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Hire a driver and private vehicle to explore the famous Imperial Summer Palace of Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples in Chengde. This is the perfect choice for all those customers who want to a have self-guided tour to the attraction with their own pace. With the assistance of your professional and friendly driver, navigate the roads of Beijing comfortably.If you wish to have a friendly private guide to show you the way, explain the histories and stories, you also can book a guide and transfer service option upon booking.There is no factory and shopping stops during the tour.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Hire a driver and private vehicle to explore the famous Imperial Summer Palace of Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples in Chengde. This is the perfect choice for all those customers who want to a have self-guided tour to the attraction with their own pace. With the assistance of your professional and friendly driver, navigate the roads of Beijing comfortably.If you wish to have a friendly private guide to show you the way, explain the histories and stories, you also can book a guide and transfer service option upon booking.There is no factory and shopping stops during the tour.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Imperial Summer Palace of Mountain Resort, North of Shuangqiao District, Chengde 067000 China
With this convenient private transportation, you can enjoy the flexibility to create your own sightseeing schedule and stop at interesting places on the way to Chengde,all at your own pace in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle.
Your friendly driver will meet you in your hotels lobby, then drive 2.5 to 3 hours to Chengde. On the way you will enjoy beautiful mountain and nature scenery as well as Jinshanling Great Wall,you can tell the driver to stop for photos at a service center.
A brief information about the Imperial Summer Palace of Mountain Resort: It’s located in Hebei Province, was built between 1703 and 1792. It is a vast complex of palaces and administrative and ceremonial buildings. Temples of various architectural styles and imperial gardens blend harmoniously into a landscape of lakes, pastureland and forests. In addition to its aesthetic interest, the Imperial Summer Palace of Mountain Resort is a rare historic vestige of the final development of feudal society in China.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Eight Outer Temples in The Bishu Villa, Southeast of The Bishu Villa, Shuangqiao District, Chengde 067000 China
Chengde is a classic masterpiece of Chinese palace architecture, gardening art and religious architecture.The landscape of the Mountain Resort is designed following the topography of natural hills and water. As an outstanding example of Chinese natural landscape gardens and palaces, it inherits and carries forward China’s imperial gardening tradition. By integrating elements of Han, Mongolian and Tibetan architectural art and culture the Outlying Temples crystallize the achievements of cultural exchanges and integration among different ethnic groups in the course of development of Chinese architecture.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Potala Palace (Putuo Zongcheng Temple), North of Lion Ditch, Chengde 068450 China
During the tour you will visit the Chengde Imperial Summer Palace of Mountain Resort, visit one or two temples at your choice. If you want to stop for lunch, please feel free to discuss with your driver, he will help you to choose the local restaurant with local price (own expense).
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Universal Peace (Puning si), North of Chengde Mountain Resort , Shangqiao District, Chengde 067000 China
Of course, you can add-on a friendly guide service upon booking, your guide will explore the palace with you, tell the histories and stories along the way,take photos or assist you to watch your kids for you during the day.
After three hours of independent sightseeing around Mountain resort area, your private driver will drop you off back at your hotel.
The Tour operator cannot guarantee an English-speaking driver. Due to their availability, you may have a Chinese speaking driver, but they know exactly where to pick you up and where to drop you off. Guest can use their phone to call our translator if need during the ride.
Duration: 1 hour
