The Palace Museum

Amazing experience and great management if all your papers are in order. The place is very well preserved and the energy in the youth to visit this place and take photos in royal outfits is too high. I had a great experience visiting this place. It would help immensely of you have someone local to take you around the place as you may forget your way around it.

Massive and impressive, definitely worth it! So much to see and so much history. We booked a guided tour and it made a huge difference. Our guide was knowledgeable and helped us understand the history behind everything. The place is HUGE, we walked a lot so wear good shoes! As foreigners, we were able to buy tickets by walking in, no issues. Absolutely a must-see if you’re in Beijing. NOTE* You MUST bring your passport to buy tickets on the spot at the Meridian Gate ticket window and they also check it at the entrance

Well, as expected it’s full of people during the summer and there are no shadows where you can take a break. I recommend visiting during spring or even winter without the huge crowd of tourists. Saying that it’s an amazing place, fascinating viewing how the emperors were treated and lived during that period. A city inside of a city. Amazing.

Absolutely stunning. Fully in awe of its majesty and opulence yet, humble and precise in its layout and structure. The history, the love for country and family, all told through amazing museum pieces on display. Very proud to be a Manchu Chinese!

A must see if you are in Beijing. You must get tickets ahead of time and those are hard to come by during the high season (you will need help from a Chinese speaking person as the "ticket war" starts at 8pm every day and tickets go in a matter of seconds. Just an impressive monument of imperial China. Also, if you intend to visit Tiananmen, you will also need tickets (I didn't have any hence didn't go). I visited 15 years ago and it was never as crazy.

This is something incredible! The world biggest historical place. The UNESCO heritage. We spent there 4 hours but for sure it wasn’t enough. Huge territory. Amazing palaces. Beautiful exhibitions. Over 700000 sq meters. So if you want to see every corner of this place you definitely have to spend the whole day. Be ready to present your ID for every ticket you will buy. The general admission is 10 yuan and museum entrance also 10 yuan each. Thousands of people everywhere. Very clean place.

We visited this place today, on July 8th. So many people, some of the buildings are under repair, they were covered outside, which is a bummer. Magnificent architecture, we learned the history of the famous imperial palace, which was very impressive.

Went on a Friday afternoon in June. Got tickets in advance through Trip.com, booked an English speaking guided tour which included the Treasure Gallery. Allow plenty of time to arrive as it was quite a walk to the Meridian Gate from the East Gate, along the moat. Not recommended to enter from the Tiannanmen Gate in the south as queues are longer. Got to also visit the sculpture gallery which had a few statues of the terracotta warriors of Xi'an. The extra fee for the Treasure Gallery was worth it but the crowd was overbearing at times. After the exit, walked along the north moat to take pics of the corner tower. Spent about 4.5 hours. Too tired to walk up Jingshan Park after that 😅