Beijing Trip Overview
Forbidden City has about 600 years history, lived by 24 emperors from Ming and Qing Dynasty. It’s called like that because it was closed to outside world in the past hundred years, till the year 1925 that it was opened to the public. It´s one of the best preserved imperial palace in the world. In this tour we will make sure you have enough time to explore this huge place.
If you are the one who loves history and culture, this tour will be the right choice.
Please note that the Forbidden City closes on Mondays
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Duration: 6 to 8 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Forbidden City has about 600 years history, lived by 24 emperors from Ming and Qing Dynasty. It’s called like that because it was closed to outside world in the past hundred years, till the year 1925 that it was opened to the public. It´s one of the best preserved imperial palace in the world. In this tour we will make sure you have enough time to explore this huge place.
If you are the one who loves history and culture, this tour will be the right choice.
Please note that the Forbidden City closes on Mondays
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Tiananmen Square, Dongcheng, China
You will see places like Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the Great Hall of the People and National Museum of China from outside.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tiananmen, Dongcheng, China
You will see white marble bridges and the famous gate with Chair man Mao’s photo.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Meridian Gate (Wu Men), The Entrance Gates Of Gugong, Beijing 100006 China
Tickets check point of Forbidden City, after passing this gate you will start to enjoy the important palaces of Forbidden city.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gate of Great Harmony (Taihe Men), Inside The Palace of Museum, Beijing China
White marble bridges and lion made of bronze. You can take nice photos here.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Hall of Great Harmony (Taihe Dian), Inside The Palace Museum, Beijing China
This is the highlight of Forbidden City, this palace is the biggest and the most highest level in the whole city, it was used for holding important activities such as ascending ceremony ect.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Hall of Middle Harmony (Zhonghe Dian), Inside The Palace of Museum, Beijing China
Emperor rested here before ceremony start, you still can see the throne from the door.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian), Inside The Palace of Museum, Beijing China
The main contruction original from Ming Dynasty.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Palace of Heavenly Purity, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Most Ming Dynasty emperors slept here,some Qing emperors used it as a private office.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Palace of Earthly Tranquility, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
You will see the wedding bed left by Qing Dynasty.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Finally you will see trees! Here is a typical Chinese style garden with plants, stones, and pavilions. If the tour is taken in the right season flowers are blooming.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Beijing, Beijing
Typical chinese lunch
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
After a delicious lunch, you will see another World Cultural Heritage place the Temple of Heaven, which is also the symbol of Beijing. It’s a temple that different from religion temples, it’s a place for worship Natural Gods.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
