Why Travel with Discover Beijing Tours
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Knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and attentive — your personal local guides will share interesting stories, insider information, and even create unexpected highlights!
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Start from 188USD P/P
Per Person
Start from 188USD P/P
Per Person
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Why Travel with Discover Beijing Tours
Unique Experiences
Enjoy a premium trip that goes beyond the typical tourist attractions.Well-Selected Local Guides
Knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and attentive — your personal local guides will share interesting stories, insider information, and even create unexpected highlights!Your Booking is Risk-Free
Cancel up to 24 hours before the travel date in advance for a full refund
All inclusive Beijing Private Day Tour to Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace
Spend a day to explore the beauty of the wonderful Chinese gardens on this private and personalized tour: Beauty, drama and history! This all inclusive private tour is ideal for the horticultural enthusiast or any admirer of natural beauty. Visit two imperial gardens in Beijing: The Summer Palace and The Old Summer Palace, built in the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). This price one day tour includes tasty lunch in the local restaurant, entrance fee to all the sites, an English-speaking guide and transport by private vehicle.
Tour Highlights
Tour Highlights- Visit the UNESCO-listed Summer Palace on a guided tour
- Gain deep insight into the history of the Qing Dynasty by visiting two gardens
- Listen to the stories about the powerful “Dragon lady” and learn how to create a perfect Chinese Garden
- Make sure everyone bring passport with
- Full names and passport numbers are required to book tickets for attractions
Itinerary Quick Look
Your private tour guide will pick you up from your hotels lobby at 9:00am to start the garden adventures.
Your first stop is the Summer Palace (first built in 1,750), a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls (Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, Hall of Happiness and Longevity, and etc), palaces, temples and bridges (such as Seventeen Arches Bridge) to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value.
Using Kunming Lake, the former reservoir of the Yuan dynasty’s capital and Longevity Hill as the basic framework, the Summer Palace combined political and administrative, residential, spiritual, and recreational functions within a landscape of lakes and mountains, in accordance with the Chinese philosophy of balancing the works of man with nature. You will also see the famous Qingyan Stone Boat there.
Continue to the Old Summer Palace, a veritable museum of garden construction and horticulture. It’s Chinese name is Yuanminyuan, which means “Garden of Gardens”. It was constructed during the 18th and early 19th century and was a wonderland of lakes and waterways, bridges, hills and pavilions. However, it was destroyed in 1860.
Your authentic Chinese lunch will be served in a local restaurant.
Then, drive pass by the most famous 2008 Beijing Olympic stadiums to see famous Birds Nest and Water Cube Stadiums. At the end of the Tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Beijing City.
| Group Size | Adult(Age:11-80) Price/p.p | Child(Age:4-10) Price/p.p | Infant(Age:0-3) Price/p.p |
| 1 Person | $ 328 | $79 | Free of charge but no seat |
| 2 Adults | $ 188 | / | / |
| 3 Adults | $ 148 | / | / |
| 4 Adults | $ 128 | / | / |
| 5 Adults | $ 118 | / | / |
| 6 Adults | $ 98 | / | / |
| 7 Adults | $ 88 | / | / |
| 8 Adults | $ 78 | / | / |
| 9 Adults | $ 70 | / | / |
| 10-15 Adults | $ 64 | / | / |
Discount available at low season, please send inquiries!
Free cancellation
Free cancellationCancel up to 24 hours before the travel date in advance for a full refund
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DepartureOur tour guide will hold a sign with your name on and meet you in the lobby of your Beijing Downtown hotel
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Departure Time8:30/10:00am
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Return TimeTour is about 8 hours
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IncludedBottled waterLunchProfessional guideHotel pickup and drop-off(For hotels within the 4th ring road of the City)Private tourTransport by private vehicleEntrance fee
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Not IncludedAdditional entrance to the Museums inside the GardensGratuities
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