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Summer Palace
Summer Palace
Happy Guests with Sunflower Tours
Back Lakes(Hou Hai)
Happy Guests with Sunflower Tours

Private Tour to Summer Palace, Hutong and Calligraphy Class

By Sunflower Tours China
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$541 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Particularly for first-time visitors who don’t speak Chinese, a private guide can transform the Beijing experience. Say no to hustlers and discover the city on this door-to-door private tour. Check off Beijing’s biggest attraction—Summer Palace—and stroll through historic hutong alleys, immerse yourself at Hutong Calligraphy Class.Acomprehensive package with private guide, entrance fees, Taxi fare, lunch and Calligraphy Class are all-inclusive

Activity location

  • Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
    • No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District,
    • 100080, Beijing, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
    • No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District,
    • 100080, Beijing, China

Check availability

Tour with Calligraphy Class
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Duration: 8 hours: Private tour with lunch, Entrance fees. Calligraphy class fee, private guide and taxi/subway fare are all-inclusive
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 am
Price details
AU$541.01 x 1 AdultAU$541.01
Total
Price is AU$541.01

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance fees
  • What's includedWhat's includedCalligraphy Class Fee
  • What's includedWhat's includedTaxi/subway fare (Within 4th Ring Road)
  • What's includedWhat's includedExcellent English Speaking Tour Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge (Recommended)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTaxi/subway fare at your own expense (Outside of 4th Ring Road)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAny other expenses that not listed as included

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Meet up your friendly private tour guide at 9:00am in your hotel lobby. You will be transferred to Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), he most beautiful Royal garden in Beijing, Summer Palace. It is a summer resort for Imperial Family Members, Learn about the most powerful female in Chinese history, the empress Dowager CiXi. People named her as Dragon Lady. Stroll along the Kunming Lake and Long Corridor at the Summer Palace. Enjoy the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity and Tower of Buddhist Incense (Summer Palace).
Tower of Buddhist Incense(Summer Palace)
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Hike up the Tower of Buddhist Incense. A Buddhism Temple for Emperor's Mother, It is also celebration place for Empress Dowager CiXi's birthday. When you are on the top you can enjoy the breathtaking views of entire Kunming Lake.
Qingyan Stone Boat
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket included
Boat of Purity and Ease was originally built in 1860s in a traditional Chinese design. It was used as a venue for Empress Dowager Cixi to view the scenery and to be entertained.
Back Lakes (Hou Hai)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Savour an authentic stir-fried lunch in the Hutong. Then, visit the Back Lakes, It is where local beijingners lives. The Hutong date back to Yuan Dynasty with over 700 years history. Stroll along the Back Lakes (Houhai) , Hou Lake, Yandai Xie Street, Yinding Bridge, Beigongfang Hutong,Shichahai Scenic Resort and experience people's life, culture and history. It is the true gem of Beijing.
Yandai Xie Street
  • 20m
Stroll along the Huong, Yandai Xie Street is Beijing's oldest commercial street, It is lined in traditional-style stone buildings that house charming souvenir and handicraft shops
Hutong Calligraphy Class
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Head to Hutong Calligraphy Class in the afternoon. Practice the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy, and walk away with a special memento, get ready to flex your creative muscles. Learn more about the practice and try different techniques, and leave with a brand new set of skills. At the end of the tour, your tour guide will transfer you back to your lovely hotel

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESSummer Palace (Yiheyuan)
    • No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District,
    • 100080, Beijing, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLESummer Palace (Yiheyuan)
    • No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District,
    • 100080, Beijing, China

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