Day 1 Beijing

Attractions: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), Kunming Lake, Long Corridor at the Summer Palace, Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, Seventeen Arches Bridge, Qingyan Stone Boat

Meals: Not Included

Hotel: Not Included

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

The Summer Palace, a royal garden in China during the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as the Garden of Clear Ripples, is situated in the western suburbs of Beijing, 15 kilometres from the city, with the entire garden covering an area of 3.009 square kilometres (of which the Summer Palace World Cultural Heritage Area covers an area of 2.97 square kilometres), with the water surface accounting for about three-quarters of the area.

It is adjacent to the Yuanmingyuan. It is a large landscape garden built on the basis of Kunming Lake and Wanshoushan Mountain, modelled on the West Lake in Hangzhou, and drawing on the design techniques of the Jiangnan Gardens, and it is also the best-preserved imperial palace, known as the "Museum of Royal Gardens".