Summer Palace Tour: No Advance Ticket Needed

Experience an affordable Temple of Heaven walking tour where you can book within your budget and tip the guide based on your experience. Enjoy quality sightseeing and encourage your guide to always do their best!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) - Book within your budget to reserve your spot and consider tipping the guide at the end of the tour based on your experience (Gratuities). This ensures a high-quality sightseeing experience and motivates your guide to provide excellent service. The suggested tip is 180-200 Chinese yuan per person (20-30 USD per person)….
What's Included
  • Guidance from an English-speaking guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Tickets of Summer Palace
Additional Information

Visitors to the Summer Palace do not need to book tickets in advance. Tickets can be purchased on the day of the visit. Please remember to bring your passport and either cash or Alipay for ticket purchase.
Booking within your budget is recommended to secure your spot, and tipping the guide at the end of the tour based on your experience is encouraged….

Location
Summer Palace
Xin Jian Gong Men Lu
Tour guide will meet you or your group at Metro Line 4 Beigongmen station(North palace gate station) Exit C Find the guide who is holding a sign with name “Roy Li” Summer palace doesn't need to book ticket in advance. Tourists can buy ticket on the day of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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B8818hojoseg
Apr 16, 2025
Great experience - Great tour, Roy the tour guide was amazing! Super friendly, good English, lot of info and super open to have recommendations even after the tour, highly recommended
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Matiassk7720ce
Apr 12, 2025
Highly recommended guide, you'll love China with him. - Muy buen guía! Súper claro al hablar (inglés) tiene muy buena conexión con el grupo, muy participativo. Muy recomendable!! A very good guide! He speaks extremely clearly (in English), connects well with the group, and is very engaging. Highly recommended!! Matias, from Argentina.
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Felipill
Apr 10, 2025
Immersive Excursion over the last Chinese Dinasties - If you want to immerse in Chinese history, this is your kind of tour. Affordable tour, easy to walk, friendly to navigate the history, and never boring. Our tour guide Roi is fabulous, he walked us through the last dinastías and their way of living, but also making questions, like trivia’s so you always keep engaged in the explanation, while you visit the most important landmarks of the Summer Palace. I really recommend having this tour with Roi.
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Melina
Apr 10, 2025
If you want to know a lot of interesting facts and history of the Summer Palace, with no doubt, Roy is the BEST guide!!! - The walking tour with Roy was super interesting. He has a LOT of interesting information about the history of China and the Summer Palace. He designed an easy 2 hours walking tour that pass super fast because he is not the typical guide that only talks, he is making questions and being interactive!!! Thank you so much Roy!!!
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Eeleent2025
Mar 31, 2025
Extremely dedicated and knowledgeable tour guide - I went with Roy on a custom tour for my friend and I on a day when Roy had no other tourists on the tour. He is extremely dedicated and knowledgeable, and we learnt so much as well. Thank you Roy for coming 1 hour out just to tour 2 people on a custom tour. I would definitely come back and it was so much appreciated!
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Paulapi2416bp
Mar 22, 2025
Great time in the Summer palace - Roy is super informative and very entertaining, he made sure to always keep us engaged in the history of the place, so it was never boring or tiring
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Toddmv1653uf
Mar 12, 2025
Summer palace in the Spring is beautiful - Roy is an excellent tour guide: knowledgeable, fun, authentic, professional and interesting. We learned so much and had a great time. Thank you.
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Massimilianobi1720zh
Mar 8, 2025
Beautiful afternoon - Beautiful spot in Beijing especially in sunny days with a beautiful lake and historical buildings. We booked this walking tour with Roy and amazing guide that deeply explain not also the history of the summer palace and the emperors behind his construction but also interesting aspects of chinese culture. I really recommend to book with him will be a great experience
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507clarissat
Mar 2, 2025
Thank you Roy for sharing your passion and knowledge! - The Summer Palace Walking Tour was my first walking tour with Roy. I did three walking tours with Roy during my stay in Beijing and loved every single one. Before the tour, Roy contacted me to ensure I would be able to find my way to the meeting point. On the day of the tour, Roy met me promptly at the meeting point and explained the different ticketing options I had at the entrance of the Summer Palace. As it was a low-tourism period, I was the only person on the tour, and I was super appreciative that Roy was still willing and enthusiastic about taking me on this tour. At the end of the tour, Roy suggested other walking routes around the Summer Palace. I took his advice and stayed at the Summer Palace until closing time. Not only did I get my steps in, but I also took some great photos and memories. Roy's engaging storytelling made time pass quickly. Although I initially planned to visit the Summer Palace alone, I'm glad I had Roy, as I learnt so much during the tour. This was one of the reasons I decided to book more than one walking tour with Roy. Also, Roy's English is pristine, and he communicated the vast history of the Summer Palace clearly and precisely. Book Roy's tour - you won't regret it.
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619hugob
Feb 26, 2025
A chill afternoon with Roy - Summer Palace was my second visit in Beijing. After Temple of Heaven with Roy, I was so enchanted that I decided to repeat, bringing with me up to 8 friends! We were delighted once more to listen to Roy's history and culture interactive classes, while afterwards having time for ourselves walking on the places he recommended us to chill.
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From $5
up to 5 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).