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4 Days Vibrant Pingyao International Photography Festival Tour

Price
TBC

Duration: 4 days

Destinations:
Pingyao

Departure date: As you prefer

Availability:
About Sep 15 -Sep 25 per year

Tour Code: HRC-SX03

Model in Rishengchang Exchange Shop
Brilliant lantern-lit Mingqing Street at night
Ancient Security Guard Company
Ancient City Wall of Pingyao
Award ceremony of Pingyao International Photography Festival
Photos showed in ancient buildings inside Pingyao Ancient City
Numbers of Painted sculptures in Shuanglin Temple
Shaded yard in Wang Family Compound

Tour Description

It's most beneficial to come to Pingyao during Pingyao International Photography Festival. You'll not only happily wander about the time-honored Pingyao Ancient City but have fun watching various profiles of Pingyao in the wonderland built by the camera.

Appreciate wonderful photos in Pingyao International Photography Festival
Experience simple vintage life in Pingyao Ancient City
Visit elaborate ancient villa Wang 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

Just inform us which way you select to arrive in Pingyao, and we're ready to pick you up and transfer you to the local featured hotel from Pingyao Railway Station or Taiyuan Airport.

Touring Pingyao Ancient City is for sure an incredible experience. The saying "Nothing gold can stay" doesn't seem to go for what you see inside the city. The Ancient City Wall still holds its position, protecting people and buildings inside from metropolis lure. The most prosperous Mingqing Street has nearly one hundred tradionally furnished shops and local houses built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911) along both sides. The representative modern bank company of China, Rishengchang Exchange Shop, stands in sharp contrast with the feudal Ancient Government Office of Pingyao. The Ancient Security Guard Company (Biaoju in Chinese) used to escort transfortation of bulks of treasury out from Rishengchang with mainly cold weapons (!!)

Highlights


Mingqing Street	Biaoju	Ancient City Wall

Day 2 Pingyao International Photography Festival (Breakfast)

Today's Activities

Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP) has been among the most famous Photography festival ever since its first year 2011. The latter half of September per year would witness the grant photography fiesta. The number of exhibition areas varies from 9 to 12 during the past 10 years. Millions of photos of any fashion are displayed here. In addition, there are singing party, superior photography lecture, PowerPoint show. You can both appreciate photography art and learn related skills during the festival.

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Pingyao International Photography Festival	Pingyao International Photography Festival	Pingyao International Photography Festival

Day 3 Pingyao International Photography Festival (Breakfast)

Today's Activities

Go on with the splendid appreciation of Pingyao International Photography Festival today! Have a deeper exploration in exhibition areas yesterday you missed or learning something useful in Superior photography lecture.

Highlights


Opening ceremony of PIP	Pingyao International Photography Festival	Pingyao International Photography Festival

Day 4 Shuanglin Temple - Wang Family Compound - Departure (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

Today let's stretch the exploration of Pingyao to the outskirt. Drive about 15 minutes and you have Shuanglin Temple, the treasure house of Oriental Painted Sculptures. More than 2,000 exquisite Buddha sculptures will glue your eyes. After touring the temple for 30 minutes (maxinum 1 h), you would head for Wang Family Compound. The residential complex, five times as large as the more famous Qiao Family Compound, is a sea of Qing Dynasty architectural art. It's surely worthwhile your 2-hour visit. After that, your tour of Pingyao can draw a perfect period. We'll see you off at Taiyuan Airport or Pingyao Railway Station in the afternoon. Wish you a good journey!

Highlights


Shuanglin Temple	Wang Family Compound	Wang Family Compound

Package Details

Tour Package Includes:
Dining: 3 breakfasts 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,

We enjoyed our trip to China very much and would have difficulty finding fault with that part of our trip you organised. We had spent two enjoyable weeks Volunteering at the Bifengxia Panda Base prior to commencing your itinerary. We will make comments about the different components of that part of our trip your company organised for us, which you may find useful.

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.

Your company is always very professional and helpful with sound suggestions regarding our itinerary. Of particular help was the prompt reply, within 24 hours, to e-mails. This was much appreciated.

Generally we has a great China experience meeting the polite helpful local people and learning a little of your culture & cuisine. We would certainly use your company for our next China trip which we hope will not be too far away.

A special thanks to you Sara.

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.

We have especially enjoyed our stay in Datong, Pingyao and Xian. All three guides in these cities were wonderful.

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Customer: Audrius SekliuckisUpdate Date: Apr. 3, 2011

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

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