Visit the top attractions in Datong including Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Monastery, Huayan Monastery and Nine-Dragon Screen. Accompanied by an English-speaking tour guide and private driver throughout the tour. Possess a further understanding of the development of the Buddhist in ancient China through the preserved cultural relics.
Highlights
2 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lunch
Private driver & air-conditioned vehicle
Private English-speaking guide
Tips or gratuities for guide and driver
Hotel accommodation with breakfasts
2-Day Datong Tour to Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Monastery
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Datong
About
Visit the top attractions in Datong including Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Monastery, Huayan Monastery and Nine-Dragon Screen. Accompanied by an English-speaking tour guide and private driver throughout the tour. Possess a further understanding of the development of the Buddhist in ancient China through the preserved cultural relics.
Highlights
2 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 days
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lunch
Private driver & air-conditioned vehicle
Private English-speaking guide
Tips or gratuities for guide and driver
Hotel accommodation with breakfasts
Itinerary
Day 1
Day 2
Datong
5 Stops
1
Datong
This morning, you will meet your guide at the lobby of your hotel at the appointed time. Should you arrive in Datong by a morning train, your guide will wait for you outside the railway station and start our journey from there.
1 hour
2
Yungang Grottoes
Your guide will accompany you to Yungang Grottoes and go around viewing more than 59,000 solemn Buddha statues made during the Northern Wei Dynasty more than 1600 years ago. Considered to be a treasure house of Buddhist arts, Yungang Grottoes took over 70 years to reach the present scale.
2 hours
3
Huayan Temple of Datong
You will then be guided to Huayan Monastery to appreciate the architectural style created during the Liao Dynasty over 1100 year ago.
1 hour
4
Nine Dragon Screen
After lunch, head for the Nine-Dragon Wall which used to be a giant screen in front of a prince's mansion 600 years ago.
30 minutes
5
Datong City Walls
Round off today's Datong tour with the Ancient City Wall and then take you back to your hotel.
