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Summer Palace
A magnificent imperial garden of lakes, pavilions and hills north-west of the city.
- Editor's score
- 4.8
- Visit
- 3 h 30
- Price
- €€
About
The Qing emperors shaped this landscape around Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill in the eighteenth century, and after Anglo-French troops destroyed it in 1860, the Empress Dowager Cixi rebuilt it as her favourite retreat. Highlights include the painted Long Corridor, the Tower of Buddhist Incense and the famous Marble Boat.
Best time to go: Allow at least half a day, walk the Long Corridor and take a boat across Kunming Lake.
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