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Beijing Palace Museum Tour Guide, Explore the 600-year-old Forbidden City

Finally arrived at the Forbidden City, this is a place worth spending most of your time to visit~ The wooden palace complex, exquisite and precious jewelry and cultural relics, and the history of the Forbidden City are all very attractive! I hope I can come again next time when it is snowing ✅Prepare your documents and tickets, and enter through the security check at the Meridian Gate 🚶Reference for tour route ✔The Forbidden City needs to be visited from south to north in a single line, with the Meridian Gate as the entrance and the Shenwu Gate and Donghua Gate as the exits ✔After exiting the Shenwu Gate, Jingshan Park is opposite, and you can go to the Wanchun Pavilion in the park to overlook the panoramic view of the Forbidden City. Many people take pictures at this place at around 4 o'clock in the evening ✔Reference for tour sequence: Meridian Gate (entrance) → Wuying Hall → Cining Palace area → West Six Palaces area → Imperial Garden → East Six Palaces area → Huangji Hall area (including the Treasure House) → Fengxian Hall (including the Clock and Watch Museum) → Wenhua Hall → Jinshui Bridge → Taihe Hall → Baohe Hall → Qianqing Palace → Jiaotai Hall → Kunning Palace → Shenwu Gate (exit) *The general tour order is to start from the palace on the left after entering the Meridian Gate, then go to the palace on the right, and finally return to the Jinshui Bridge, and then visit the key palaces on the central axis, basically covering all open palaces 🍽️ Lunch and dinner Lunch is at the Ice House Restaurant in the Forbidden City. The taste is average and the price is okay, 60 per person. Dinner is at the Four Seasons Minfu Roast Duck Restaurant near Wangfujing. The roast duck is delicious and 150 per person. [Infomation] 📍Detailed address: No. 4, Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 🚇Transportation strategy: Take Metro Line 1 "Tiananmen West Station" and walk from Duanmen to Wumen; or take the bus to Donghuamen/Xihuamen, and walk to Wumen 🕐Opening hours: 8:30-17:00 (Last admission 16:10, closed on Mondays, except statutory holidays) 💰Ticket price: 60 yuan/person in peak season, 40 yuan/person in off-season, 10 yuan/person each for the Treasure House and the Clock House #Good weekend destination #Weekend tour#Beijing attractions #Beijing travel #Mainland travel
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Posted: Jul 16, 2025
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