Browsing all attractions guides across China.
Beijing attraction reservations: which sights still need booking, when tickets are released, the official channels, and whether a foreign passport is enough.
Shanghai Disneyland tickets are date-specific and priced in six tiers from ¥475 to ¥799. Here is how foreign visitors book with a passport, how to get there by metro or Maglev, and what one day realistically covers.
Terracotta Army tickets cost ¥120 for adults and ¥60 for students, the same price all year, and every visitor including foreigners has to book online in advance with a passport. Here is how the official booking works, what the ticket includes, the opening hours, and how to reach the site from Xi'an or the airport.
Mutianyu admission is ¥45 for the postcard ticket or ¥40 for the plain e-ticket, plus ¥15 for the shuttle and ¥100/¥140 for a one-way or return cable car. This guide covers the MuBus coach from Dongzhimen, passport booking, the cable car versus the toboggan, and the crowd pattern around Chinese holidays.
Forbidden City tickets cost ¥60 (Apr–Oct) or ¥40 (Nov–Mar) and go on sale exactly 7 days ahead at 20:00 Beijing time. Here is how foreign visitors book with a passport, what happens when tickets sell out, and the refund rules most guides get wrong.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and Tianmen Mountain are two separate parks 40 km apart, with two separate tickets. The forest park costs ¥165 (¥236 with the shuttle) and Tianmen Mountain ¥285 for the current package. Here is which one to pick, what each costs, and how to get to both without a tour.