Summer Palace Ticket with optional Guided Tour
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
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.
Inclusions
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
What's not
- Gratitude(for good service)
- If your booking is only ticket, it means no guide service
- Meals
- Transportation
Itinerary
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.
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.
The living quarters of Empress Dowager Cixi. This large complex enjoys a prime position, facing the Kunming Lake, and backing onto the Longevity Hill.
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.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 15 travellers
- Operated by
- Catherine Lu Tours
- 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
How it compares in Beijing
- Its from-price is 95% below the median of the 3624 experiences we list in Beijing.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 418 of 3624.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Beijing
Beijing, China's capital for centuries, holds imperial palaces, sacred temples and stretches of the Great Wall within reach of its modern boulevards.
At the city's heart, the Forbidden City spreads behind vermilion walls, a labyrinth of halls and courtyards that housed the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Tiananmen Square lies to its south, and the hill of Jingshan Park to its north gives the finest view over its golden roofs. The Temple of Heaven, set in a park where locals practise tai chi and dance, is a masterpiece of imperial design.
Top-ranked sights in Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang).
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