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Summer Palace & Yuanmingyuan: Beijing's Northwest Imperial Gardens

Join a restored imperial landscape and a vast field of ruins in one well-paced day, using the entrances and metro stations that keep the route moving forward. Confirm current ticket, entrance and transport details shortly before travel.

The Tower of Buddhist Incense and Longevity Hill rising beyond boats on Kunming Lake at Beijing's Summer Palace
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颐和园 / 圆明园

REGION
BEIJING
TIME NEEDED
FULL DAY
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Route, entrance & exit
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Join a restored imperial landscape and a vast field of ruins in one well-paced day, using the entrances and metro stations that keep the route moving forward.

  • Keep the Chinese name above with your booking and map pin.
  • Budget full day; transport, timed entry and the final exit can change the real duration.
  • Verify live admission, closures and the return journey shortly before travel.
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The Summer Palace（颐和园） and the Old Summer Palace, officially Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park（圆明园遗址公园）, are often grouped together because they sit in northwest Beijing（北京） and share an imperial history. On the ground, they create completely different experiences.

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  1. 01Follow the day in this order
  2. 02Why visit both
  3. 03Who this guide is for
  4. 04Best duration and season
  5. 05Reservations, documents and dynamic risks
  6. 06Copyable place names
  7. 07Getting there from Beijing
  8. 08From central Beijing
  9. 09From Beijing Capital International Airport
  10. 10From Beijing Daxing International Airport
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The complete guide adds the route schematic, exact transport and entrance choices, the visit sequence, booking checks, common failure points and a usable Plan B.

  • Complete route schematic and transfer order
  • Entrance, exit and transport instructions
  • Step-by-step itinerary and time decisions
  • Reservation, ticket and passport checks
  • Closure, weather and failed-transfer alternatives
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