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Top 19 Best Things to Do in Taiyuan - 2024

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Updated Jun 2024
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    󰺂8.2
    4.8/5
    110 Review
    Free
    "The "three treasures" in Jinci have the Northern Song Dynasty Notre Dame Palace, the fish marsh Feiliang in front of the temple and the Jin Dynasty Temple, which are all domestic orphans. The "three musts" are the ancient cypress of the Zhou Dynasty for 3,000 years, the colorful plastic lady of the Song Dynasty and the source of Jin water."
    Taiyuan.Taiyuan Ancient County/Jinci Temple
    20.4km from downtown
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    󰺂7.4
    4.8/5
    1590 Review
    Free
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 98 reviews
    "Yuxia Shangzhou, Spring and Autumn Warring States, Qin and Han Warring States, West and East Jin, North and South Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, 5 generations and 10 countries, Song Jinliao, Yuan Ming and Qing Dynasties... Jindi's up and down 5,000 years! 3 hours, explained the essence of Provincial Bo, thank you Mr. Zhao!"
    Taiyuan.Xiayuan/Taiyuan University of Technology
    1.7km from downtown
    Highlights: The Shanxi Provincial Museum is located in Taiyuan City on West Binhe Road. Visitors enter free and can enjoy many excellent examples of Shanxi’s traditional and historical culture such as the Houma Jades from the Spring and Autumn Period, oil paintings from the Northern Wei Dynasty and a carved white stone sarcophagus from the Sui Dynasty. The items on display in the Shanxi Provincial Museum cover a broad range of eras, from the Neolithic times dating from the remains left behind during man's ancient past to more recent artifacts related to Shanxi merchants during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. You will find many excellent learning opportunities here.
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    󰺂6.9
    4.6/5
    1010 Review
    "The botanical garden with a sense of design is basically indoors, insect museums, desert plants, tropical rain forests are very good, the animal display area at the door is also very interesting, the elevator is also designed with a unique style, the supporting restaurants inside are complete, it is a good place for leisure and vacation."
    Taiyuan.Taiyuan Ancient County/Jinci Temple
    15.6km from downtown
    Highlights: Taiyuan Botanical Garden is located at the foot of Taishan Mountain in Jinyuan District and collects more than 3,000 species of plants. Visitors can stand on the cantilever at the main entrance and overlook the whole botanical garden.
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    󰺂6.7
    4.1/5
    2434 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 33 reviews
    "Taiyuan Zoo is the only demonstration base in Shanxi Province that integrates animal science education, breeding exhibitions, epidemic prevention and control, disease prevention and treatment and wildlife protection functions in different places, and has a comprehensive service reception function. It is also an important carrier for building a first-class tourist attraction in Shanxi and building a first-class provincial capital to see Shanxi civilization."
    Taiyuan.Taiyuan Zoo
    5.4km from downtown
    Highlights: The Taiyuan Zoo is located in the northern part of downtown Taiyuan. It is an ideal place for bringing small children. The zoo is full of lush green trees, potted plants and flowers. At the Taiyuan City Zoo visitors can see precious wildlife, such as snub-nosed monkeys, Siberian tigers and red-crowned cranes. There are also many precious wild animals from the rest of the world, such as white rhinos, giraffes, baboons and zebras. While at the Taiyuan City Zoo you can also watch the Sea Lion Show, Elephant Show, a circus and many other kinds of animal performances.
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    󰺂6.6
    4.7/5
    2505 Review
    From52.7
    "It is too hot during the day and has a night game. The Chinese cultural atmosphere is very strong and I like it very much. There is a large passenger flow on May Day holiday and you need to queue up. vip experienced flying with you, flying with you, flying with you using 4D technology to leap over the land of Shenzhou, walking across the north and south of the motherland in ten minutes, very realistic, after watching it, I feel that I don’t have to go out to travel 😄😄 It’s a bit embarrassing. During the period, I screamed several times 😂😂 Leap Dog Xiongling as a small roller coaster. Dabao was more than 12 years old and had a great time. Xiaobao was more than seven years old and didn't have to play anymore. 😂😂 It is recommended that babies under ten choose whether to play the project according to their own situation. The most recommended son-in-law to make up for the day. At first, the name felt that the myth was suitable for children. Later, it was really boring to wait for the children. I went to queue. The team was really long. It was nearly two and a half hours. However, after the experience, I felt that the waiting was really worth it. Noah's Ark mobile experience, 4D effect, The whole is very shocking, it is highly recommended that ~ other projects have no time to play. If you want to recommend one, do not hesitate to recommend everyone's son-in-law to make up the day ~~"
    Yangqu
    21.4km from downtown
    Highlights: Taiyuan Fantawild Oriental Heritage is the second Fantawild park in Shanxi province after Datong Fantawild Adventure. This new park is themed around Chinese history and culture. It cleverly blends mythology,folk tales, and local culture to present visitors with a fantastic oriental world filled with innovation and technology. This new park adopts many cutting-edge technologies such as a flight simulation theater, panoramic AR, comprehensive tracks, 4D dynamic special effects, programmable blocks, and more.This Park combines live performance and other technology to provide visitors with an immersive experience presenting five thousand years of Chinese culture.
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    󰺂6.6
    4.5/5
    1261 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 12 reviews
    "Very good science education venue, the layout and exhibition partitions are relatively independent and mutual cause and effect, the system introduced the generation, mining, utilization and type and distribution of coal, the explanation is in-depth, patient and meticulous, and the simulation of the mine is worth experiencing. Great!"
    Taiyuan.Xiayuan/Taiyuan University of Technology
    2.4km from downtown
    Highlights: The Chinese Coal Museum is located in Taiyuan City on the west bank of Fenhe Park. Every day our lives are affected by coal. Do you know where coal comes from, how it is formed, or how it is excavated from deep beneath the surface of the earth's crust? A visit to the Chinese Coal Museum will help answer some of these questions along with many other questions you never knew you had. One of the most interesting features of the museum is the Coal Palace. The Coal Palace is a is an underground facility built to replicate a real mine at a scale that is true to life. You can put on a miner's suit and hat and go down an elevator and passageways similar to ones coal miners use to work. This experience provides a new understanding of the hardship and dangers miners face every day while working.
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    󰺂6.2
    4.6/5
    13 Review
    "The investment is large, the layout is very good, the management is great, and the evaluation is very high. Personal suggestion: the two rows of ginkgo trees in the south gate of the park should be removed. From the outside of the park, it will affect the entire picture of the twin towers and the bridge gate building."
    Taiyuan.Taiyuan Railway Station
    4.9km from downtown
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    󰺂6.1
    4.5/5
    1397 Review
    Free
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 23 reviews
    "Liuxiang, named during the Ming Dynasty! It is the most central area of the old street in Gujinyang! The Centennial Cloud Ji is: the Centennial Cloud Ji, Qinghe Yuan! Recognize one force! Lin Xiangzhai, Huataihou! Kaihua Temple, Dazhong Temple, Daningtang! Hengdeli...Many old Cloud Ji are a must-check place to come to Taiyuan!"
    Taiyuan.Liuxiang Commercial Area
    1.7km from downtown
    Highlights: Liu Lane is an old commercial street in Taiyuan City, which has a history of more than 300 years. It is the memory of several generations of local people and a must-see attraction for tourists coming to Taiyuan. Liu Lane, including Mishi Street, Zhonglou Street and Wuyi Road, Jiefang Road, has many large commercial shopping centres and local restaurant brands. The "Tounao Soup" (Brain Soup) of Qingheyuan Restaurant and the flavoured meat dish of Liuweizhai are the local foods that you can never miss out in Liu Lane.
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    󰺂5.7
    4.5/5
    348 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 8 reviews
    "During the May Day holiday, I went to Taiyuan East Lake Vinegar Garden to visit. It was free to scan the code in the park. Parking was free. The park was not tree-lined. There was a large park in Qingxu. There was a staff reception guide at the door, and the interpreter took the tour. If you visit it for ten minutes, you will finish it. The sour taste of the place brewed is drilling the nose, and the work environment of the workers under the traditional craftsmanship is really hard to say. Donghu Vinegar Garden belongs to Taiyuan's characteristic attractions, and most of the tourists from other places. Everyone who takes their children to visit can learn about Shanxi vinegar, and this place also contributed to the Taiyuan original travel!"
    Taiyuan.Taiyuan Railway Station
    4.2km from downtown
    Highlights: Donghu Vinegar Garden is a corporatization and factory museum in Shanxi Province that dynamically displays the traditional and modern vinegar production process and the historical and cultural connotation of old vinegar. The display hall of Donghu vinegar garden and the vinegar treatment garden have collected various vinegar utensils and farming equipment since the Western Han Dynasty. Here, you can fully understand the old Shanxi by means of ancient and modern utensils, literature, pictures and product display. The historical and cultural heritage of vinegar.
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    󰺂5.7
    4.5/5
    182 Review
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    Taiyuan
    20.8km from downtown
    Highlights: The Tianlong Mountain Grottoes are located on the mountainside of Tianlong Mountain, 40 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City. Tianlong Mountain was formerly known as Fangshan Mountain. After the Tianlong Temple was built at the foot of the mountain in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the mountain was called Tianlong Mountain. It used to be the summer palace of Gao Huan, the father of the Northern Qi Emperor Gao Yang. Tianlong Mountain has beautiful scenery, surrounded by undulating mountains, lush pines and cypresses, rippling springs in Longwang Stone Cave on the top of the mountain, and clear streams in front of the mountain. The Tianlongshan Grottoes are distributed on the cliff waist of the east and west peaks of Tianlong Mountain. There are 24 caves excavated in the Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui and Tang Dynasties, eight caves in the east peak, thirteen caves in the west peak, and three caves in the north of the mountain. There are more than 1,500 statues in the coexisting grottoes, and 1,144 relief sculptures, caisson wells and portraits. The Tianlongshan Grottoes are characterized by their mature, full, succinct and meticulous expression of emotions, which are close to the life of laborers.
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FAQ

What are some Best Things to Do in Taiyuan?
Some Best Things to Do in Taiyuan include:Jinci Temple, Shanxi Provincial Museum, Taiyuan Botanical Garden, Taiyuan Zoo, Taiyuan Fantawild Oriental Heritage
What are some highly-rated Best Things to Do in Taiyuan?
Some highly-rated Best Things to Do in Taiyuan include:Jinci Temple:4.8, Shanxi Provincial Museum:4.8, Taiyuan Botanical Garden:4.6, Taiyuan Zoo:4.1, Taiyuan Fantawild Oriental Heritage:4.7
At what locations in Taiyuan can Best Things to Do in Taiyuan be found?
The Best Things to Do in Taiyuan are mainly located in:Jinci Temple:Taiyuan, Shanxi Provincial Museum:Taiyuan, Taiyuan Botanical Garden:Taiyuan, Taiyuan Zoo:Taiyuan, Taiyuan Fantawild Oriental Heritage:Yangqu
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