In-depth Beijing Forbidden City Discovery with hotel pickup
Get the imperial treatment on our carefully-designed 3-hour journey through grand courtyards and opulent halls. Led by one of our three hand-picked Forbidden City guides, youll walk right passed the long lines and step back through 600 years of Imperial History filled with cultural significance, stories, and legends.
Itinerary
Pick up from hotel and head Tiananmen Square area, our guide will contact you about the detail meeting place one day before departure. After a brief introduction about the Meridian Gate, which is famous as a place to penalize offending officials in the Qing Dynasty. visit another worldly renowned tourist attraction of Beijing the Forbidden City. Listed as the UNESCO World Heritage, this place was home to 24 emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties (14201911). With the historic knowledge from your guide, you will explore a more different Forbidden City youve ever heard about.
Visit: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
Forbidden City was home to 24 Emperors for almost 500 years from Qing Dynasty to Ming Dynasty. The complex is well preserved with 980 buildings over 720,000 m2. Great squares, halls, gates, gardens and courtyards form a 'city within a city'. It is the largest and best preserved wooden structure complex in the world, ranking top of "World's 10 Most Beautiful Royal Palaces". Since 1925, this imperial palace had been turned into a museum exhibiting extensive collections of artifacts and artwork.With your ticket, you will get advanced reservation to visit the Beijing Palace Museum housed inside the Forbidden City and discover the rich and varied history of this breathtaking palace.
Duration:2 to 3 hours
Commences in:Beijing, China
Country:China
City:Beijing
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