Pingyao Private Tour: Wang's Family Compound and Shuanglin Temple
Description
Visit the masterpiece of residential architecture – Wang Family Mansion and see precious and colorful ancient sculptures and frescoes at Shuanglin Temple in this Pingyao day tour. You will be escorted by English-speaking tour guide, a personal car and driver.
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Itinerary
At 9:00 am, you will be greeted by your private tour guide at your hotel in Pingyao start the day. Also known as "Double Forest Temple", Shuanglin Temple is located about a 20-minute drive from Pingyao Old Town. Shuanglin Temple was built about 1,500 years ago and renowned for its ancient locust trees, steles, frescoes, and particularly over 2,000 vivid and well preserved color-painted mud sculptures.
Afterwards, drive about one hour to visit Wang Family Mansion. This huge magnificent courtyard complex occupies a higher ground overlooking a broad landscape. It boasts 123 courtyards and 1,118 rooms which entails all the major architectural features of north China peasant homes. It's buildings and decorations reflect strict social hierarchy of the time, and all of the carvings and statues have lots of meanings and stories behind them. After the tour, return to your hotel in Pingyao at about 16:00pm.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Hotel pick-up area should be within Pingyao.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- You will receive details about tour guide and exact meeting time in your voucher the day before. And the tour guide will also contact you through hotel or leave a message for you regarding the exact time the night before tour.
- Lunch is not included in this tour. But you can have a lunch break at any time if needed, just let your tour guide know.
Reviews(2)
We were staying in Shanxi for only three days, but we really wanted to see as many sights as possible. We approched Trippest for transfer in advance and the Company helped us to implement our complicated plan. As a result, we had a good time to see Datong, visited the Yungang Grottoes, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, spent time in the Mount Wutai, walked around Pingyao, and even saw extraordinary ancient sculptures in the Foguang Temple, Nanchan Temple, Zhenguo Temple and Shuanglin Temple. This was only possible thanks to precise organization by Travel Advisor of China Highlights Travel Co.,Ltd. Ms. Heidi Li, who organized our itinerary ensuring we saw everything on our list. To save us time, she bought all the tickets in advance and oversaw by WeChat us a throughout the trip. In addition to the transfer, we actually received a very professional guide. We already want to return to China with new trips definitely with Ms. Heidi Li.
Hi Tatiana, Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled to hear that your time in Shanxi was packed with amazing sights and experiences. It sounds like you had quite the adventure! Heidi is fantastic at what she does, and we’re glad her organization made your trip seamless. From the Yungang Grottoes to the stunning temples, it’s great to know you were able to see everything on your list without a hitch. We’d love to help you plan your next trip back to China! Just let us know when you’re ready for more adventures. Best wishes, Trippest Customer Service Team
<p>Our tour guide, Michael, was punctual, friendly and very knowledgeable. His English was excellent. Wang Family Mansion is well worth a visit. It gave really good insights into Chinese family life in the past. Michael brought the experience to life by adding details that you couldn't get just by looking at the buildings. For instance, he explained the differences in the lives of sons and daughters.<br/> We would have been happy to have just visited the Wang Family Mansion, but we thought that the Shuanglin Temple was a reasonably interesting add on. Again Michael gave us lots of relevant information about this Buddhist temple. <br/> Lunch was at our hotel. We didn't get a choice of food. However the food was very tasty. We would have preferred to have been taken to a different restaurant and to have chosen from the menu and for Michael and the driver to have been allowed to join us. This is what happened on our other guided tour.</p>
