Do you need to book Presidential Palace in advance?
Yes — Presidential Palace in Nanjing runs on real-name advance reservation. A foreign passport works as the real-name ID. No linkable official booking page is recorded. Our record names “Weixin mini app” as a booking route.
Verified 2026-08-08 · rules change; confirm on the official channel before you travel
The booking rule, in detail
- Reservation
- Required in advance
- Foreign passport
- A foreign passport works as the real-name ID.
- Official channel
- No linkable official booking page is recorded. Our record names “Weixin mini app” as a booking route.
How a foreign visitor actually books it
Official booking is ONLY through the 'Nanjing Zongtongfu' WeChat mini-program; you enter by scanning the booked ID/passport at the gate. Passport is accepted as valid ID, but completing the online purchase usually needs a Chinese WeChat/phone number. Full price 35 RMB.
What else to know
No third party is authorized to sell tickets or guiding services, online or offline. Open Tue-Sun (closed Mondays except public holidays); peak season Mar 1-Oct 14 08:30-18:00, off-season 08:30-17:00.
If the official channel does not work
Do not assume an unrecorded booking route is available. Recheck the operator’s current instructions; where the interface itself is the obstacle, the practical mechanics are in buying tickets the official way and booking without WeChat.
Other Nanjing sights and their booking rules
- Confucius Temple & Qinhuai River walk in
- Nanjing City Wall walk in
- Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall book ahead
- Nanjing Museum book ahead
- Niushou Mountain Cultural Tourism Area walk in
- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum book ahead
Full city context, hotels that register foreigners, and what to eat: Nanjing guide. Release times across every city we track are in Reservation Radar.