Start your morning with a visit to Huguo Temple Snacks (Main Store), a time-honored eatery in Beijing. Here, you can sample a variety of traditional Beijing snacks such as douzhi (fermented mung bean juice) with jiaoquan (fried rings), lüdagun (glutinous rice rolls with sweet bean paste), aiwowo (steamed rice cakes), and wandouhuang (pea flour cake), with halal options available. At noon, visit the Dongsi Mosque, one of Beijing’s renowned Islamic sites, and enjoy authentic halal cuisine nearby (Schedule time for prayer). Afterward, head to the Summer Palace (entrance ticket included, approx. 2-hour tour). As the largest royal garden in the world, it resembles a fairy-tale paradise with its shimmering lakes, painted corridors, and picturesque landscapes. A masterpiece of Chinese garden design, it draws inspiration from Hangzhou’s West Lake and Jiangnan-style gardens. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it’s celebrated as the "Museum of Royal Gardens" and stands among China’s Four Great Gardens (alongside Chengde Mountain Resort, Suzhou’s Humble Administrator’s Garden, and Lingering Garden).Pass by Tsinghua University or Peking University (view from the vehicle). Next, explore the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) Ruins Park (combo ticket included, approx. 1.5-hour tour). Initially a gift from Emperor Kangxi to his fourth son, Yongzheng, it was expanded into a grand imperial retreat. Tragically burned down by Anglo-French forces in 1860, its ruins now stand as a poignant memorial to China’s lost grandeur.