🏨 One-Day Beijing City Tour: Jingshan Park, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven Activity

One-Day Beijing City Tour: Jingshan Park, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Beijing, Beijing

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

You'll have a bird-view of Beijing city and the Forbidden City by visiting the Jingshan Park, deeply explore Beijing by visiting the famous imperial garden - Summer Palace. After having a Beijing local style lunch, 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.

What's Included

Admission to Jingshan Park, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven.

Bottled water

Comfortable vehicle with A/C.

English-speaking tour guide service.

Hotel pickup and drop-off services are available within the 4th Ring Zone of Beijing City.

What's Not Included

Gratuities (recommended)

Lunch

Personal expenses.

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 1
CHILD: Age: 2 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 100

Additional Info

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
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.

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan)

Time: 7:30-8:00

This morning you'll change another angle to have a panoramic view of the Forbidden City at Jingshan Park which is located behind the Forbidden City. Standing on the 479-meter high hill you’ll have the best position to get a panoramic view of this large Palace Museum which you should not miss. You’ll also have a chance to see the authentic lifestyle of old Beijinger, doing Tai Chi, dance and other activities throughout the park.

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

Time: 9:30-11:00

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.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Temple of Heaven

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.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Qianmen (Zhengyangmen)

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.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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