Originally Posted by fORD

I'll also pipe in and say here that your day two plans miiiight be a bit too ambitious. If you're go-go travelers, than you shouldn't have a problem making it to Summer Palace-Forbidden City-Tiananmen, but that won't exactly be a leisurely tour. You can hurry Tiananmen, but places like the Summer Palace and Forbidden City, I think, are best enjoyed at a leisurely stroll. That said, I would maybe push Summer Palace to the morning of day 5.

Also bear in mind that the sun sets (read: it gets dark and cold) probably around 4:30, so your afternoons are sortish.