Amazing place.The number of attractions will be enough for 3 days if you run.But..be prepare for problems with communications.During 3 days we didnt meet even one foreigner ar a person who knows more than "Hello"

Five-star world-heritage site, huge park is emperors' summer residence built 1703-1792, walled, many buildings, lakes, palaces, pavilions, pagodas and archeological sites. All this surrounded by nine temples from the same era. The second largest is a full-size replica of the Potola Palace in Lasha, Tibet. You won't see it all in a week.

Very interesting place as it contains in a small area the summer resort for the Qing Emperors and a number of large interesting temples with unique features ( imitation of Potala in Lhasa ,another where Panchen Lama stayed , another with world's largest wooden buddha etc ). It is easy to get around by local bus if you plan your routes with a web site such as map.baidu.com. It is a tourist town and a bit expensive and one of the few places we have been to that would not give foreigners the age discount for tickets to sights also tickets are rather expensive by Chinese standards. Catching a bus back to Beijing is confusing however there is a bus every half hour from the car park in front of the train station which weirdly then goes to the main bus station ( further out ) where you get out and go through a security check and get actual tickets and back onto the same bus which terminates in the Liuliqiao bus station in Beijing.

The mountain summer resort and its surrounding temples are amazing. It is also an easy hike to the Sledgehammer peak. The only disadvantage are the prices as you have to pay an entrance fee of 50-90 CNY to each of the temples, the summer resort as well as the Sledgehammer peak park.

Good place for 2-3 days travelling, the mountain resort was very nice place to walk around and enjoy the good weather, the small potala and Puning si temple were also great places to visit with rich history and beautiful architecture, The XinQianlong restaurant is highly recommended very delicious and the portion is quite big I eat there twice !