Forbidden City Discovery: Mini Group Tour with Emphasis on Palace Museum and Cultural Insights
4.9
227 Ratings
Beijing
Embark on an immersive journey through the Forbidden City on a mini group tour. Discover the Palace Museum's hidden treasures and gain cultural insights in 4 hours. Skip the line and secure your limited ticket today!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - Start your day’s exploration of the Forbidden City in the morning with pickup from the lobby of your Beijing hotel. Board a comfortable tour vehicle with your guide and group and head out for the Forbidden City, one of Beijing’s top attractions. Upon arrival, bypass the long lines and whisk directly inside with your pre-booked entrance ticket. Begin your exploration of the world’s largest imperial complex, also one of the best-preserved sites in the world. Also called the Palace Museum, this attraction boasts approximately 10,000 rooms in total, where 24 emperors lived for over a span of 500 years from the Ming to the Qing dynasty. Learn about the detailed, eclectic history of the site from your guide, an expert in Chinese culture, during your tour. Please see the Itinerary section for a full list of the 18 different palaces visited during the tour. Your tour ends in the Forbidden City; you are responsible for your own transportation back to your hotel. Please Note: all traveler names and passport number required required. You MUST provide your above info upon booking, in case the tickets are sold out. You MUST have your passport with you for attending this tour.
What's Included
- Forbidden City entrance ticket
- Professional historian guide
- Hotel pickup
- Local taxes
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel drop-off
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Experience the ultimate small group tour of the Forbidden City, where you will explore 18 palaces, including The Palace Museum Antiquarium (Treasures Museum). This 4-hour tour offers a comprehensive insight into the structure and cultural significance of the Forbidden City. The number of tickets sold for the Forbidden City is now restricted daily. Fear not, this tour includes the ticket and even lets you bypass the queue!
- Infant and children must be accompanied by adult
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- All traveler names and passport number required required. You MUST provide your above info upon booking, in case the ticket sold out. You MUST have your passport with you for attending this tour.
- If the booking less than 2 people, it may cancelled and full refund
Location
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(227 Ratings)
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Paco
Apr 2, 2024
Amazing tour of the Forbidden City!!! - We went to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing with an English tour guide.
Our guide, Lucy, was very kind. She gave us a complete, 4 hours tour of the whole Forbidden City. She’s also specialized in the Forbidden city, so she told us the history and the context behind every single structure and building inside the Forbidden City as well as sharing lots of historical facts and curiosities. After the tour, she took us to eat local food at a nice restaurant she recommended. The food was very good and the price was cheap. Very good price-quality ratio.
What is more, she managed to get us tickets to see the Chinese Acrobatic Show the same day!
In addition she also helped us book an appointment to see Tian’anmen Square and the National Museum.
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Francisco_v
Apr 2, 2024
Exciting visit and excellent guide - Fantastic Lucy, our guide in the Forbidden City. We made the most of our time 100%, taking into account the immensity of the venue. Enjoyable, it makes the visit attractive and interesting
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F6417flalexanders
Mar 30, 2024
Our adventure to the forbidden City - Our tour with Meggi was exceptional: detailed, humorous and perfectly informed when questions were asked. I'm already looking forward to the next round with her to the Summer Palace. A great experience. Many thanks!
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Amygt7720wk
Mar 26, 2024
highly recommend our tour guide Maggie - Maggie was excellent. She contected us beforr arrivedat hotel and made sure we got into Forbidden City smoothly even though there were huge crowds. She provided excellent explanations and assisted us with taking photo.My six years old said she was kind.
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C9584vfmandym
Mar 24, 2024
Forbidden Palace & Tiananmen Square tour - I had a lovely time with my tour guide, Lisa. She is a wonderful storyteller and very knowledgeable about the city. Highly recommended!
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Alvaroevelascoc
Mar 8, 2024
Forbidden city: What an amazing expirience - I had a wonderful experience visiting the forbidden city with Maggie. I place like that without a very knowledgeable guide is a terrible mistake. What a marvellous place to visit.
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W1334hjsharonp
Dec 10, 2023
The Forbidden City is amazing and so is tour guide Lucy! - The pick up was great as it is early winter and cold. My guide Lucy was a wealth of knowledge and was able to build on my understanding of Chinese culture and knowledge of the Forbidden City.
Her English is faultless and I could no task for a better guide. She looked after me and escorted me in a taxi back to my hotel. A perfect tour by an experienced guide!
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Cblux24
Dec 7, 2023
Superb visit to the Forbidden City - Very interesting visit of the Forbiddwn city. Jerry is a very nice and knowledgeable guide, explaining to us a lot of interesting things about the history of the place. I recommend !
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Siddhu10
Dec 5, 2023
Forbidden City solo visit - I decided to visit the forbidden city and Maggie was very kind to show me around. Maggie's sharing about the historical facts and information related to the forbidden city were very useful. The tour was well guided and I would certainly recommend Maggie as a friendly guide for your trip to Beijing.
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Abigailk351
Dec 2, 2023
Great tour experience! - Lucy, our guide, was great! I went with my dad, learned so much about the Forbidden City, and took so many photos and video! Great tour and great experience!
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