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Private tour in Beijing Xu Z
The Forbidden City half day tour with tickets.
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Hello dear travelers, I’m Sunny. I am an experienced senior female local guide, patient and careful, especially good for mature travellers who love Chinese history. My major in English and to be an English tour guide for 23 years . Holding professional certificates in archival science and automation engineering, once worked as a professional engineer, so I am careful, reliable, patient and super responsible for every guest. My official national English tour guide license since 2004. Deeply familiar with Beijing’s history, culture, legends and hidden attractions. Telling you vivid ancient stories about the Great Wall, Summer Palace, Lama Temple and Echo Wall，making your tour interesting and unforgettable. warm-hearted, easy-going and love helping guests, take best care of seniors and children, good at photography , I will take perfect photos for you for free. know all authentic local food, take you to taste real Peking duck, traditional noodles, hot pot and royal dim sum, recommend you the best local shopping spots and high-quality Chinese souvenirs, silk, jade, tea and traditional crafts. As a tour guide who traveled all over China and many countries overseas, I totally understand what you need and what kind of travel experience you love. Chinese old saying： Fated people will meet despite thousands of miles apart. It takes a hundred years of fate to travel together. I sincerely cherish every guest and every journey. Choose me , you will enjoy a comfortable， relaxed， professional and perfect Beijing private tour. Your trip will full of beautiful memories. I am looking forward to meeting you soon. Best regards Sunny
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Overview of your Beijing tour
The Forbidden City covers an area of 72 hectares ,it started to built in 1406 and finished in 1420 , It was the palace of Ming and Qing dynasties for a total of 491 years . There were total has 9999.5 rooms ,There are 24 emperors who lived inside . In 1987, it was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO. The forbidden city from north to south is 960 meters long and 750 meters wide from east to the west . it is total has 72 hectares .Within 280 group buildings and more than 980 houses . The layout is Front Court and Rear Palace ,which means the front court for state affairs and the rear palace as the living quarters .There are Meridian Gate (Wumen) ,as the entrance and following six Palaces arrange at central axis way .There are more than 1 million local works and 100 thousands artisants who use 14 years to build , It is Solemn , Megnificent and splendid. It is a huge and great work in the World .
Your Beijing tour itinerary
Within 5 hours we will visit The Forbidden city - the biggest royal Palace in the world. I will pick you up at 8:00 am in the morning in your hotel lobby and send you back at 1 pm our tour is 5 hours . Tickets for the Palace Museum go on sale at 8 p.m., seven days in advance. Please send me your passports and full names by email ahead of time. Tickets are limited, so kindly send the information to me as soon as possible. If you want to book the Forbidden City tour one or two days in advance, it can still be arranged even when tickets are sold out on the official website. We can buy tickets at the on-site ticket window. This option is only available for visitors holding foreign passports. Visitors from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong‑China and Taiwan‑China cannot use this service. They must purchase tickets online via the official website in advance. This tour can be customized, please feel free to contact me with your question.
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Type: Public Transportation / Category: Taxi
Include Didi or taxi form hotel to The forbidden city entrance and from northern gate come back to hotel .
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Beijing, Beijing, China
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