Your driver will hold your name sign waiting for you in the lobby of your Tianjin hotel or accommodation, after meet, you will heading directly to Chengde Summer Resort. It will take about 3.5 hours. Sit back and enjoy the sceneries along the way.
Upon arrival, your driver will show you where to purchase your entrance fee( at your own expense), and he waiting for you at the parking lot, after your Summer Resort tour finished, please find your driver at where he dropped you off. According to your personal interests, he will take you to one or two temples to visit among Eight Outer Temples. When you area ready to leave, your driver will transfer you back to your hotel in Tianjin city.
Here are some basic information about Chengde Summer Resort and Eight Outer Temples:
Chengde Summer Resort is a large complex of imperial palaces and gardens, because of its vast and rich collection of Chinese landscapes and architecture, the Summer Resort in many ways is a culmination of all the variety of gardens, pagodas, temples and palaces from various regions of China. It was built in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) for the royal families to spend the hot summer months and took about 90 years to construct. In 1994, together with Chengde Summer Resor, Eight Outer Temples was listed as world cultural heritage.
Eight Outer Temples is the general name of eight Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in this area. Six temples are now open to tourists - Putuo Zongchengzhi Temple, Puning Temple, Xumi Fushouzhi Temple, Pule Temple, Anyuan Temple, and Puyou Temple. Each one has its own particular features and special appeal.
Please note: You may have a Chinese speaking driver, but they know exactly where to pick you up and where to drop you off. Guest can use their phone to call the tour operator if need during the ride.
