Forbidden City Ticket with Optional Private Guide Day Tours

About this experience

Bookings must be made by 7:00 PM (local time), 7 day before your trip.
A member of staff will contact you by 6:00 PM (local time), 1 day before your trip.
Please provide your mobile number provided at booking+full name+valid ID (e.g., Mainland Chinese ID Card, Entry-Exit Permit for Hong Kong and Macau, and passport)+Passport at the designated meeting point on the day of your trip., Please bring the ID used to make the booking.

Highlights

• Option 2: Ticket+Private Guide : Private guide will meet you in hotel lobby at 12:30 AM and accompany you to Forbidden City (one-way taxi included).
• Option 1: Ticket + Optional Guide: You can enter independently anytime between 10:30 and 15:30, or meet the guide at the meeting point at 12:30.
• Book at least 8 days in advance to secure tickets online
• You'll still pass security, but it saves time since on-site lines are long.

What's included

• Main attraction ticket for The Palace Museum
• Tour guide

How to use

1. Show Mobile Ticket
2. At Redemption Counter

What to expect

The Forbidden City, also known as the Imperial Palace, was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is also the symbol of ancient China. When you are in the majestic and orderly high walls and deep courtyards, you can truly feel its former glory.

▲The long history has left behind large-scale precious buildings and countless cultural relics, which have also become the main attraction of visiting the Forbidden City today.

▲Classic attractions: The Forbidden City Corner Tower is a polygonal building with a convex plane on all four sides. It is located in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The roof has three layers. The upper layer is a hip roof with vertical and horizontal intersections. It is composed of a gable roof with flowing water on two slopes and a hip roof with four slopes. Because there are nine main ridges on this roof, it is called the Nine-ridge Hall.

▲Sundials are divided into two types according to their installation principle: equatorial and horizontal. The sundial installed using the equatorial principle is called an equatorial sundial. The key points of its production are that it must have a time plate, a latitude arc and a gnomon. When operating, the time plate must be parallel to the equatorial plane of the earth, the gnomon must be in the same direction as the earth's axis, and the shadow cast by the gnomon on the gnomon is the desired time.

▲The Treasure House is located in the Ningshou Palace area. It has a rich collection of treasures, including Buddhist supplies, ornaments, daily utensils, and treasures for appreciation. Among them, the red coral lion about 14 cm high, the Dongzhu court beads about 130 cm long, and the gold "Fengtianzhibao" seal are all rare treasures.

▲The Clock and Watch Museum is located in the Fengxian Hall in the palace. Most of the clocks on display are British products, but there are also clocks from other countries such as France and Switzerland. In addition to the timing function, these clocks are decorated with figures, birds, beasts, flowers, etc., which can also make various different movements. They are very delicately made. Among them, the copper-plated gilded writing clock, the copper-plated gilded enamel gourd-top fishing and woodcutting farming clock, and the copper-plated gilded rotating flower running man rhinoceros carrying clock are very rare.

Things to note

• Drone usage,Flash photography
• Required items:
• Passport
• Prohibited behaviors:

Terms & conditions

Prohibited behaviors:
Drone usage,Flash photography
Required items:
Passport