Originally Posted by mlasser

Pingyao has been a huge highlight of our trip. Nothing but thumbs up for visiting this city. If you do put it on your itin. change enough money before you get there as the only ATMs are Shanxi Credit Union and they won't take foreign bank cards and the bank will not change foreign currency. Local merchants that do agree to take dollars or Euros charge big fees because they have to periodically drive them to Tiayuan which is a longish drive.