Kathy,
I would like to personally say that I thought that Tony and Sphia were first class in the way they looked after my wife and I on our recent short tour to Bejing. There punctuality was excellent there understanding of what we wanted was good and we found them extremely polite, curteuous and knowledgable and were an asset to your company. Tony handled our arrival at the docks superably as we;; as pur deperture at the airport. Sophia looked after is in Bejing and we found her an excellent guide.
Once again a big thank you.
Margaret and Richard
Are you expecting a smiling and knowledgable Beijing tour guide? All our Beijing tour guides have got very strict professional training in tourism industry. Most of them are university gratuates.
Beijing Pingyao One Day Tour by Flight Departure: Daily
Duration: One day
Attractions: The Ancient City Wall, The Rishengchang Draft Bank
The Mingqing Street and Armed Escort Company Museum
Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing at 6:00am
Payment Types: Cash, Credit
Tour Code:BPY-01 Tour Itinerary: Early in the morning pick-up from your hotel in Beijing and transfer to Beijing Capital Airport and take early morning flight for Taiyuan. Met and transfer to Pingyao Ancient City for a once-in-a-lifetime visit. Pingyao is a small town in central Shanxi Province, near Taiyuan. Pingyao boasts plenty of cultural relics. The city wall was first built during the Zhou Dynasty (11th century - 256 B.C.) and was expanded in 1370, the third year of the reign of Ming Emperor Hongwu. Since 1997, it has been listed as a World Heritage Site. Situated on the trade route between Beijing and Xi'an, Pingyao developed into a business center with the use of the nation's earliest banks. These organizations were the first in China to use checks, and business came up in the 19th Century, when the city was the financial center of the Qing government. After the tour, take later afternoon flight back via Taiyuan to Beijing. Met and transfer to your hotel in Beijing. ( Lunch included )
Major attractions in Pingyao: Pingyao City Wall
Pingyao City Wall was first constructed in Xizhou Xuanwang period (827-728BC) when General Yinjipu had it established with mud to protest the city against outside invaders. Later several Reparations were made in each dynasties. In the year 1370, it was widened greatly with much stones and bricks. The City Wall was complete and well defended with 6.4km long. It is square with the southern section a little round and the other three sections straight. Made of bricks and mud, the ancient wall is 10 meters in length and 5 meters in width. There are totally 72 towers and 3000 crenels. Pingyao City Wall is regarded as "Tortoise City" from the past times and is also regarded as " the First City in North China" by some experts. It is now one of the cutural reolics under the State protection. The Rishengchang Exchange Shop
The Rishengchang Exchange Shop is the earliest bank in China, first opened in the 18th century.Rishengchang was the first money exchange shop in the history of China. It was first set up in 1823 Qing Dynasty with head-office in the county of Pingyao and the first boss was Li Daquan.The first manager of Rishengchang was Lei Lvtai, a gifted and professional person in management. He was the most noted person at that time. The Ancient Ming and Qing Streets
Pingyao is well known for its lanes and narrow streets ith a long history. The city's main attraction is Ming and Qing Street, also called Nanda Jie. It is one of the busy and interesting streets in which to experience ancient Chinese culture. It is 440 long, Ming and Qing Street used to be the commercial center of Pingyao ancient city. The Qiao Family Courtyard
It was the courtyard of a rich family in the late 1700s and now still is well preserved. It became famous due to Zhang Yimou's film "Raise the Red Lantern" which used the whole courtyard as its background in the film. The courtyard occupies an area of 8,000 square metres and has six main courtyards and 19 small ones, with totally 313 rooms. From Apavilion on the south-western corner has a overlooking view over the entire courtyard. From this high point it becomes clear that the courtyard is laid out in the outline of the Chinese character Xi (happiness).
Inclusions:
1. Airport roundtrip transfer
2. Transportation in air-conditioned vehicle
3. Visit to Pingyao Ancient City
4. Chinese lunch with soft drinks
5. Your personal tour guide and driver
6. Beijing-Taiyuan ( Pingyao )-Beijing Domestic Flights
7. The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group. Available:
Daily Departure time and location:
Approx 06:30am; pick-up at your hotel lobby in Beijing Return time and location:
Approx.11:00 pm to your hotel lobby in Beijing Reservation:
1. Please use our online booking or send your travel request via email to info@tour-beijing.com. You are also welcome to call us at + 86 10 67160201 ext 1006 or 2007. If you have a last minute booking or an urgent matter after our normal office hour, please call 0086 13520598855 or 13901312027 ( 24 hours ).
2. Our real trip advisors will have your booking confirmed no more than 1 working day. We even take last minute booking if time is pressing. When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices.
3. Way of Payment: cash payment, credit card payment or wire transfer. Both RMB and hard currency are acceptable. Currency Converter
4. Our tour guide will meet you at your hotel in Beijing.
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Departure: Daily
