Explore Beijing's Summer Palace & Mutianyu Great Wall with a Personal Guide

Itinerary

Duration: 8-9 hours

Mutianyu Great Wall
- Your tour begins with pickup from your Beijing hotel at a time of your choosing (typically between 8am - 8.30am).
-Take a 1.5-hour scenic journey to the historic Mutianyu Great Wall, during which your gude will offer you history and interesting facts about this UNESCO World Heritage site considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
-Arrive at Mutianyu and spend 2 hours exploring.

(You can choose to ride the chairlift to Tower 6 and return by the famous Great Wall toboggan ride or take the cable car to Tower 14 and walk back.)

Lunch
-After 2-hours of visiting the Great Wall, stop to enjoy lunch (at your own expense) at a local restaurant and sample some typical Chinese cuisine.

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), Beijing
-Return to Beijing: Summer Palace.
-Spend the rest of the afternoon at the Summer Palace, where highlights include the Long Corridor, Seventeen Arches Bridge, Qingyan Stone Boat, Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill. -Explore the magnificent 18th-century Imperial gardens both with and without your guide, pausing to admire the palatial buildings and pavilions and pose for photos beside the breathtaking lakes and bridges that were home to the imperial gardens of the Qing Dynasty.

Return to hotel
-Your tour ends with drop-off at your hotel around 5pm (depending on pickup time).