Questions about two- or three-day travel in Shanxi

Considering time, you can’t finish visiting Pingyao in one day. More than 90% of the scenic spots there (including city walls, county offices, Confucian temples, Chenghuang temples, Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, banknotes, banks, escort offices, residential buildings, etc.) Various types) use a pass, the ticket price is 150 yuan (half price for students), this ticket is valid for three days, but you can only go to each attraction once. The Qiao Family Courtyard is not very big, and there is not much to see around it. Half a day there is enough, whether it is two days or three days, you can spend the rest of the time wandering around Pingyao. If you are still not satisfied, you can still visit the suburbs of Pingyao. There are Shuanglin Temple and Zhenguo Temple that you can visit.

Considering location, Pingyao is in the south, closest to Xi'an. Qixian County, where the Qiao Family Courtyard is located, is in the north of Pingyao. It takes about an hour by long-distance car. If you go further north, it's another hour. Taiyuan. It is best if you can buy a train ticket from Xi'an to Pingyao, so that you can stay in Pingyao all the time. Living in Pingyao is not very expensive. There are many folk inns. In addition, eating and shopping in the city will be a little more expensive than outside the city. You need Consider for yourself. If the ticket from Xi'an to Pingyao is easy to buy, you can take half a day to go to Qixian and go there and back. If it is difficult to buy a return ticket, you can go to Taiyuan via Qixian County on the last day and take the train back in Taiyuan. Of course, if you can’t even buy a ticket, you can also choose to go to Taiyuan first, and then from Taiyuan to Pingyao via Qixian County – this was also the route I took at the time.

If you want to talk about budget, the ticket price is ***190 (Qiao Family Courtyard 40), the train ticket is ***134 (according to the train from Xi'an to Pingyao), the bus ticket is probably less than 30 (walk One round trip), the accommodation is about 100 (based on the average standard room price of 50 per person, staying for two days, of course there are cheaper ones), so it is at least about 450, plus meals and other expenses, it is about 600.