
Taiyuan & Pingyao Ancient City 3-Day Tour
This is a short essence trip from Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, to Pingyao Ancient City in central Shanxi. Pingyao is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,700 years. Together with national historical and cultural ancient city of Langzhong in Sichuan Province, Lijiang in Yunnan Province and Shexian in Anhui Province, it is referred to as "the four best preserved ancient cities of China". While Pingyao Ancient City is also one of China's only two old cities declared World Cultural Heritage (the other one is Lijiang). As one of the most well-preserved ancient towns in China, Pingyao is an outstanding example of Chinese Han nationality city in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In this 3-day trip, you will not only visit Pingyao's city wall, courtyards, stores, banks to learn more about the beauty of Chinese old architecture, but also touch some of the perseverance in Jin (Shanxi) merchants' spirit. Chang's Mansion, locates on the way from Tiayuan to Pingyao, cannot be missed when you are there.
HIGHLIGHTS
*In-depth Pingyao tour, classic attractions all inclusive: City Wall, Rishengchang, Shuanglin Temple, Wang's Mansion, displaying you authentic Shanxi culture
*The model of Chinese folk houses, the treasure of the world folk houses - Chang's Mansion
TRIP INFORMATION
- Tour code: CPT-ST-04
- Price: from $358 p/p
- Tour type: private tour
- Departure date: flexible
- Travel route: Taiyuan - Pingyao
- Trip length: 3 Days 2 nights
Detailed itinerary:
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