Pingyao Travel Guide

gina said at 2009-1-21 19:41:00

Rating: Average

Pingyao may be the place where those determined to love China, as I have been for years, finally do a dummy spit. But I saw a Dutch girl there who loved it. However, I also saw 10 other Dutch people who didn’t, and talk to a number of people who were deeply disappointed, in some cases they’d deliberately passed up other places for this.

nancy said at 2009-1-21 19:38:00

Rating: Average

The surroundings are full of coal dust and acid rain.

lovechina said at 2009-1-21 19:37:00

Rating: Average

it’s not so ‘fake’ as West Street in Yangshuo or the streets of Lijiang, but it’s not very nice.

smilecathy said at 2009-1-21 19:35:00

Rating: Poor

The old town is largely unimproved – traffic removed from the centre but the ‘walking street’ concept does not appear to suit everyone, and one of the local shops has a sign “photo 10 yuan” (our guide said he was fed up with being photographed, I think he was just greedy). It’s hard to reach, it’s dirty, the power goes off regularly (part of a rolling set of cuts, odd in an area so full of power generators) and the whole place seems venal, and at the moment to have the worst of both worlds, trying to make a bob out of the tourists without making an effort to meet their needs.

great traveler said at 2009-1-21 19:31:00

Rating: Average

Within the old city you can walk, bike or hire an electric car.

beijingexpat said at 2009-1-14 21:26:00

Rating: Average

There are many excellent old buildings – temples, the bank, armed escorts etc. But many other places have similar, and the sheer nastiness of the locals is very offputting

lavender0108 said at 2008-3-18 3:27:00

Rating: Good