Chengde Mountain Resort

Hebei · China

Chengde Mountain Resort, China
Photo: takwing.kwong, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Summer and autumn
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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This sprawling imperial summer retreat combines palaces, lakes, grasslands, and forested hills within a long enclosing wall. Qing emperors escaped the capital heat here amid landscapes evoking regions across the empire.

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