Mount Tai · cable car up, the long stairway down
The first of the Five Great Peaks — the easy way up, the old way down
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老实说
这一天到底怎么过Ten hours around one mountain, and the mountain is doing most of the work: cable car to the South Heaven Gate, forty minutes of steps to the summit, then the long stairway down if your knees agree.
适合
- Travellers who want the Five Great Peaks ticked off
- Anyone coming off the Beijing–Shanghai line with a spare day
什么情况下别订
If you were planning to walk up from the Red Gate, this is the wrong shape — we go up by cable car and walk down, not the other way round.
Mount Tai is not a view from a car park. Even the cable-car version puts you above 1,400 m with steps in both directions, and the summit is 8–10 °C colder than Tai’an.
一天的起点与终点
以下时间皆为出发时间Meet at Tai’an Railway Station exit — ten minutes by car from the high-speed platforms
一天，细到每一分钟
9 个停靠点The summit runs 8–10 °C colder and the cable-car queue reshuffles the order; the guide decides on the day.
Meet at Tai’an Railway Station接送
Name board at the arrivals exit
Dai Temple景点
Where emperors began the climb to the summit
Tianwaicun, then the park shuttle to Midway Gate车程
Cable car to the South Heaven Gate景点
Five minutes; the queue is separate
Jade Emperor Peak, 1,545 m景点
Steles, the Bixia shrine, and the plain below
Lunch on the summit用餐
Own expense; mountain prices
Down the Eighteen Bends on foot景点
About 1,600 steps; the cable car is the fallback
Regroup at Tianwaicun车程
Back at Tai’an station返程
In time for an evening train
进与出
依路线而异What is included
- Mount Tai admission (about ¥115)
- Park shuttle, return (about ¥40)
- Midway Gate cable car, one way (about ¥100)
- Dai Temple admission (about ¥30)
- Station transfers and the car for the day
Not included
- Lunch and dinner
- Cable car down (about ¥100) if you skip the steps
- Coat rental on the summit (about ¥30)
- Admission is name-registered. The passport must match the booking exactly — it is checked at the gate.
- The summit runs 8–10 °C colder even in summer. In winter the steps ice over and the route switches to the cable car both ways.
- The Fengchan ceremony show and the Dai Temple are separate tickets; the show does not clash with this day.
Cable car up, steps down. Steep but hand-railed; grandparents can walk a section and ride the rest.
快速解答
价格、时间与包含内容從泰安到Mount Tai的一日遊多少錢？
跟團遊每人 $114，或私家團每車 $256 起（含司機與導遊）。跟團價包含司機、導遊與門票；私家團價則是整臺車的價格，不論人數多寡。
這一天有多長？
行程從 08:00 到 18:00——從接送到下車約 10 小時，含車程。若你當晚要趕火車或飛機，請把票訂在 19:30 之後。
從哪裡出發？
Tai’an Railway Station。司機與導遊會在那裡與你會合；確切地點於出發前一天確認。
價格包含什麼？
Mount Tai admission (about ¥115)、Park shuttle, return (about ¥40)、Midway Gate cable car, one way (about ¥100)。
不包含什麼？
Lunch and dinner、Cable car down (about ¥100) if you skip the steps。
要提前多久預訂？
兩天。我們不接受當天或隔天的預訂，因為車輛、導遊與門票都必須提前安排。行程前 7 天以上取消免費；之後依序為20%（6–3天）與60%（2–1天），當天則完全不退款。
