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Walk through the highlights of the Forbidden City with an English-speaking guide who has more than 15 years of experience in Beijing tourism. Depending on your option, you will cross Tiananmen Square into the Forbidden City and admire the interior decorations of the concubines' quarters. You can also choose group tours that add the Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Jingshan Park, museums inside the Forbidden City or the Mutianyu Great Wall, or options that include only the entry booking without a guide. The booking service guarantees entry to all sites, so you can secure Forbidden City tickets, which are limited each day, in advance.

Walk through the highlights of the Forbidden City
with an English-speaking guide
A guide who has worked in Beijing tourism for more than 15 years will show you the main sights of the Forbidden City. As you walk, you will hear the history of a palace where even the tiles and bricks were chosen to show the emperor's power. You will also admire the interior decorations of the concubines' quarters.
Group tours are led by a shared English-speaking guide, and the guided Forbidden City tour takes about 2 hours 30 minutes. The places visited and duration vary by option.
Cross Tiananmen Square and walk to the Forbidden City

Options that include Tiananmen Square tour the square with your guide for about 30 minutes, then walk about 20 minutes to the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is free to visit but requires a real-name reservation, which is made for you with these options.
Add the Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace or museums

Besides the Forbidden City-only group tour (about 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours), there is a tour adding the Treasure Gallery (about 4 hours) and a tour of four museums inside the Forbidden City, including the Treasure Gallery, Clock Gallery, Ceramics Gallery and Imperial Throne exhibition, for up to 10 people (about 6 hours).
You can also choose tours adding Jingshan Park (about 3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours), the Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square (about 6 hours 30 minutes), the Temple of Heaven with a Peking duck meal (about 6 hours 30 minutes), the Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace (about 6 hours 30 minutes to 7 hours), or a tour that goes as far as the Mutianyu Great Wall.
You can also book entry only, without a guide

There are also self-guided options for a Tiananmen Square reservation only or Forbidden City entry only. For the Forbidden City entry option, your passport is your ticket, so there is no QR code or paper ticket, and it is based on booking 7 days before your visit. For the Tiananmen Square option, you enter with your booking confirmation (screenshot).
※ If Tiananmen Square is closed without notice for political reasons, affected bookings will be fully refunded, and a visit to Jingshan Park may be offered instead.
※ The itinerary is for reference only and may change depending on local conditions.
Meeting point :
[Group tours] East Gate of the Palace Museum (东华门)
No.4 Jingshan Front Street, The Palace Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Meeting point information:
Take Subway Line 8 to Jinyu Hutong Station (金鱼胡同), Exit C. At ground level, turn right and walk straight for about 800 m past three traffic lights until you see a large red gate and the moat. If taking a taxi, show the driver "请带我去故宫东华门". If using a ride-hailing app, set the destination to "Palace Museum East Gate". The meeting time for options including the Temple of Heaven is 09:30.
Meeting point :
[Option with Mutianyu Great Wall] Beijing Jiade Art Center (北京嘉德艺术中心)
No.1 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Meeting point information:
The meeting time is 06:30. It is about 70 m along the pedestrian street from Exit D2 of National Art Museum Station on Subway Line 8. Show taxi drivers "北京嘉德艺术中心".
Meeting point :
[Forbidden City entry booking - no guide] Meridian Gate (午门)
Main south gate of the Forbidden City
Meeting point information:
The Meridian Gate is the only entrance. Take Subway Line 8 to Jinyu Hutong Station, Exit C, and walk straight toward the Bank of China until you see a large red gate with yellow tiles. By taxi, the closest drop-off point is "东华门".
Meeting point :
[Tiananmen Square booking - no guide] Tiananmen West Station Exit B, Subway Line 1
Meeting point information:
Tiananmen Square can only be reached by subway. Please exit at Exit B of Tiananmen West Station (天安门西).