Beijing Garden Tour: Private Custom Exploration of Classical Imperial Gardens
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Beijing
Escape the city and explore the classical imperial gardens of Beijing on a private customized tour. Visit 1-2 gardens of your choice, learn about their history, and enjoy a guided exploration of ancient sights. Lunch, entrance fees, and hotel pickup and drop-off included.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) - Your guide and private vehicle will pick you up from your hotel in Beijing. You can decide which gardens you want to visit and the pace of your day with your informative and friendly tour guide. Visit your choice of Beijing gardens in the vibrant capital and after you’ve seen the sights, your guide offers convenient drop-off at your hotel. 

During this day tour, you can choose 2-3 gardens to visit:

Summer Palace-a well-preserved royal garden that’s renowned for its beautiful landscape and spectacular architecture, and is considered one of the most classical gardens in the world.

  • Fragrant Hills Park (Xiangshan Gongyuan) - You also can visit the Fragrant Hill: The Fragrant Hills is a large forest park with the characteristics of imperial gardens in which natural landscape is combined with artificial scenery.
  • Biyun Temple - You also can choose to explore the Biyun Temple which is known for its fine scenery. The temple also includes the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall,
  • Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) - Continue to the Old Summer Palace, a veritable museum of garden construction and horticulture.
  • Beijing Botanical Garden - Check out the gardens in the Botanical Garden
  • Beihai Park (Beihai Gongyuan) - You may want to explore the Beihai Park in the city.

After the tour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing City.

What's Included
  • Private tour with hotel pickup and drop-off (within the 4th ring road of Beijing city)
  • Transportation via private vehicle for maximum comfort
  • Complimentary bottled water to stay hydrated
  • Professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Entrance fees to 2 exquisite gardens included
  • Enjoy a delightful included lunch
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This private customized garden tour designed for travelers looking to escape the city to enjoy classical imperial gardens at their own interests and pace. Choose 1-2 gardens to visit in Beijing, such as Beihai Park, the Summer Palace, the Old Summer Palace (Yuanminyuan), The Botanical Garden, The Fragrant Hill, The Badachu Park. Get an idea on how to form a perfect garden in old days; Explore the dozens of ancient sights that dot the gardens; Learn the history of different gardens with your guide; Lunch, entrance fee and hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District,
Cancellation Policy

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

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Jennifer
Nov 2, 2019
Great Guide for the Summer Palace - We had a great time with Lucy. She had great stories about the Dragon Lady and her Summer Palace. We also ate at a wonderful restaurant for lunch and had a beautiful visit to the Beijing Botanical Garden. Highly recommended.
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Philippe44898
Apr 15, 2019
Excellent tour, thank you - We enjoyed a lot the tour with guide Lucy, who gave us a lot of advice and interesting explanation about Beijing s botanical gardens and parks
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