5-Hour Small Group Tour to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Antiquarium

5 Hours

Mobile Ticket

Hotel Pickup Offered

Chinese,English

Language Offered

Overview

Hear the stories behind Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square during a 5-hour, small-group walking tour in Beijing. After exploring the famous square, which is one of the world's largest, you'll make your way into the Forbidden City using a prebooked ticket to avoid any long entrance lines. Explore all the key sites including the Imperial Garden, and discover fun facts about the Ming and Qing dynasties from your guide. Numbers are limited to just 12 people, and you can rest assured that no unwelcome factory or tourist shop visits are planned.

5-hour Beijing guided walking tour
Walk around Tiananmen Square as you learn about its history
Use a prebooked ticket to access the Forbidden City
Hear stories relating to the Ming and Qing dynasties
Visit the Meridian Gate, Imperial Garden, and more

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What To Expect

Wait in your hotel lobby at 8am to meet your guide. Together, you'll travel to Tiananmen Square, in the geographical heart of the city.Once of the world's largest central squares, Tiananmen Square covers a vast amount of open space, measuring in at some 440, 000 square meters (109 acres). To put that in perspective, the square is roughly as large as the whole of Vatican City. Stand amid the history as your guide explains its past and points out its significant buildings. From the square, you'll continue into the Forbidden City with your fast-access prebooked ticket in hand. Make your way to a quiet seating area, and learn about the palace and the Ming and Qing dynasties from your guide. Many say that a visit to the Forbidden City is more about the stories than the sightseeing, and your guide will tell all the tales to make your visit complete.Check out the Meridian Gate, halls of harmony, heavenly purity, earthly tranquility, and unity; and the tree-lined pathways of the Imperial Garden as well as many other significant sights. Read the Itinerary for a full list of attractions that are seen on the tour.Your experience ends in the grounds of the Imperial Garden but you can spend longer inside the Forbidden City, if you wish.ItinerarySights seen on the tour: - Tiananmen square - Great Hall of the People - Front Gates - Chairman Mao's memorial Hall - Monument to the People's Hero - National Museum - Tiananmen Gate - Meridian Gate - Hall of Supreme Harmony - Hal of Central Harmony - Hall of Preserving Harmony - Hall of Heavenly Purity - Hall of Union - Hall of Earthly Tranquility - West and East Chambers - The Antiquarium of The Palace Museum (Hall of Treasures Museum) - Hall of Clocks Museum - Garden of Qianlong Emperor - Pavilion of Pleasant Sounds - Well of Concubine Zhen - Hall of Joyful and Longevity - Imperial Garden

5-Hour Small Group Tour to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Antiquarium

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