Itinerary: Stop at: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) Details: Your all-inclusive private day tour begins at 9:00am, and your professional guide and personal driver will meet you at your hotel. Your first stop is the UNESCO-listed Summer Palace, the largest and best-preserved of the surviving imperial gardens, around 40 minutes' drive from downtown Beijing. First built in 1750 AD, during the time of the Qing dynasty Emperor Qianlong, and largely destroyed during the war of 1860, the Summer Palace centers on the expansive Kunming Lake and towering Longevity Hill. Duration: 2 hour(s) Admission Ticket Included Stop at: Hall of Benevolence and Longevity Details: Your guide will escort you around the grounds, providing an insight not only into Chinese landscape architecture but into the lives of the imperial family who enjoyed their leisure there. You will visit Important buildings such as: The hall of Benevolence and Longevity, The Hall of Happiness and Longevity and more. Duration: 30 min(s) Admission Ticket Included Stop at: Long Corridor at the Summer Palace Details: Walk along the World's longest corridor and enjoy different paintings on the ceiling. Pass by without stopping Stop at: Kunming Lake Details: In summer time, you will enjoy the dragon boat cruise along the lake Pass by without stopping Stop at: Qingyan Stone Boat Details: Your tour will ends at Qingyan Marble Boat. Pass by without stopping Stop at: Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) Details: You'll break for lunch at a local restaurant and enjoy Chinese specialties before driving 20 minutes or so to the Old Summer Palace. Celebrated for its spectacular collection of gardens, architecture, and art, this was once known as the 'Garden of Gardens' - its destruction in 1860 was a huge loss to the world. A harmonious blend of typical Chinese scenery with some western architectural features, the vast majority of what remained of the garden was damaged in the 1980s. Your guide will lead you through this landscape of crumbling walls and ruins and describe its former grandeur. Duration: 2 hour(s) Admission Ticket Included Stop at: Niaochao National Stadium Details: Driving pass by the National Stadium and Watercube, then you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing. Pass by without stopping