Reschedule & Cancellation:

Your ticket can be refunded (minus a 4% processing fee charged by the booking platform) or rescheduled for free if cancelled more than 7 days before the event. Due to the high demand for tickets to the Forbidden City, any cancellation within 7 days of the event cannot be changed or refunded.

The walk will take place with rain, shine or pollution. But if bad weather really makes the walk impossible we will call you on the day of the tour to let you know it’s been cancelled and reschedule.

During the dynasties the Imperial Palace existed only as an idea to most people. It was the root of power. A mysterious presence that balanced heaven and earth. Present yet concealed right in the middle of the Capital. Stories of the castrated eunuch servants, the beautiful concubines and not least the vast amount of treasure in the palace were told all around the empire, but surrounded by a more than 10 meter high wall. No commoner could freely take a glance at the Imperial residence, in fact people did not even know what the emperor looked like. This was what earned the palace the name the Forbidden City. Today we can freely enter, hordes of people are everyday moving through the most sacred halls of Imperial China, but what is kept away from us, what we cannot readily access is the mindset, the ideas so deeply rooted in the imperial architecture.

“A Crash Course to the Forbidden City” is a humble attempt to unlock the meaning behind the chambers of the Palace. In a condensed and hopefully entertaining way, we wish to give you a comprehensive history of the palace from when it was built 600 years ago until when the last boy-emperor finally left in 1924.