Private 2-Day Tour: Discover Ancient Pingyao, Wang Family Compound and Shuanglin Temple
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Embark on a private 2-day tour to discover the ancient wonders of Pingyao, including the Wang Family Compound and Shuanglin Temple. Immerse yourself in the rich culture, taste local cuisine, and explore the charming backstreets with a knowledgeable guide.
Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Private walking tour of Pingyao Hilights ( Pingyao hotel pick up or Pingyaogucheng station pick up

City Wall of Pingyao - Have a walking on the Ming-era Wall with your local English Speaking

guide, she or he will explain the history of the wall, and show you the best view of the street, roof top of the building from the wall.

Pingyao Confucian Temple - With your local guide to visit the oldest wooden building from 840 years ago in this temple, you will learn how they build it up and stay to now. You will learn some Confucian talkings from The Analects, learn the wise of Confucian.

Ping Yao Temple of the City God - With your guide to visit the most beautiful Taoist Temple in the ancient town which is from Ming dynasty.

Ming and Qing Dynasties Street - This street also named South Street which is the street full of the shops, restaurants, Hotels, Street food, lacquer ware stores, Silver shops, and the Shilou which is the city center. It is nice to have a walking after dinner.

Rishengchang Former Bank - This is museum of First bank in China, found in 1823 by Mr Lei lvtai from dye store, located in the west street. Your guide will expalin the history, management of the bank, bank culture, you may learn some highlights of running the business.

Ancient City of Pingyao - Pingyao is the UNESCO sights since from 1997, it shows us the ancient temples, old wall, ancient residences from 400 or 200 years ago, we will walk to secret part of Pingyao to see the local people’s life.

Day trip to Wang Family Compound and Shuanglin Temple ( Pingyaogucheng station drop off or Pingyao Hotel drop off )

Wang’s Family Compound (Wang Jia Dayuan) - This compound is biggest one in China from Qing dynasty, still have 1000rooms left, well renovated now,and people say after visit the Wang Family Compound, you can skip off the other compound in China.

Shuanglin Temple - It is small buddha temple, but it is unique one in China. which shows us nearly 1000 clay sculptures from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty with much more details. We have to say this temple is the No.1 in China.

What's Included
  • English Speaking Professional guide based on the itinerary
  • Hotel pick up and drop off in Pingyao
  • Toll, fuel and parking lots during the trip
  • Pingyaogucheng Station Pick up/ drop off
  • Entrance fee of the sights listed in the itinerary
  • Private vehicle and friendly driver for the trip
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel rooms
  • Meals
Additional Information

If you would like to enjoy the gentle tour between Beijing and Xi’an, and visit the anicent town from ancient China, Pingyao is the best choice. Which is just located between Beijing and Xi’an, and also have a fast train from Beijing to Pingyao(4 hours), and from Pingyao to Xi’an(3 hours), so it is good stop to visit Pingyao on the way to Xi’an from Pingyao, Come to visit the ancient city of Pingyao, Wang family compound and Shuanglin Temple within 2 days . To find out the real ancient china culture and taste the real tasty local food in local restaurant with your private local guide, that would be special experiences.

★ With your friendly and knowlegable guide to visit this UNESCO sights

★ Taste the lcal food at local restaurant

★ Pingyaogucheng Station Pick up and Drop off

★ Walk in the back street to explore the local life in Pingyao

★ Visit the biggest compound

★ See the most beautiful sculptures from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty.

★ Friendly and reliable driver for the trip.

  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Ananthram
May 13, 2020
Temples in Pingyao - Jonathan was an excellent guide. Fluent in English was familiar with history and took pains to explain . Helped us with restaurants and even sat with us to guide us while ordering food. Highly recommended.
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Chris
Apr 8, 2019
Look-See visit - Jonathan was extremely helpful and accommodating with a bit of a specialized “look-see” visit we arranged to the Pingyao area. He and a driver picked us up in a rural village and first took us to the Wang Family Compound Via the back roads, then we squeezed in a visit to the Zhangbi underground castle, before heading to Pingyao and the evening show - Youjian Pingyao Show. The following day, we did brief tour around Pingyao and it’s history, followed by a visit to Shuanglin Lin Temple and the Jinci Temple. After this, he dropped us off at the airport in Taiyuan. Jonathan was a great help and I appreciated his knowledge of the area, as well as listening and responding to our specific requests. His menu suggestions were all spot on and appreciated. It was a great trip and ticked all the right boxes. Thanks
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