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One-Day Beijing City Tour: Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven

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One-Day Beijing City Tour: Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven

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6 Feb
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Highlights

You'll deeply explore Beijing by visiting the famous imperial garden - Summer Palace. In the afternoon, you'll visit the Temple of Heaven where the emperors used to pray for rain and good harvest. In the end, you’ll visit the famous business street -Qianmen Street, which has a history of more than 450 years.

Itinerary

  • Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

    1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket Included
    Time: 9:00-11:00 Summer Palace is the largest imperial royal garden in the world which was built by the Chinese Emperor Qianlong in Qing dynasty as a gift for his mother’s birthday! You’ll see the wisdoms and treasures of traditional Chinese architecture art while you walking in this garden. It is about 273 hectares in size and is composed of three main scenic areas: the palace area, lake area, and mountain area. You’ll visit the Summer Palace by taking a dragon boat on the lake which is the best way to visit Summer Palace (the boat trip is not available in winter as the lake would be frozen) . On the boat, you will have a chance to view all of the beautiful palaces at the side of the lake. After the boat trip, you will walk along a long corridor which is regarded as the longest art gallery in the world and has 14,000 Chinese traditional paintings on the beams.
  • Temple of Heaven

    1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket Included
    After lunch, you will head to the Temple of Heaven. This is the place where ancient Chinese emperors used to worship their “Gods”. The Altar, Echo Wall and spectacular Imperial Vault are the highlights. You’ll find the Hall of Abstinence is a special place that those emperors use this palace for fasting before they held a ceremony to pray for a good harvest and would abstain from meat and wine. Usually, the emperor go to this palace three days in advance with no drinking, no entertainment, no mourning and paying no attention to any sins and crimes being committed which showed his piousness to his god.
  • Qianmen (Zhengyangmen)

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Time: 15:00-16:00 Since the middle of Ming Dynasty, Qianmen Street had become a famous business street until now. Even though it has been recently rebuilt, it is still a good place if you want to check out a few hutongs and some of side streets. The different Hutong street has different features, and the architecture and vibe are very traditional Chinese. With a history of more than 450 years, there dwells around 30 famous shops with over 100 years history such as Beijing Tong Rentang which sells Chinese medicine, Rui Fuxiang which sells silk and Liu Biju which sells pickles etc.

What's included

INCLUDED

English-speaking tour guide service.
Bottled water
Hotel pickup and drop-off services are available within the 3rd Ring Zone of Beijing City.
Admission to Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven.
Comfortable vehicle with A/C.

NOT INCLUDED

Personal expenses.
Lunch
Gratuities (recommended)

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Additional information

Must Know
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Hotel pickup and drop-off services are available within the 4th Ring Zone of Beijing City.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
You will receive details about tour guide and exact pickup time in your voucher the day before. And the tour guide will also call you via hotel or leave a message for you about pickup time the night before tour.

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