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Mini Group Discovery Forbidden City Tour with Hotel Pickup option

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Overview

Available languages

Chinese (Taiwan)
Chinese
English

4 hours

Mobile ticket

This ultimate Forbidden City small group tour will take you see 18 palaces including The Antiquarium of The Palace Museum (Treasures Museum). It will provide you a deeper understanding of what Forbidden City looks like and what the culture are behind it in 4 hours. The Forbidden City now is limited the ticket sold everyday. With this tour, no worries about the ticket, and skip the line!

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Public transportation options are available nearby

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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

Tourists holding foreign passports can make reservations within 7 days (not applicable to Chinese tourists, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan)

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Forbidden City entrance ticket

Hotel pickup(if you choose the hotel pickup option)

Professional historian guide

Local taxes

Gratuities

Hotel drop-off

Food and drinks

What To Expect

1

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.

4 hours • Admission Included
2

Meridian Gate (Wu Men)

visit

15 minutes • Admission Included

Options

Tour+Hotel pickup

Group Tour: Includes city center hotel pickup, tour guide and entrance ticket. Please leave hotel information in the special requirement.

Tour without hotel pickup

Meet at the meeting point: Meeting piont:Kapok hotel Add: No. 16 Donghuamen Street, Dongcheng district, Beijing. 木棉花酒店北京东华门大街16号

Reviews

4.93

479 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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  • Forbidden City...unveiled!

    ernesto b,

    Aug 6, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    Absolutely recommended!! The duration of the tour is optimal for a detailed knowledge of the place, and the guide, Huang was fantastic!!!

  • Excellent Trip by Last minute booking

    Klaus O,

    Jul 25, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    We found this Trip as a Last Minute Solution to visit the forbidden City. Marco was an excellent tour guide paving our way through the masses of visitors.

  • We had a great tour with...

    Stijn M,

    Jul 16, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    We had a great tour with Linda Shi as our guide. She showed us everything we wanted to see and she knows a lot about the forbidden city. Great way to explore the site.

  • Good tour of Forbidden...

    Jason R,

    Jun 18, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    Good tour of Forbidden Square. Our guide Sofia was very knowledgeable and helped with tips on Beijing as well.

  • Forbidden city with Rita

    Julia M,

    May 21, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    Very good experience, 100% recommended, thanks to our guide Rita, good job! Do not hesitate to hire this tour.

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