Peking University and Tsinghua are closest to Yuanmingyuan, followed by the Summer Palace. You can drop in and see them. Yuanmingyuan, you can walk from Tsinghua West Gate. Summer Palace, two or three stops west by bus at the west gate of Peking University.

Yuanmingyuan is located in the northwest suburb of Beijing, adjacent to the Summer Palace. It consists of Yuanmingyuan Garden, Changchun Garden and Wanchun Garden, also known as Yuanming Three Gardens. Yuanmingyuan is one of the famous royal gardens in Qing Dynasty, covering an area of more than 5,200 mu, with 150 views. The building area is 1.6 million square meters, which is known as "the garden of ten thousand gardens". The royal family of the Qing Dynasty came here every summer to govern, so Yuanmingyuan was also called "Summer Palace".

The Summer Palace, an ancient imperial garden in Beijing, formerly known as Qingyi Garden, is a national key scenic spot. It is located in Haidian District, Beijing, 0/5 km away from the urban area, covering an area of about 290 hectares and adjacent to Yuanmingyuan. It is a large-scale landscape garden based on Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, with Hangzhou West Lake as the blueprint and drawing lessons from Jiangnan garden design techniques. It is also the most complete royal palace in existence and is known as the "Royal Garden Museum". ?