Private Tour
Half Day Private Tour to Summer Palace in Beijing
Overview
Available languages
4 hours
Mobile ticket
Breeze past the long entry lines to enjoy your half day pre-booked tour of the Summer Palace. Follow your tour guide to visit huge emperor's summer garden. Including the longevity hill, South Lake Island, Suzhou Street. Learn about the ancient history, culture and itions that helped shape the Summer Palace through your guide's engaging commentary.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Entrance ticket
Gasline, Parking and Toll fees
Gratuities
Lunch
Boat fee
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
Your well-trained English-speaking tour guide and car/van will pick you up in your hotel from 8:30 am or 13:30pm. Please kindly refer us when you book it. Transfer to the Summer Palace the largest imperial garden existing in China. Located at the northwest Beijing, you can enjoy the wonderful scenery for around 3 hours. You will enjoy the political center, living quarters, and garden district of the Summer Palace. Which is including walking on the longest corridor in the world, visiting the beautiful South Lake Island, hiking to the Tower of Buddhist Incense, and shopping on the Suzhou street. Drop you off at your hotel/apartment at the end.
Kunming Lake
The attraction inside of the Summer Palace.
Options
Private tour by car
Guide+Ticket+car: Pick up at 8:30 am or 13:30 pm and drop off back to your hotel. Entrance ticket, Didi car, private guide are included.
Private van for more than 5PAX: DIDI taxi for this private tour, if over than 5 people group, the private van will be arranged.
Pickup included
Guide+Ticket+Subway/City bus
Subway or bus tour: Tour guide will pick you up and drop off back to your hotel by subway or bus. Entrance ticket, subway/bus fee are included.
Pickup included
Reviews
82 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great: but if you want to chill; let your guide know!
Amber W,
Sep 29, 2025
- Viator
5.00The 4 hour experience was great. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel. Summer Palace is a great place to do something in town, that is yet relaxing. The only thing is that our tour was very interested in HER agenda. We wanted to go on the small boats, but she kept directing us to the large boat? And then we paid for HER boat ride (which is fine, just weird)? And she was REALLY into the paintings on the corridor we heard about the paintings many, many, many times. And we just kind of wanted to relax. So, I do love this tour, just be clear with your guide what it is that you want for the day. We were SO OVER EDUCATED, and just wanted to chill.
Great Summer Place Tour with our Guide Maggie
Nelson O,
Sep 29, 2025
- Viator
5.00I love, love, love the Summer Palace experience and our tour guide. Maggie has made our tour very special. She totally committed herself to us since the night before our tour, and then picked us up at our hotel all the way through the whole day! She is very sweet, polite, professional and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this tour and request Maggie as your guide. She is very flexible and kind.
Excellent Tour / Excellent Guide
Stephen W,
Sep 27, 2025
- Viator
5.00A beautiful oasis away from the bustle of Beijing, the lake and scenery were stunning and you can see why the royal palace moved there in the summer. My guide Lisa was amazing, informative, knowledgeable, excellent English and nothing was too much trouble, if all the guides in Beijing are only half as good as her, then you will have a great time.
Great Experience
Denise J,
Jul 28, 2025
- Viator
5.00Because Maggie was a great guide we had another great experience. We booked a walking tour of the Summer Palace. Traveled by train and walked throughout the grounds as she shared the history of the place.
This tour is one of the...
Leanne S,
Jun 17, 2025
- Viator
5.00This tour is one of the must do.s whilst in Beijing but put it behind the other sites like the Forbidden City and Great Wall if time is short. The palace has its size and lake. The lake was stunning and learning about the history of how the palace was used by the emperors family is an interesting learn.
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