Ancient City of Pingyao, Shanxi, China
4.5 (1.370 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Pingyao County Historic Sites
Peaceful. Beautiful and Fascinating
Spent two days here with my colleagues. This amazingly well preserved Qing city is a visual spectacle. From the city walls you can see the order behind the apparent chaos as walking through it is easy to lose yourself. Dozens of museums, hundreds of historic buildings and years of history unfold before your eyes. At night red lanterns illuminate everything with a gentle glow. Stay in a boutique courtyard hotel, enjoy the local food, sample the locally produced drinking vinegar, shop till you drop and finish the day off at a bar. This place has it all. Couldn't recommend more highly.
Address
In Pingyao County, Pingyao County 031100 China
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Website
http://www.shanxipingyao.com
Current local date and time now
Monday, April 29, 2024, 16:04
User Ratings
4.5 based on (1.370 reviews)
Reviews
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5KodoDrummer 5:00 PM Aug 27, 2019
Impressive ancient city of the Ming & Qing dynasties
This ancient town was established in the 14th century. It is a well-preserved ancient city, with over 4,000 ancient buildings and 2,000 sculptures from the Ming and Qing dynasties. I rank it as being in the top 10% of well-preserved ancient cities of China. The city area approximates 225 hectares.
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5Trisha J 5:00 PM Jan 17, 2020
Superb. Highlight of our China trip
We were recommended Pingyao by our agent as a pre Beijing stay as we wanted something more historic and this was perfect. We flew into Taiyoan airport then taxi to Pingyao and took the fast train back to beijing. I would prefer to train both ways. It was amazing and lots to see and do and very interesting history as it was where the banks were originally formed
