Forbidden City & Jingshan Park Half-Day Tour
- The Palace Museum in Beijing is one of the largest and most well-preserved wooden-structured ancient buildings in the world. Tour the classic imperial courtyard and experience the grandeur of the Palace Museum.
- The Forbidden City is a palace that witnessed grand state ceremonies in ancient times and the living place of emperors and empresses.
- The Palace Museum houses a large number of precious cultural relics, accounting for one-sixth of the total number of cultural relics in China.
What to expect
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, served as the imperial palace for 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is the premier destination for understanding ancient Chinese architecture, history, and culture. Discover China's rich cultural heritage within its walls. As the world's largest and most complete surviving ancient architectural complex, its layout, three-dimensional effect, and majestic form are unparalleled. Because of this, it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Several palaces within the Forbidden City house comprehensive historical art galleries, painting galleries, specialized ceramics galleries, stationery galleries, and exhibitions of Qing Dynasty court relics. They contain vast collections of ancient art treasures. The clock exhibition, with daily clock demonstrations, is an absolute must-see.
Reviews
Reviews summaryOur visit to the Forbidden City was truly unforgettable and absolutely worth it. The palace complex is enormous and filled with fascinating history, and having a guide made all the difference in understanding what we were seeing. I highly recommend this tour—especially with Peter—if you want to experience the Forbidden City on a deeper level rather than just walking through it.
Peter was absolutely wonderful! You can clearly tell he loves what he does and is so knowledgeable about everything! He is also patient in answering questions you may have about the sites! Just wonderful! 10/10 ☺️
I received a WeChat message the day before on the meeting point and was instructed to look out for the Klook flag. While there was a hiccup in the ticketing process that prevented Bob (our initial guide) to enter the Forbidden City, we had Zhang as our replacement and she was animated in regaling the historic moments of each place. She also ensured our wellbeing was met by giving us appropriate breaks from the intense heat, while keeping to the time limit. Bob then took over the JingShan park leg and gave us a quick overview before letting us explore on our own. He was forthcoming to take questions, and I had my answers on Bei Hai park and famous Peking Duck eateries.
The guide can explain information about the Forbidden City very well in English and guide to walk around the important places in the palace. Then the guide will take the tour group to Jingshan Park before dispersing. The guide will contact you 1 day before the tour date via WeChat.
Good explaination by the tour guide donna..but a bit long talk without walking due to hot sun on us, many said so should just walk and explain will do because the place are about the same. take the main point will do and by 1 hours to complete instead of 3 hours
Tour guide gave a good explanation. and giving enougn time to take picture . very fluent in English and mandarin thats helped alot . guide is polite and cheerful , not like others look alike only rush to complete the task only.
Peter was our guide and we are so thankful for him. Thoughtful and accommodating, Peter gave an informative tour of the Forbidden City and Jingshan Park. 100% recommend.
Peter was a very affable and knowledgeable guide who regaled us with the history of the Forbidden City. We learnt so much from him and thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
our guide Peter is very knowledgable and detailed. glad to have a guide like him. he gave us a small gift at the end of the tour. 🥰🥰 very thoughtful of him
Was guided by Joy Yang. Fantastic & engaging guide, with detail sharing and good spoken English. have enjoyed ourselves for this trip. Highly recommended package.
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