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2 Days Pingyao Highlight Tour

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Duration: 2 days

Destinations:
Pingyao

Departure date: As you prefer

Availability: Whole year

Tour Code: HRC-SX01

Night view of old streets in Pingyao
Ancient Government Office of Pingyao
Rishengchang Exchange Shop
Ancient gold bullions stocked in the Security Guard Company
Mingqing Street adorned with lanterns
Ancient City Wall of Pingyao
Buddha sculptures in Shuanglin Temple
Exhibition of shoes for binded-feet women in Qiao Family Compound

Tour Description

Within the brief 2-day tour you'll fully understand why Pingyao is entitled to UNESCO world heritage. The all-vintage streets, elaborate compound of ancient commercial tycoons, temples boasting exquisite paintings and sculpture as well as the featured hotels will feast you to the utmost.

Have comfortable life in Pingyao Ancient City
Look into art of sculpture in Shuanglin Temple
Visit elaborate Qiao Family Compound

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Day 1 Arrive in Pingyao - Mingqing Street- Rishengchang Shop- Ancient Government Office- Biaoju- Ancient City Wall (Lunch)

Today's Activities

Arrive in Pingyao Railway Station or reach Pingyao within 1 hour by private car that picks you up from Taiyuan Airport. Make yourself at home at the cozy lovely featured hotel in Pingyao, then begin your happy tour around Pingyao Ancient City.

The time-honor city Pingyao, to your surprise, collects building of feudal Ancient Government Office and street of capitalistic banking companies within its grant ancient city wall. You'll have your eyes wide open when entering Mingqing Street, Wall Street of China. The 750-meter-long street holds nearly one hundred traditionally furnished shops and local houses built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911) along both sides. One of the well-known exchange shops on this street, Rishengchang, is your next stop. Though you can barely come up with what the shop looked like in its heydays, you can still find some secrets of its prudent managing system from the engraved tong twister near the counter. Crucial contents of drafts are interwined into it, with which Rishengchang never went wrong in business.

The flourishing business of exchange shops at Mingqing Street helped with foundation of armed guard of property security. You'll go visit Tongxinggong Security Guard Company, which was built in 1885 and iscurrently transformed into Security Guard Museum of China. Look into the harsh commandment of the staff and their varied weapons and tools, you can draw a picture of magnificent parade of property escort team on your mind.

The tour stretches out to the Ancient City Wall at last. The tan wall at dusk brings your thoughts back to centuries ago. You may even mistake yourself for an ancient hero who faced a totally foreign city wall and started to ponder over ways to get over the city.

Highlights


Mingqing Street	Security Guard Company	Ancient City Wall

Day 2 Shuanglin Temple- Qiao Family Compound- Departure(Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

Traditional Chinese art of architecture and sculpture can't wait to boast itself even it's situated on the outskirt of Pingyao. Qiao Family Compound and Shuanglin Temple at the outskirt are what Pingyao locals feel proud of. Distinguished architectural fashion of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) gets so fully displayed in the gigantic Qiao Family Compound that the complex was set as shotting place of Zhang Yimou's famous movie Raise the Red Lantern (1991). Inside Shuanglin Temple there are more than 2,000 painted Buddha sculptures waiting for your exploration. Each will be proved worthy of your 1-hour-long stay.

After that, your tour of Pingyao can draw a nice period. We'll see you off at Taiyuan Airport or Pingyao Railway Station in the afternoon. Wish you a thoroughly happy journey!

Highlights


Shuanglin Temple	Qiao Family Compound	Qiao Family Compound

Package Details

Tour Package Includes:
Dining: 1 breakfast and 2 lunches	Admissions: Entrance fees to all scenic spots listed in itinerary
Tour Guide: Local experienced English-speaking guides	Car Driver: Experienced licensed drivers
Vehicle: Private air-conditioned car, offering Round-trip transfers	Luggage Transfers: A hand for your heavy luggage;
Insurance: Travel Agencies Liability Insurance;	Government taxes & Service charges
Tour Package Excludes:
- Other optional tours / meals / flights not mentioned in itinerary;	- Tips for tour guides and drivers.

Hotels in Pingyao

Yunjincheng Folk Hotel: Yunjincheng Folk Hotel adorns itself up with all the featured ingredients of traditional Pingyao dwellings like red lanterns, folding screens with Chinese ink painting, rosewood furniture and sophisticated courtyard layout. Moreover, even the beddings in each room are of traditional tone. Hot water and tasty local dishes are all available to serve you too.

Pingyao Hongshanyi Hotel: If you spend a Chinese Spring Festival in Hongshanyi Hotel, you will have a lot of fun, taking part in the celebrating activities the hotel holds for you. You can either DIY some handicrafts like paper cut, writing spring festival couplets or watch outdoors the dazzling lantern show, firework.

Dejuyuan Guesthouse: Dejuyuan Guesthouse is situated at Mingqing Street. The tastefully decorated guest rooms and a wide range of facilities and services provide guests with a comfortable and joyful stay.

Meals in the Package

-- Breakfasts are offered by the hotels
-- Lunches are arranged according to different classes of tour
-- Dinners are for your own arrangement

We promise worry-free dining quality, plus flexible choices regarding your preference. Any special requestment please tell our trip advisors directly. Other recommendations are as follow:

Pingyao

Pingyao offers traditional northern China cuisine and specializes in various noodle dishes and pastries. Try Wantuo, that's a famous noodle dish. Also sink your teeth into Pingyao's beefy dishes. Pingyao doesn't have ritzy high-end restaurants; the food here is rustic and homey.


Pingyao Wantuo	Pingyao Beef

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Hi Sara,

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All were well chosen at the level of accommodation we were expecting. All were well located. The hotel food was good. The restaurants & food chosen by our guides was very good and gave us a good appreciation of Chinese cuisine.

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Customer: Dennis & Elaine BentleyUpdate Date: Nov 20, 2011

Destinations: Chongqing - Xi'an - Pingyao - Datong - Beijing

Dear Sara, I would like to thank you on behalf of our small group for a wonderful trip in China. Everything was well planned, we had no problems, everywhere we were met with great care, everything was done in time. Everything(guides, drivers, hotels, food) were of good quality.

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Customer: Audrius SekliuckisUpdate Date: Apr. 3, 2011

Destinations: Beijing-Datong-Pingyao-Xi'an-Shanghai-Guilin

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