Beijing Summer Palace Free Walking Tour

We will wait for you at Metro line 4 Beigongmen station Exit C.

If you take taxi to the meeting point you can show this to the taxi driver: 地铁4号线北宫门站C口

Please bring Chinese yuan cash and passport with you to buy tickets.

Summer Palace (颐和园) is the largest and most complete existing royal garden, reputed as the royal garden museum. Located in Haidian district, about 15km from Beijing center, Summer Palace covers an area of 290 hectares. 

Its predecessor was the Garden of Clear Ripples (Qingyiyuan) started in 1750 and burned down by the British and French allied troops in 1860. In 1886, Empress Dowager Cixi used navy outlays and other funds in the reconstruction and renamed the park as Summer Palace in 1888.

The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. 

It is a imperial garden most completely reseved with richest landscapes and concentrated buildings. The Summer Palace was added to the world cultural heritage list in 1998.