1-Day Longmen Grottoes & Shaolin Temple Tour from Xian by Round-way Bullet Train

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Itinerary

1. In the morning around 7:00am, our driver(driver only, no guide) meet you at your Xi'an hotel lobby and drive you to Xi'an North Railway Station where a train to Luoyang is waiting for you(G2002 08:10am--09:49am). The train takes around 2 hours.

   30 min

2. Upon arrival at Luoyang Longmen railway station, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Longmen Grottoes (driver+ guide).

   15 min

3. You first will visit the the Longmen Grottoes, which is a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art. Carrying over 1500 years of history, Longmen Grottoes is the carving masterpiece, which went through over 400 years to complete, tracing back to AD 493 of Northern Wei dynasty. Now as the famous tourist site, it shows the bright period of Buddhist culture of ancient China.

   2 hAdmission included

4. Then, you will explore the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Martial Arts. Here, your private Kung Fu tour comes to a climax when you see the Kung Fu show performed by Shaolin monks. Besides, Shaolin Temple boasts some traditional valued architecture like the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Mahavira Hall, the Pagoda Forest, the Dharma Cave and the Shaolin Temple Martial Art Training Center. Among them, the Pagoda Forest is the largest group of ancient pagodas existing in China. In the year of 2010, Shaolin Temple has been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list.

   1.5 hAdmission included

5. After lunch,we(driver + guide) drive you to Longmen Railway Station where a train to Xi'an is waiting for you(G1929 18:47-20:14). The train takes around 2.5 hours.

   40 min

6. Upon arrival at Xi'an North railway station, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Xi'an hotel(driver only,no guide).

   20 min

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How it compares in Xian

• Its from-price is 35% above the median of the 94 day trips we list in Xian.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 36 of 94.

About Xian

Xi'an, capital of many Chinese dynasties and the start of the Silk Road, is home to the Terracotta Army and intact Ming city walls.

The Terracotta Army, found by farmers digging a well in 1974, stands in vast pits outside the city: thousands of life-size clay warriors, horses and chariots buried to guard the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor. Each figure has its own face, and the scale is staggering.

Top-ranked sights in Xian: Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum (Terracotta Warriors), Xi'an City Wall (Chengqiang), Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta).

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