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Eighteen Metres of Buddha from One Tree, and a Duck Lunch After
Two versions of the same itinerary, one half a day and one a full one.
The half-day option is the Temple of Heaven alone: the imperial architecture, the courtyards and the old cypress woods around them, and what the Ming and Qing sacrifices actually involved. Enough for anyone with an afternoon rather than a day.
The full day adds the Yonghe Lama Temple and the Summer Palace, with Peking duck for lunch. That combination puts three quite different things in a row: a place built for state ritual, a working Tibetan Buddhist monastery, and a royal park built for pleasure.
Timings are not fixed: traffic and the queues at each site can move the schedule on the day.
What's included
- Entrance Ticket to the Lama Temple（Only for Full Day Tour)
- Entrance Ticket to the Temple of Heaven
- Entrance Ticket to the Summer Palace（Only for Full Day Tour)
- Peking Roast Duck Lunch（Only for Full Day Tour)
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- Spanish speaking tour guide（Based on option selected)
- English speaking tour guide（Based on option selected)
- Air-conditioned vehicle（Only for Full Day Tour)
Itinerary
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VCMC+G3V, Dong Cheng Qu
Meeting point: subway line 5, Tiantandongmen station, exit A. Taxi address: 天坛东门地铁站A出口.
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Temple of Heaven
Two hours at the clearest surviving example of Chinese ritual architecture: what it was for, how it is designed, and the quiet that the cypress woods keep around it. The guide covers the sacrifices the emperors made here to heaven.
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Beijing
On the full-day option only. Lunch is a Peking duck banquet at a classic restaurant near the Lama Temple, which puts the meal between the morning and afternoon halves of the day.
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Lama Temple (Yonghegong)
A guided visit to the Yonghe Lama Temple, the most important Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Beijing, built in a mix of Han and Tibetan styles. The Maitreya Buddha inside stands 18 metres and was carved from a single sandalwood trunk.
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Summer Palace
Two hours at the Summer Palace, the reference work of Chinese landscape gardening: palaces, pavilions, gardens and lakes across more than 2.9 square kilometres. The guide picks the routes and the stories worth having.
Temple of Heaven, Dong Cheng Qu
Dongcheng, China, 100061
This end point applies only to the half-day Temple of Heaven tour.
Haidian District
Haidian District, China, 100091
The tour ends at the Summer Palace. The guide walks you to the station, and it is 20 minutes from there back into the centre.
Not included
- Tips to the tour guide based on well done job.
- Imperial Waterway Cruise in Summer Palace (Optional 100RMB per person)
Good to know
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Suitcase is incovenient for this tour.
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- For everyone’s safety and comfort, please note this tour requires good physical fitness and is not suitable for people with limited mobility
- Up to 15 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: en, es.
Meeting point
- Meeting Point: Subway Line 5 -【TIANTANDONGMEN Station】-Exit A. Taxi Address: 天坛东门地铁站A出口.
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