My 2nd visit to this place in 1st week of 2024. Didn't get to take the ferry as the lake is frozen. My kid enjoyed the ice skating instead. I like the walk at Suzhou Street, along the corridor and around the lake. It was really crowded and there are no restaurant in the area. If you are interested to learn a bit of history, then you will probably enjoy visiting this place.

Although the paint work is fading on several of the buildings, it is still a beautiful place to visit, and a must-see during a trip to Beijing. As with many sites in Beijing, and China in general, you need to avoid the scam "tour guides" who hang around the entrance gates, book your tickets early, online, to make sure you can visit, and you need to be patient with the thousands of other tourists, local and foreign, who bump, push and rush their way around the main few areas of the park. Go to some of the quieter areas, take a walk around the lake, its a truely magnificent place.

This is a massive summer vacation site for Empress Dowager Cixi, and it's a sight to behold. Lovely gardens and sprawling landscape. It's impossible to explore fully within the day, we spent half a day and did half the trail instead. We entered via Beigongmen station from the North gate. It's a rather demanding hike up to the top rewarded with views of the temple, then a sloped walk down to the lakes. The boat ride is a must-do for a vast view of the area. You have to make a reservation to visit the palace, and keep to the time to visit the museum section of the premise, they are quite strict with the timing.

Be prepared for long walks and steps. The place is awesome in the morning and easily accessible by metro. There are very few snack options so bring your own. Use the map to avoid getting lost. Go to the top for breathtaking views.

I had a good time walking around Summer Palace. Even though it is crowded by tourists the Palace is huge and beautiful with a lot of blooming trees and flowers. Thanks to Jily from Mubus for touring me around and ride the boat with me. She was very hard working and a wonderful person. This is my 2nd tour with Jily and both trips are wonderful.

I really enjoy this summer place tour. I took a group tour with Mubus team It’s unbelievable just me. I sepent group money but enjoy a pravite tour with guide Jily. She is knowledgeable and fanatics. So enjoyable.Highly recommended Mubus team

We entered at the west gate and left from the east gate, which was a good thing to do. Most of the tourist stuff is around the east gate. Painfully packed, even in an off day, with large tour groups and screaming guides. But the area away from that is a tranquil park. It is long walks. Don’t count on buying a meal.

The place is historical. Both locals and tourists visit this place, that's why it's always crowded. I spent couples of hours there. It's too big, so the whole day you can walk around and explore many useful things.

Joy was amazing and made sure that my daughter was able to see the pandas along with the Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace. At first it didn't look like it was going to happen but she was able to pull it off. Andy was our guide for the day and he was a definite 10 for tour guides. He was knowledgeable, full of energy even after a very long and hot day. He was friendly and his English was great. Very funny too. Highly recommend him.

As soon as we went through the East Gate gate and laid eyes on Kunming Lake we knew we would love this park like attraction. We rode the boat and saw amazing views, walked the long corridor, saw the marble boat and went to Suzhou Street which was a must for our trip. Everywhere we went in this park the view was always beautiful. We only had time for enjoy the park for a few hours but I definitely could imagine spending the whole day to truly appreciate and explore all the grounds.