Complex sentence: The temples clinging to the steep rocky hillsides are picturesque and unusual, and the thousand step climb up through the dense cedar trees is worth making to the temples at the top, and for the view from them.
Split into simpler sentences: The temples clinging to the steep rocky hillsides are picturesque and unusual. The thousand step climb through the dense cedar trees is worth making to the temples at the top and for the view from them.