Private Day Tour to Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hanging Monastery from Taiyuan

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10 to 12 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hengshan Hanging Monastery are two historical and impressive attractions in Shanxi Province in China. This private one-day tour offers you an opportunity to explore both sites from Taiyuan with a local guide by private vehicle. Pickup time from your centrally located Taiyuan hotel is at 7:30am. Please note this is a long day tour. Note: Hanging Monastery limits the daily visitors to get inside the temple, you will view the temple from outside if no tickets are available to get inside the tepmple.

What's Included

Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entrance fees
Lunch
Transport by private vehicle
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We also pick up from centrally located Taiyuan hotel

Itinerary

Duration: 10 to 12 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    At 7:30am, your guide will pick you up from your Taiyuan hotel, then take 3-hour car ride to Yingxian County to visit the impressive wooden pagoda. It was built about 1000 years ago in Liao Dynasty. The 67.31-meter pagoda is the oldeset woonden pagoda in the world. Though it is not allowed to climb up, but it is worthing viewing the historical building standing here for 1000 years.

    40 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

    Then you will take another one-hour car ride to Hanging Monastery. It was built by the cliff and supported by the huge and long wooden pillars. The entire temple is impressive to view from below and above. Though it was built in 491AD, it is quite well-preserved. Moreover, it is interesting to see three religions in one temple, which are Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Later, you will be transferred back to your Taiyuan hotel where the tour concludes.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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