Longevity
    30m · Admission ticket included
    The living quarters of Empress Dowager Cixi. This large complex enjoys a prime position, facing the Kunming Lake, and backing onto the Longevity Hill.
  4. Long Corridor at the Summer Palace
    20m · Admission ticket included
    The Long Corridor is 728 meters long and has 4 octagonal gazebos representing the four seasons. The beams and ceilings of the walkway are profusely decorated with over 14,000 paintings depicting scenes from Chinese history, literature and mythology and lots of flowers and animals including horses, birds, fish and insects.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Meeting Point: Bronze Lion with a Ball. East Gate of Summer Place. 颐和园东宫门
Google Maps Plus Code:
X7XJ+5F9 Haidian District, Beijing
How to get there: Didi / Taxi: Summer Palace - East Gate Square
颐和园东宫门 Subway Line 4, Station XIYUAN, Exit: C2, +14 minutes by walk

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • We need all your participants' full name, passport number and birth date for tickets booking.
  • You had better send us all your scanned copy of passport front page for tickets booking
  • Please note your language request on booking

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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