Beijing | Badaling Great Wall + Summer Palace + Yuanmingyuan Day Trip [No Shopping/Optional Pick-up]

- Tour Highlights -
• Ancient architecture is everywhere. • Take the shuttle bus between Beijing and Badaling Great Wall, avoiding the hassle of transfers and making it easy to get to and from the main attractions. • Professional guides provide explanations to help you better understand the rich history and culture behind the Great Wall. - Itinerary Information -
• Meeting time:
06:00 Hotel pick-up (Pick-up within the Fifth Ring Road optional)
Meet at Exit C of Jiandemen Subway Station at 7:30 AM.
09:00 Visit the Badaling Great Wall (approximately 3 hours)
Enjoy lunch at 12:00
13:00 Visit to the Summer Palace (approximately 2 hours)
16:30 Visit to Yuanmingyuan Garden (approximately 1 hour) • Return information:
17:30 The tour concludes at Yuanmingyuan Park; tourists return to their hotels independently. Tour length: 10 hours. – Attraction Introduction –
The Badaling Great Wall, located at the northern entrance of the Jundushan Pass in Yanqing District, Beijing, is an important part of the Great Wall of China, a great ancient defensive project, and a pass of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. Badaling served as a crucial outpost for Juyongguan Pass, and it was anciently said that "the danger of Juyongguan Pass lies not in the pass itself, but in Badaling."
The Badaling section of the Ming Great Wall is known as the "Jade Pass Natural Barrier" and is one of the eight scenic spots of Juyongguan Pass in the Ming Dynasty. The Badaling section of the Great Wall was the first section of the Ming Great Wall to be opened to tourists. The Badaling Scenic Area is centered on the Badaling Great Wall and has built modern tourist service facilities with complete functions, such as the Badaling Hotel and the China Great Wall Museum, whose name was personally inscribed by President Jiang Zemin.
Badaling Scenic Area is a national model civilized scenic tourist area, renowned worldwide for its magnificent landscape, well-equipped facilities and profound cultural and historical significance, and is a world-famous tourist destination.
• Visit the Temple of Longevity and the Empress Dowager Cixi's temporary palace in the Summer Palace, and take a boat tour of the "Empress Dowager Cixi's Imperial Waterway"—【Cixi Waterway】(Note: The entrance fee for the Cixi Waterway is not included. Queues for boarding and changing boats are normal and subject to actual boat operation time. Please understand.) Travel by boat to the Summer Palace: a World Cultural Heritage site, the essence of classical Chinese gardens, and the foremost of the three major imperial gardens. In the park, look up at the Hall of Buddhist Incense on Longevity Hill, and visit the Stone Archway, the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, the Jade Ripples Hall, the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, and other beautiful sights.
• Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) covers an area of ​​3.5 square kilometers, with a building area of ​​200,000 square meters and more than 150 scenic spots. It is known as the "Garden of Gardens". Every summer, the Qing emperors would come here to escape the heat, hold court, and handle military and political affairs, so it was also called the "Summer Palace".
— Important Information —
• The price does not include the round-trip cable car fare to Badaling (140 RMB/person). Tourists should pay for the ride themselves according to their physical capabilities.
• If you have a local phone number or WeChat ID, please leave it when booking. These numbers will make it easier for your tour guide to contact you.