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Explore Beijing City Off the Beaten Path with a Private Guide
Beijing, Northern China, China
$466
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Overview
The Summer Palace, a stunning imperial garden from the Qing dynasty, invites you to wander through its serene lakes, lush gardens, and magnificent palaces. This customizable private tour allows you to experience the enchanting atmosphere of Beijing, whether you choose an early or late start.
- 🏷️ All-Inclusive Private Tour: Enjoy a comprehensive experience with personal driving service, entrance tickets, and a dedicated English-speaking guide throughout your journey.
- 🕒 Flexible Timing: Choose between an early start or a late start to immerse yourself in the unique ambiance of Beijing at different times of the day.
- 🌊 Visit the Summer Palace, where you can explore its expansive grounds, including Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, covering an impressive 2.9 square kilometers.
- 🏞️ Stroll through Jingshan Park, where the artificial hill offers breathtaking panoramic views of the Forbidden City and the surrounding landscape.
- ⛩️ Discover the Temple of Heaven, a remarkable site where emperors once prayed for good harvests and the favor of the heavens.
- 🚗 Convenient Pickup: Enjoy hassle-free pickup from your hotel, ensuring a smooth start to your adventure.
- 💼 All local taxes, tolls, and parking fees are included, so you can relax and focus on the beauty around you.
- ♿ Accessibility Options: This tour is designed to accommodate all guests, with wheelchair access and specialized infant seats available.
- 📅 Important Details: Please provide your passport information and hotel address at the time of booking to ensure a seamless experience.
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All inclusive service
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes
- Entrance Tickets
- Personal Driving Service
- Private English Guiding Service
- Local tax, toll and parking fees.
- Gratuities
- Meals, Drinks, Personal cost
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Summer PalaceSummer Palace is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three-quarters of which is water. The Summer Palace used to be a summer retreat for the Chinese royal family. During the hot Beijing summers, the imperial family preferred the beautiful gardens and airy pavilions of the Summer Palace to the walled-in Forbidden City. Dowager Empress Cixi took up permanent residence there for a time, giving rise to some wonderful tales of extravagance and excess.
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Jingshan ParkJust north of the Imperial Palace, Jingshan Park occupied by Prospect Hill was a private park reserved for the use of the emperor in the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), an artificial hill with five peaks was made, utilizing earth excavated when the moat of the Imperial Palace was dug. A pavilion was erected on each peak, and five bronze Buddhas given pride of place in them; four of these statues were removed by the troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force when they came to Beijing to relieve the Siege of the Legations in 1900. Prospect Hill was opened to the public in 1928. The artificial hill in Jingshan Park used to be the highest point in the city. The park is nice to walk around, but what really makes it worthwhile is that the temple at the top of the hill, the Pavilion of Everlasting Spring (Wanchunting), affords stunning, panoramic views over Beijing and the Forbidden City.
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Temple of HeavenIn ancient times, people could not scientifically understand and explain a variety of natural phenomena, such as the movement of the sun and the moon, the cycle of the four seasons, thunder, wind, rain, earthquakes, and tsunamis. They believed that these phenomena were governed by "Heaven", so they worshiped the "Emperor of Heaven". To better earn the respect of the people that was needed to govern and regulate them, Chinese emperors call themselves the "sons of Heaven". They also claimed that Heaven authorized them to govern the Earth (China). So, emperors in each dynasty regarded offering sacrifices to Heaven and Earth as very important political activities. The Temple of Heaven was the outcome of the combination of the dynastic regime and Confucian theocracy.
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Explore Beijing City Off the Beaten Path with a Private Guide
Beijing, Northern China, China
$466
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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