Beijing Old Summer Palace Yuan Ming Yuan Park Ticket

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IMPORTANT BOOKING NOTICES:
• Ticket Access: The default platform voucher is for confirmation only and is NOT valid for entry. We will separately send your Official E-Tickets (QR Codes) to your email and platform inbox. You must present these official codes directly at the venue gates.

Secure your entry to Beijing's iconic Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan Park) and step into a poignant landscape echoing imperial grandeur. Your ticket grants you direct access to these vast historic grounds, offering an immersive journey through serene gardens, tranquil lakes, and the solemn beauty of its magnificent ruins, including the famed European Palaces (Xiyang Lou). Discover centuries of layered history and profound cultural heritage.

• Explore the vast and historically significant grounds of an imperial garden masterpiece.
• Walk through a site of profound historical and cultural importance.
• Ideal for independent explorers, history buffs, and those seeking reflection.

What's Included

1.3 Ticket for the sand table panorama model exhibition
2.3 Ticket for the sand table panorama model exhibition
Option 1: Adult Ticket Morning Session 【8:00-12:00】
2.2 Ticket for the Xiyanglou Relics Area,
1.2 Ticket for the Xiyanglou Relics Area,
1.1 One Old Summer Palace pass
2.1 One Old Summer Palace pass
Option 2: Adult Ticket Afternoon Session 【12:00-16:30】
Other personal expenses

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Itinerary

Duration: 1 day (approximately)
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    The Old Summer Palace, a royal garden that harmoniously blended Chinese and European landscape arts, now stands as a poignant narrator of history through its crumbling walls and shattered pillars. Wander the Grand Waterfall ruins, tracing time’s imprint on weathered carved balustrades and jade-inlaid steps, where fractured Baroque columns and white marble bases bear scars of cultural collision. Willows along the West Dyke caress the remnants of Western-style buildings, as the crimson sunset illuminates the void left by the missing zodiac statues in the Hall of Calm Seas—every inch of earth interrogates the duality of imperial glory and catastrophic decline. Here, amid ruins, we rediscover civilization’s fragility, and in desolate beauty, glimpse eternity’s persistence.

    Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please note that tickets for the Old Summer Palace are time-slotted for either the morning or afternoon—make sure to select the correct entry time when booking.
  • Tickets will be sent to you via email 3-5 days prior to your travel date, please check your email and spam folder!
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Historical Tours
Attractions & Museums
Ancient Ruins
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