Mini Group Tour to Ming Tomb and Summer Palace

You will be picked up at hotel lobby at 8:00am - 8:30am in downtown Beijing (within 4th ring road). A comfortable vehicle (non-smoking) with an experienced driver will be ready for you. Come and travel with your experienced tour guide drive to the Ding Tomb, one tomb of the thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wanli, and his two empresses. The tomb is the only Ming Dynasty Tomb that has been excavated. This underground palace is 89 feet (27 meters) deep and has an area of over 3900 square feet (1195 square meters). After it was built, it was covered with deep soil so the people in charge of the tomb construction and later burial of the imperials erected the tablet as a sign for relocating the underground palace when needed.

You also can have another option to visit Changling Tomb instead, is the tomb of the 2nd Emperor in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di. It is regarded as the grandest one among the 13 Ming Tombs in Beijing. Discussed with your guide and choose one of them to visit, it’s not necessary to visit both tombs.

Followed, head to Sacred Way, which consists of the stone arches, the Great Red Gate, stone statues, etc. The most attractions are the vivid animal and human stone statues, totally 12 human figures and 24 animal figures.

Enjoy a tasty lunch by your tour guide recommended in a authentic Chinese restaurant.

Afternoon go ahead to Summer Palace - a summer resort for imperial family members. It’s considered the best preserved imperial gardens in China, you can understand the stories about the dragon lady.

You will transferred back to your centrally located hotel lobby at the end (only by the driver).