A Relaxing Tour along North Canal and the Universal Beijing Resort

Features: A single ticket enables you to freely visit the North Canal and the Universal Beijing Resort! You can enjoy the beautiful scenery along the bank, feel the charm of its culture, and meanwhile visit the world’s top theme park, experiencing a wonderful journey combining the history and fashion with joy.

Route A: Canal Olympic Park Wharf No. 2 -- Grand Canal Forest Park -- Yangwa Sluice -- Universal Beijing Resort -- Canal Olympic Park Wharf No. 2

Wharf 2

【Canal Olympic Park Wharf No. 2】Starting from Wharf No. 2, you can take a cruise to see the Dongguan Bridge, Qianhe Xielu Bridge, Tongji Bridge and other bridges of different shapes and characteristics. Then arrive at the confluence of five rivers, appreciating cultural attractions such as “three temples and one tower” view, Daguang Building, and Shiba Wharf.

Grand Canal Forest Park

【Grand Canal Forest Park】Stopping at the water transport wharf, you can visit the Lu River spot with peach blossoms and willow scenery, a beautiful picture no worse than the water town of Jiangnan. Here, you could appreciate spring view of the peach blossoms and willow reflecting the shore. (Tour time: 30 minutes)

【Universal Beijing Resort】Stopping at the Willow Wharf, you can head towards the Universal Beijing Resort to experience thrilling amusement facilities, Asia's first Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and other thematic scenic spots. (Tour time: 2 hours)

Route B: Universal Beijing Resort -- Willow Wharf -- Beiguan Sluice -- Grand Canal Forest Park -- Gantang Sluice -- Willow Wharf

【Universal Beijing Resort】 You can have fun in the world’s top universal theme park and enjoy a sightseeing tour in 7 major thematic spots including Hollywood, Jurassic Park, Water World, Asia’s first Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Transformers Metrobase and Minion Land. (Tour time: about 6 hours)

【North Canal】 Take the special dinning boat from the Willow Wharf at night to enjoy the tasty food and the canal’s light show. (Tour time: about 2 hours)

【Canal’s Light Show】Enjoy the colorful and fashionable night scenery of Tongzhou Canal and appreciate the light and urban view on both sides of Qikong Bridge, Qianhe Xielu Bridge, Dongguan Bridge, Yudai River Bridge, Yuntong Bridge, Luyang West Bridge, Luyang Bridge and North Canal Bridge. You can also experience the bridge water screen of the largest width in China!

【Canal’s Delicious Food】 The boat buffet offers special flavour cuisine like Xiaolou roasted catfish, Dasunzai sweetened baked wheaten cake, etc.

A Leisure Tour in Nanchang River(in Haidian District) Ancient Capital

Route: Summer Palace -- Nanchang River -- Beijing Zoo -- Shichahai

Features: Follow the route of the Empress Orchid and take a royal cruise, you can see all the beautiful scenery of the capital’s water system. By visiting the world cultural heritage -- Summer Palace and the so called “northern water town” -- Shichahai, you can further enjoy the vast blue ocean and see pandas -- the national treasure animal. You can also feel the classics and modernity mixing together and enjoy an ancient capital culture reflected by the natural landscape and humanistic attractions.

【Summer Palace】Tour around the world cultural heritage site -- Summer Palace, which is regarded as the essence of Chinese classical gardens. You can also wander around Kunming Lake, look up at the Wanshou Mountain, the Pavilion of Buddhist Fragrance, and visit the Marble Boat, the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, the Hall of Jade Ripples, Seventeen-Arch Bridge and other beautiful scenery. (Tour time: about 2 hours)

Boarding the dragon boat at the South Ruyi Wharf.

Wanshou Temple

【Nanchang River】 Take a boat tour of the imperial waterways -- Nanchang River in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Along the way, you can take a look at many other famous attractions like the Maizhong Bridge, Wanshou Temple, Yanqing Temple, Five-Pagoda Temple and Guangyuan Sluice. (Tour time: about 1 hour)

【Beijing Zoo】Go ashore at the Wharf of the Beizhan Back River(in the Beijing Exhibition Center).Then you can have a free tour in Beijing Zoo and Beijing Aquarium to see giant pandas, golden monkeys, pumas and other 570 kinds of animals and enjoy fantastic shows held by the sea lions, dolphins and other large marine animals. (Tour time: about 1 hour)

Shichahai

【Shichahai】When visiting this former water transport wharf of the Grand Canal and also the oldest body of water in the capital, one can experience the charm of Shichahai that has thousands years of history. Shichahai is named after the original ten Buddhist temples around the area, and it possesses quiet lake scenery with ancient celebrities’ homes and royal residences sites scattering in it. When coming to Shichahai, one can have a chance to see the most well-preserved royal residence of the Qing Dynasty, which is known as the “pearl” in Shichahai --【Prince Gong's Mansion】, and visit 【Mei Lanfang, Guo Moruo, Song Qingling】 as well as other celebrities’ homes. At nightfall, you can have a drink in the 【Shichahai Bar Street】 to call an end to a day’s pleasant experience. (Tour time: about 4 hours)

The Hall for Listening to Orioles

Barbecue Season

Dining recommendation: The Hall for Listening to Orioles (one of the only restaurants in the country offering “the Chinese feast Man-han banquet”); Tongheju (one of the famous “Badaju[eight famous restaurants in the Qing Dynasty]” , you can taste the “three best cuisines” in Tonghe -- roasted buns, three non-stick sweets, and a series of dishes cooked with rice wine saucesaut); barbecue season (the “best three” -- barbecue, scenery, lotus), Makai restaurant (Mei Lanfang ribbon cutting, the national gold medal for fried dishes).