Beijing Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square Passport-Registered Ticket

Explore the Forbidden City
with a passport-registered ticket

Visit the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a ticket booked in advance. Tickets are reserved with your passport details, and on site you simply show your original passport to enter through the official entrance. No paper ticket or QR code is required.

Forbidden City entry is booked for a morning (08:30–12:00) or afternoon (11:00–16:00; 11:00–15:30 from November to March) time slot. As it is a time window rather than a fixed time, you can enter at any point during your slot, and booking ahead secures your preferred slot even in peak season so you can plan your day with ease.

Visit Tiananmen Square as well

Entry to Tiananmen Square is free, but a reservation is required by the day before. Options that include Tiananmen Square take care of this reservation for you. Security lines at the square usually take over an hour, so if you are heading to the Forbidden City next, arrive early so you do not miss your entry slot.

See more with the Treasure Gallery and galleries

There are also options that add the Treasure Gallery to your Forbidden City ticket, or two galleries to the Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City combination. Ticket-only options do not include a guide, so please plan your own route.

After the guided tour, enjoy royal cuisine
and a live show at Yuxiandu

With the guided tour option, your guide will meet you at your hotel before 13:30. Your guide will lead you to the Forbidden City’s landmark sights and share fascinating imperial stories, then you will take a taxi to the Yuxiandu Royal Cuisine Museum. Enjoy dinner along with a traditional cultural live show; the guide service ends once you are seated in the pre-reserved 4th–5th row seats.

※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.
※ The taxi from Yuxiandu back to your hotel is not included.