🎟️ 故宫 · Palace Museum · Beijing
Forbidden City tickets, for foreign visitors
China's most-visited museum sells out days ahead, and the official booking flow assumes you have a Chinese ID. Here's how foreign passport holders actually get a ticket.
Tickets are commonly reported to open daily around 20:00 Beijing time, ~7 days ahead. Always confirm the exact time on the official Palace Museum site before relying on it.
Book on the official site ↗Check your passport name first
Enter your name exactly as printed in the machine-readable zone of your passport — Latin letters only, surname and given names.
We never store or send this — the check runs in your browser.
What trips foreign visitors up
- Real-name and passport-based: each ticket is tied to one passport, and the name must match your passport exactly.
- Tickets are released a set number of days in advance and sell out fast in peak season — book the moment they open.
- Closed most Mondays — plan your day around it.
- Bring the physical passport you booked with; it is checked against your ticket at the gate.
Not an OTA. We don't resell tickets at a markup — we show you how to book directly at face value. Why that matters → Always confirm details on the official site before you travel.
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