Pingyao Day Tour: Wang Family Mansion and Zhangbi Ancient Castle

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8 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Wang Family Mansion and Zhangbi Ancient Castle are two attractions we highly recommended when you visit Pingyao Old Town area. These two sites are full of unique highlights and features of their own despite no easy access by public transportation. You will surely get more out of your valuable time with an English-speaking tour guide, a private car and driver for a hassle-free and organized tour than simply visiting them on your own.

What's Included

Entrance tickets as listed in the tour
Transfer by reliable driver and air-conditioned vehicle
A friendly and experienced English-speaking tour guide
Gratuities
Meals

Meeting and pickup

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

Itinerary

Duration: 8 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Wang's Family Compound (Wang Jia Dayuan)

    At 9:00 am, your tour guide, personal car, and driver will pick you up from your hotel in Pingyao Old Town for 1.5-hour drive to Wang Family Mansion and Zhangbi Ancient Castle. Wang Family Mansion is nicknamed ‘the Forbidden City of the Peasant Residences’. Its construction took nearly over 300 years by the efforts of several generations of the Wang family. You can imagine how large and prosperous the Wang Family was in its prime. Its architecture and decorations reflected the sense of strict social hierarchy in ancient time. Those intricate carvings and statues all have special meanings and stories behind them.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Zhangbi Ancient Castle

    Zhangbi Ancient Castle is nestled inside of a small village. It is unique for its ingeniously designed underground tunnels spreading into three complex and connected layers. It was built according to ancient Chinese astrology, and its purpose was mainly to hoard up weapons and some armed force as well. You will be greeted by a magnificent view of mountains when you step out of the castle. After the tour, you will be transfer back to Pingyao Old Town at around 17:00.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
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