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Two Heritage Sites in Half a Day, and the Card Games in the Park
Two UNESCO world cultural heritage sites, the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace, in half a day rather than a full one, with a guide and hotel pickup and drop-off.
You choose morning or afternoon, which is the practical value of it: the rest of the day stays yours.
The guide is what makes half a day enough. At two sites this large, knowing which parts to walk to and which to leave is most of the work.
What's included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional English / Spanish / Russia / French / German speaking guide
- Private tour only ( no join in group )
- Mineral water
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- Professional clean with air-conditioned car
- All sights entrance tickets
Itinerary
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Summer Palace
The Summer Palace, the best preserved of the imperial gardens, in the morning or the afternoon. The guide's subject is the Empress Dowager Cixi: how she lived here and what it cost. Her opera house, the rooms built for her birthday celebrations, the longest painted corridor there is, and Kunming Lake.
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Temple of Heaven
Then the Temple of Heaven, the largest complex of worship buildings in the world, put up by the Ming and Qing emperors. The park around it is where retired Beijingers spend the afternoon over cards and chess, and walking through that is half the point of coming.
Not included
- Gratuities ( Recommeded )
Good to know
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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- Up to 15 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: de, ru, en, it, fr, es.
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