Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), Beijing

A great place to visit in Beijing. It was built for the emperors & royals to stay during summer. Large man-made lake looked beautiful & the mountains made out of dug soil of lake were full of plants. Eastern side had beautiful looking royal palaces & buildings with long corridors, gardens & temple. A beautiful 150 meters long seventeen arched bridges led to the Dragon temple. Place had lot of pavilions, halls, gardens, bridges, Chinese traditional buildings with red walls & yellow roof.

We went there on a very sunny day and the sky was blue. So landscape is breathtaking the architect is beautiful I like the colour of the architect so much. You can also take a walk here. It took about 2 to 3 hours to see everything. It’s always crowded from 10 o’clock in the morning, so it’s better if you could arrange to arrive at eight or 9 o’clock. You can easily purchase the ticket at the ticket office. We took subway from home there and on the way back, we took taxi.