Private Tour
In-depth Forbidden City tour with Royal Icehouse Lunch
Overview
Available languages
6 hours
Mobile ticket
The Forbidden City is listed as the number one must-see in Beijing, which served as the residence of Chinese Ming and Qing emperors for almost 500 years. Go beyond the typical attractions within the City on this comprehensive 6-hour guided tour, which includes access to the Clock Room,Treasure House, living and working places of emperors. In this tour, you will actually get inside some of the buildings in the Forbidden City. Lunch will served in the former Imperial Icehouse inside Forbidden City.
Additional Info
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Passport name, number, is required at time of booking for all participants
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
All tickets of the Forbidden City
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Mineral water
Lunch with soft drinks/beer
Experienced English-speaking guide
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
Meet your guide at selected time and start to explore the largest Imperial Palace in the world thoroughly. During this tour, you will also have a very unique lunch experience at one of the Imperial Ice Houses of the Emperor. Those are some of the important places you will see:
Turret of The Palace Museum
Part of the defensive construction of the Forbidden city at each corner of the Wall. You will get inside one of them if the Wall is open.
Options
Private Tour
Lunch included
Pickup included
Reviews
15 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
In-depth tour of the Forbidden City
James D,
Oct 1, 2025
- Viator
5.00Very in-depth visit to many areas of the forbidden city. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and provided local insights to not only our tour of the Forbidden City, but the local area around our hotel. He showed us local stores we were interested in and a hot pot restaurant we went to for dinner and thoroughly enjoyed. A great tour and sharing of Chinese history.
Great tour !
pietro s,
Sep 28, 2024
- Viator
5.00An amazing experience! Our guide Selina was simply perfect, she came tu pick us at our hotel and we spent a lovely day discovering all the forbidden city! The chance to have lunch inside the forbidden city was a one in a lifetime opportunity, we had special noodles very tasty ! Our guide also helped us to reach temple of heaven and to buy tickets after our tour !
Exclenet tour & dinner
Fernando G,
Sep 30, 2019
- Viator
5.00I was impressed with the follow up and punctuality of our guide Angie. She contacted us the day before to make sure we were on time and ready for our tour. We visited the Forbidden City and had dinner in a local restaurant. Angie did a very good job explaining us all the details about the Forbidden City. Instead of having dinner at the Icehouse, we went to a local restaurant, It was grate to have Angie there to helped us with the order, excellent dinner, very nice local restaurant and very good conversation. Al lot of food and very good variety of local dishes.
Forbidden City plus Lunch at Royal Ice House
Inspiration826677,
Sep 19, 2019
- Viator
5.00We booked this private tour as we have an elderly lady who need more attention touring this Forbidden city. We are extremely glad to have Lily as our guide as she was very accommodating and patiently pacing us thru out the entire tour. Lily took extra care of the elderly in our group and at the same time explaining in details of the history of this large palace. Lunch at the Royal Ice House was a disappointment. food was not unique and service not up to mark. Overall a great experience.
Excellent!!
A9440SWmarianap,
May 6, 2019
- Viator
5.00the forbidden city is amazing and I learnt so much with Shanshan. She was an amazing guide! Plenty of time to see everything. Lovely tour. I highly recommend it!!
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