2 Days Pingyao Highlight Tour

Pingyao ancient city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a AAAAA-rated tourist attraction. During this tour, we will visit one of the earliest exchange shops in China – Rishengchang Exchange Shop; stoll on the busiest centre of business at that time – Ming and Qing Street and appreciate one of the finest remaining examples of imposing private residences in northern China – Qiao Family’s Compound, etc.

Highlights:

  • Visit the one of the earliest exchange shops in China – Rishengchang Exchange Shop.
  • Stoll on the busiest centre of business at that time – Ming and Qing Street.
  • Appreciate one of the finest remaining examples of imposing private residences in northern China – Qiao Family’s Compound.

Brief Itinerary

  • Day 1: Pingyao Arrival
  • Day 2: Pingyao Departure

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Pingyao Arrival

Sightseeing and Activities: Rishengchang Exchange Shop, ancient city wall, Ming and Qing Street
Accommodation: Pingyao
Meals:

Upon arrival, met by tour guide and transferred to your hotel for a short rest. Then head to visit one of the earliest exchange shops in China founded during the Qing Dynasty – Rishengchang Exchange Shop, to experience the scene that appeared one hundred years ago. The exchange shop is now a museum.

Then head to the ancient city wall to get a bird view of this town and stroll along the ancient Ming and Qing Street, which was the busiest centre of business at that time.

Day 2 Pingyao Departure

Sightseeing and Activities: Qiao Family’s Compound, Shuanglin Temple
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast

Shuanglin Temple in Pingyao, Jinzhong

Today we will head to visit Qiao Family’s Compound, the residential compound of well-known financier Qiao Zhiyong, who was the most famous member of the Qiao family. It is to be one of the finest remaining examples of imposing private residences in northern China.

Continue the tour to Shuanglin Temple, a large Buddhist temple, is notable for its collection of more than 2,000 decorated clay statues that are dated to the 12th-19th centuries.

After the tour, transferred to the railway station for your next destination.

Service Included:

  • Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
  • Meals as listed in the itinerary;
  • Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
  • Private English-speaking tour guide;
  • Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
  • Service charge & government taxes;
  • Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
  • Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper.

Service Excluded:

  • Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
  • Chinese visa fees;
  • Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
  • Single room supplement;
  • Tips to guides and drivers;
  • Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
  • Personal travel accident insurance;
  • All optional programs.