Return details Returns to original departure point
Detailed Itinerary
7:30 am - 8:00 am
Hotel pick-up Forbidden City
At about 8:00 am (your tour guide will give you the exact pick-up time the day before your departure) a comfortable car will pick you up at your hotel and drive you to the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City is the largest imperial palace in the world, home to 24 emperors in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) Dynasties. It was built in 1420, about 70 years before Columbus discovered America and 144 years before the birth of William Shakespeare