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Half-day tour to summer palace in Beijing (includes admission ticket) | Professional guide in Chinese/English/Russian/French/Spanish
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Highlights
1. Professional in-depth guide
2. Multilingual packages available
3. Immersive time-travel experience
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Date of use
2026-10-18
2026-10-19
2026-10-20
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Private tour for 4–15 people in English – purchase by person
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Overview
Departs from Beijing
Starts at 9:00 AM and ends at 11:00 AM
Tour guide (English)
Transportation options: Walking
Details
Meet at meeting point
9:00 AM meet at The Summer Palace East Palace Gate, Beijing Details
The tour guide will contact you via SMS or phone call the evening before the activity to confirm the meeting time and location for the next day. To ensure a smooth experience, please arrive on time.
Summer Palace Details
Enter attraction
Enter attraction
Paid attraction
Entry tickets included
This is no ordinary park—it's a cipher of modern Chinese history. Every step and every scene narrates an epic of power, extravagance, and ruin.
2 hours
Breakfast
At your own expense
At your own expense
10 minutes
Transportation via Walking
Take Subway Line 4, get off at Xiyuan Station, and exit through Exit C2 (Southwest Exit).
Walking time: Approx. 10 minutes
The Summer Palace East Palace Gate Details
View from outside
View from outside
Free attraction
Entry tickets included
Stand at the entrance to the imperial stage. Empress Dowager Cixi once walked here toward the throne, and now your time-travel drama begins.
15 minutes
Renshoudian Details
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Enter attraction
Free attraction
Entry tickets included
Standing at the heart of political power, closing your eyes, the majesty and solitude of Empress Dowager Cixi ruling the empire behind the curtain become vividly tangible.
15 minutes
Yulantang Details
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Enter attraction
Free attraction
Entry tickets included
He was once the supreme ruler, yet he was imprisoned here for ten years. Yulantang, where every window once served as eyes watching over him.
15 minutes
Yiyunguan Details
View from outside
View from outside
Entry tickets included
This is Empress Dowager Longyu's "home"—a place that witnessed her journey from being an empress to ultimately becoming the "last empress of China."
15 minutes
Hall of Happiness and Longevity Details
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Enter attraction
Entry tickets included
You are not just stepping into an imperial garden, but also the decade-long 'home' of Empress Dowager Cixi. Here, the routines of daily life were intertwined with the affairs of state.
15 minutes
Long Corridor of the Summer Palace Details
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Enter attraction
Free attraction
Entry tickets included
Stroll through the world's longest gallery and experience the Eastern fantasy of "a different view with every step."
15 minutes
Paiyun Gate Details
View from outside
View from outside
Free attraction
Entry tickets included
Claim your Royal Pass and embark on a magical journey through Longevity Mountain
15 minutes
Marble Boat at the Summer Palace in Beijing Details
View from outside
View from outside
Free attraction
Entry tickets included
This ship could never sail to the true ocean, just as the late Qing Empire could never integrate into the global tide.
15 minutes
Guests leave on their own
All times are in local time and may change due to weather, road conditions, or other factors. Thank you for your understanding.
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