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3-Hour Private Walking Tour of Pingyao Highlights: Explore Ancient City's Historical Sites
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Pingyao County
Discover the historical sites of Pingyao on a 3-hour private walking tour. Visit the first bank of China, explore the ancient city walls, and immerse yourself in the local culture.
Discover the historical sites of Pingyao on a 3-hour private walking tour. Visit the first bank of China, explore the ancient city walls, and immerse yourself in the local culture.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- City Wall of Pingyao - Have a walking on the Ming-era Wall with your private guide, he or she will explain the history of the wall, and you can see the best view of the roof top and street from the wall.
- Ming and Qing Dynasties Street - This street also named South Street. Which is full of the hotels, restaurants, street foods, bars,…
- City Wall of Pingyao - Have a walking on the Ming-era Wall with your private guide, he or she will explain the history of the wall, and you can see the best view of the roof top and street from the wall.
- Ming and Qing Dynasties Street - This street also named South Street. Which is full of the hotels, restaurants, street foods, bars, souvenir stores etc, It is good place to see the plenty of the local snacks and guide will let you know which one is good to try. Don’t forget to take the picture with the city center building which is named Shilou.
- Pingyao Confucian Temple - With guide to visit the 840 years old Dacheng Building in this temple, and learn Confucian wise from here.
- Ancient City of Pingyao - Pingyao is the UNESCO sights which shows us the ancient China, 700 years old wall, Ming ang Qing dynasty street, temples, ancient local residence, and guide will show you the back street in Pingyao to see the local people’s life.
- Rishengchang Former Bank - This is the museum of The first bank of China, guide will explain the history of the bank and how the bank was managed well by the CEO since from 1823. You can not miss it when you are in Pingyao.
- Ping Yao Temple of the City God - It is the most beautiful temple inside the old city, which is from Ming dynasty, and consits of many Taoist god, like city good, kitchen god and three Wealth Gods and guide will help you find out your Chinese Zodiac animals if you tell him or her your year of birth.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Entrance fee of the sights listed in the itinerary
- Professional and friendly guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Entrance fee of the sights listed in the itinerary
- Professional and friendly guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel room fee
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel room fee
Additional Information
Embark on a private walking tour for three hours with your amiable guide, to discover the historic highlights of Pingyao. This includes Rishengchang (The inaugural bank in China’s history), The ancient wall from the Ming Dynasty, Ming Qing street and several undiscovered paths within the residential district. Furthermore, you will have a chance to…
Embark on a private walking tour for three hours with your amiable guide, to discover the historic highlights of Pingyao. This includes Rishengchang (The inaugural bank in China’s history), The ancient wall from the Ming Dynasty, Ming Qing street and several undiscovered paths within the residential district. Furthermore, you will have a chance to explore The City God Temple and the Old Confucius Temple. This expedition is a wonderful option for individuals keen on comprehending the history linked to the town’s edifices, museums, and architecture.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Location
City Wall of Pingyao
Within Pingyao County,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Cq2007
Jan 4, 2020
Highly Recommended - Read about Pingyao in the 1843 Magazine; and immediately set my heart on it. After reading some reviews on Tripadvisor, I emailed Jonathan of Red Plum Travel who arranged everything for us- including roundtrip tickets from Xi'An to Pingyao, and the pick-up and drop-off at the train stations (Xi'An and Pingyao). At Pingyao itself, Jonathan took us around by foot and introduced the city where he grew up in. Lunch and light snacks were included in our package. Everything was organized very well; and I'm very happy to have visited Pingyao with Red Plum Travel.
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Trisha
Nov 20, 2019
Brilliant tour with Johnathan. - Wow- we were so lucky we managed to get Johnathan at the last minute as we were initially undecided whether to get one or not. We were so thrilled as not only did Johnathan speak excellent English, he was incredibly informative with vast knowledge of the history and buildings of Pingyao. It was the best tour we did in China and thanks to Johanthan who gave us in-depth knowledge of a very ancient city. Would highly recommend Johnathan. Many thanks
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Barney
Apr 10, 2019
The fascinating ancient city of Pingyao - My wife and I booked this three-hour private walking tour of Pingyao highlights through Viator. Our guide was Jonathan Zhang, who proved to be excellent. Knowledgeable, interesting, helpful, Jonathan made this tour something special.
Pingyao has an interesting history, which Jonathan explained to us. Inside the city walls, which are, unusually for historic Chinese cities, complete. From the walls we could see over the rooftops of the ancient city, which is composed almost entirely of traditional courtyard houses (in addition to the busy main streets of shops and restaurants).
We visited a number of temples -- Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist -- the museum of the first commercial bank in China. Yes, banking in China was started in Pingyao by the owner of a cloth-dyeing works who discovered that banking was more profitable than dyeing.
Long before banking started (in the 19th century), Pingyao was the HQ of a company that specialised in the secure transport of silver bullion around China, defended by men trained in Kung Fu.
There's lots to see in ancient Pingyao -- the modern city outside the walls is nothing to write home about -- and this would occupy a day or so.
If you choose to visit Pingyao, try to book Jonathan Zhang of Red Plum Travel (which you can do through TripAdvisor). He is excellent!
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Leticia
Jun 3, 2018
Visit Pingayo with China Highlights - Can't say enough of this lovely town. As usual, China Highlights assigned us a superb tour guide, Verena, who spoke excellent English and knew the city super well, since she grew up there. We stayed at Jing's Residence, a boutique hotel that is a must if you are spending the night there. Our experience in Pingyao could not have been better!
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Juergen879
Dec 26, 2017
Superb tour through the city of Pingyao - Jonathan introduced us to Verena as a guide in Pingyao. Verena was able to answer all kinds of questions and read every wish from our lips. She has the city, temples, kung-fu schools and was able to explain the life of the inhabitants wonderfully. Verena's English was excellent.
Rating:
Historical Knowledge: ***** Perfect
Language: ***** Perfect
Tour: ***** Perfect
Verena: A super nice and pleasant woman ******
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Tsumpy
Nov 9, 2017
Highly recommended! - We contacted Jonathan for our 1-day tour in Pingyao. Since the first emails, Jonathan has been really accommodating to satisfying our requests. We met him at the hotel, and he guided us throughout the city's ancient streets, palaces, and temples. Specifically, we visited the following (from 8AM-3PM):
1. Rishengchang bank
2. Ming and Qqing street
3. Armed escort agency
4. City wall
5. Confucius temple
6. City God temple
He followed 'our pace' and demonstrated to be attentive to every specific need we advanced (e.g. finding gifts for friends and parents).
We really enjoyed our time with Jonathan- it was like we have known him forever.
We highly recommend Jonathan for your tours in Pingyao!! With him, you will get the best out of your visit.
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