China · SUMMER PALACE & KUNMING LAKE
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The Summer Palace is a lake with a hill behind it, and walking the Long Corridor end to end takes longer than anyone plans for. These are the best Summer Palace bookings: which include the boat across Kunming Lake, which climb Longevity Hill, which are tickets only, and which fit the grounds and Mutianyu into the same day.
Get QR ticket entry to Beijing’s Temple of Heaven or Summer Palace, with clear WhatsApp help and gate-by-gate transit tips for an easy visit.
“Hiking through the palace and climbing up the rocks to the peak of the temple only to return back down to the lake.”
Direct MuBus bus to Mutianyu Great Wall from Dongzhimen with entry, internal shuttle, and an English guide, plus optional Summer Palace.
“We had a great time on this tour. The tour guide (Shannon) was present and able to help if wanted but also allowed you to go off and explore on your own. Once you get to the wall you are able to pick from 2 different ways - they are both an extra charge of around £15. The buffet is very average and there is probably better food in the area.”
A smart full-day Beijing tour hitting Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace, with optional cable car, English guide, and Olympic Park views.
“The day with our guide Lee was really nice and well organized! Even though we had some delays because of traffic, our guide stayed longer than planned an explained everything really good. He even made the time to help me with the metro afterwards. Thank you for the nice day!!”
Private or small-group day trip from Beijing to Mutianyu Great Wall and the Summer Palace, with hotel pickup, lunch, and ride options.
“Wonderful, so well planned it made me very comfortable! Amy was so knowledgeable about our sights and I learned so much!!!!”
Skip lines at Beijing’s Summer Palace with flexible tickets, an English PDF guide, optional Ziyu Bay boat rides, and guided tours.
“Loved every corner of this place! An absolute must if you’re in Beijing”
Full-day Beijing highlights with pickup, English guide, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, and lunch included for $99.
“This was a great tour of the World Heritage Sites in Beijing. We are here to see our last Wonder of the World site, the Great Wall which we visited along with the Ming Tombs yesterday. Today we visited the Forbidden City, Tiananmen SquaRead more”
Visit Mutianyu Great Wall and the Summer Palace in one smooth day, with hotel pickup, guided stories, and small-group or private options.
“Everything was perfect. Cindy is a great guide, super insightful and helpful. We went to the Great Wall and the Summer Palace.”
Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Summer Palace and Peking duck lunch in one 8-hour bus tour with an English guide and included tickets.
“Jay was one of the best tour guides I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. He was extremely kind, and he was extremely knowledgeable about even the most minute things about each location. If he didn’t know the answer to a question, he’d ask people and make sure that your questions were addressed and seen. There’s a lot to cover, but the tour was very time efficient, and his stories were very valuable to learning the history behind these places. His tour definitely made my trip. I paid $55 for the full day package, and it was 100% worth my money.”
Full-day Beijing bus tour linking Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Hutongs, Summer Palace, and Bird Nest night views, with optional cruise.
“The guide Joy from Mubus is super energetic. She gives detailed instructions on where to meet, with back up plan in case we wandered off. Even thou we are a big group of 30 - you still get the personal attention. The stories shared in each place takes you back to how people lives during that period. We ended up visiting 6 places as we ended the tour at The Birds Nest. I especially like the waterway cruise from Purple Bamboo Park to Summer Palace.”
Beijing small-group combo day to the Summer Palace and Mutianyu Great Wall with lunch, an English guide, and no shopping stops.
“I would like to say that this trip along with our guide Li and the driver Wang was amazing. Li was very nice and pleasant to be with. Her English was really good and she had lots of information to share. Once we got started she shared her culture Read more”
Temple of Heaven, Hutongs by rickshaw, Lama Temple, and the Summer Palace in one efficient small-group Beijing day with tickets and pickup.
“This was a fabulous tour! Michael was a fantastic guide, full of information, history and stories... and his English was excellent. We were never rushed and given ample time for pictures and seeing each area we visited. The company was eRead more”
Prebook your Summer Palace entry with WhatsApp QR codes. Explore Hall, Deheyuan areas, Kunming Lake photo spots, and the incense pagoda.
“We booked the tickets online, the vendor was very precise and he gave us clear and usefull informations. Very raccomanded!”
Private full-day Beijing tour with Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Summer Palace, plus guide, tickets, lunch, and hotel pickup.
“Enjoyed all of the tour particularly the Summer Palace. Has a 40 minute wait to get into Tian’anmen Sqaure but it was worth the wait to get a sense of recent history. Lots of cctv hardware on display. forbidden City was impressive. Our guide Suzie was excellent - very knowledgable and very friendly.”
Early Mutianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace, and a Bird Nest drive-by in a small AC van with hotel pickup, lunch, and mobile tickets.
“OMG this tour was amazing very friendly guide and very helpful, on time and he also drive to a JADE FACTORY THAT WAS AMAZING THANK YOU MY DAUGHTER was very happy to see the jade factory”
Private Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace day trip with hotel pickup, lunch, and included tickets, plus flexible weather plans.
“We had an amazing trip with our guide. She was very knowledgeable with the areas and we got wonderful photos and memories to last! We enjoyed the tour so much we ended up booking a second day for the city afterwards. Would recommend again.”
