Beijing Highlights One-day Tour to Remnants Great Wall and Summer Palace

Itinerary
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Stop At: Great Wall at Huanghuacheng, 60 km (37 miles) N of Beijing, Beijing 102209 China

Meet your guide and driver in the hotel lobby at 8:00a.m Accompanied by your professional guide from your hotel travel to Huanghuacheng Great Wall

The slightly less famous Huanghuacheng section of the wall is 65 km from Beijing in Huanghuacheng Town. You will take around 1.5 - 2 hours drive and then you will see the 10,800-meter section of the wall that was the strongest and most well built, with six forts guarding six passes, twelve beacon towers, and thirty-two watchtowers. Ming Dynasty General Cai Kai supervised its construction.

Upon arrival, enjoy your leisure time around 2 - 3 hours hiking along the wall.

You will take the lunch at the local restaurant down the Huanghuacheng village.

Heading to Summer Palace, you will feel stroll around in a lanscape garden with historical stories. Summer Palace has been listed in the World Heritage Sites, originally named Qingyi Yuan or the Garden of Clear Ripples, was the first constructed in 1750. It was razed to the group by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in 1860. The Government of Qing Dynasty rebuilt it in1886 with funds that it had misappropriated from the Imperial Navy and other sources then 2 years later, renamed as Yihe Yuan or the Garden of Health and Harmony, it was ravaged by the Allied Forces of the Eight Powers that invaded China in 1900.

Transfer back to your hotel.

Duration: 2 hours