Summer Palace Walking Tour Mini Group Summer Palace Walking Tour
ID: GYG541822-936392
Category:
Country: China
Duration:
03:00 hours
Description
Summer Palace is the most beautiful royal garden in China. It was listed in the World Heritage Sites in 1988, originally named Garden of Clear Ripples.
Summer Palace is the most beautiful royal garden in China which is consist of three parts: political center, living quarter and garden, same design as the Forbidden City. But the garden takes up 3 quarters of the whole palace, huge artificial lake, longest wooden corridor painted with 14,000 paintings.
Your guide will meet you in the McDonald of the meeting point.
Your guide will show you the Hall of benevolence and longevity. Share interesting stories of Dragon lady Cixi and the design of this layout under Chinese Feng-shui.
Your guide will show you the Hall of happiness and longevity which is the living quarter for dragon lady Cixi. Share her life stories with you, you will know why she was capable to be real ruler, even emperor was under her control. How luxurious her life was.
Your guide will show you the beautiful garden with huge artificial lake, artificial hill and longest wooden corridor in the world.
Walk beside the lake to the living quarters for emperor Guang Xu and his empress. Why an ambitious young emperor became a prisoner, why his favorite concubine was killed by dragon lady Cixi, and what is the true cause of emperor’s death.
You will end the tour at the meeting point. Your guide will assist you to find the subway station or get you a taxi.
Highlights
- Kunming Lake
- Long corridor with 14,000 traditional Chinese paintings
- Longevity Hill
- Emperor’s Prison
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
All visitors need to bring your passports
The tour don’t include the pick up service, we meet all travelers from the meeting point.
Meeting point: Exit C2 of Xi Yuan subway station of Line 4 ( you will find McDonald once you get out of the exit, just wait inside of the McDonald as it’s really cold outdoor)
By subway: just go to the Exit C2 of Xi Yuan subway station of Line 4 （you will find McDonald once you get out of the exit）
By taxi:
1. If you will get a taxi through Alipay, set the destination for “McDonald's Dessert Station (Longhu Beijing Yihe Xingyuehui Branch)”
2.Get a local taxi, just show “ 麦当劳(西苑店)海淀区-颐和园路208号龙湖星悦荟F1” to the taxi driver. ( don’t recommend, some times the local taxi driver will detour)
Your guide will wait you in the McDonald.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
