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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookSummer Palace can be too crowded and touristy. I would try exploring some of the towns and sites outside the city. Cunadixia is an ancient village with original Mao slogans still on the walls. It's a trek to get to but you can aparantly take a bus from Pingguoyuan subway station.
I'd also check out Miyun County with its resevoirs, gorges and hiking opportunities. I also heard that Beidaihe is a good summer escape with beach, water etc. though it also gets crowded in the summer.
I think a really good Summer place to go to have fun is the great wall. SHould be very warm and a good walk up to one of the wonders up the world. Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven are also two good places to visit. Sort of touristy but still really fun to visit those places in the summer.