Private Custom Tour: Datong City in One Day
- 7–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Experience the best of Datong city on a full-day tour that includes top attractions. Accompanied by a private guide, tour the Nine Dragon Screen, Huanyan Temple, Drum Tower and the City Wall, learn the history. If you are interested in visiting other city sites not listed above, please feel free to discuss with your guide directly or you can submit your request upon booking. Lunch, attraction entrance ticket, and private transfer are all inclusive.
Inclusions
What's included
- Tour guide
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fee
What's not
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Meet your friendly tour guide at 8:30am in your hotel lobby and traveled by an air-conditioned vehicle, head to Nine Dragon Screen.It was built over 600 years ago,made up of 426 specially-fired glazed bricks, with a height of 8 meters, 2.02 meters thick and 45.5 meters long. The Screen is presently the oldest and largest glazed screen in China today, three times larger than that in Beihai Park, Beijing City.
Then continue to Huanyan Temple,a Buddhist temple located on the south western side of Datong City, Shanxi Province.It was built during the Liao Dynasty (907 - 1125),has been burned down and rebuilt several times. It is the largest and best preserved monastery of the Liao Dynasty in existence in China.
After enjoy a nice local lunch,visit Datong Drum Tower, located in the cross road of south Danan Street.It was built in Ming dynasty and underwent several renovations during the Qing dynasty.This building has three storeys. The first storey is built of bluestones, and the second and the third storey are built of wood and bricks. Taking a overlook, the whole Datong City is taken a glance.
After visiting the Drum Tower, drive to Datong City Wall.The City Wall was built as a clay building by the Northern Wei state (386-534) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties(420-589).It is tall and majestic, solid and steep. The base was made from stone strips, slates and blue bricks. After the tour, you will be transfered back to your hotel in Datong city.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Beijing Tour Guide
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Datong
- Its from-price is 30% below the median of the 69 experiences we list in Datong.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Datong
Datong is an old coal-mining city in northern Shanxi, with a rebuilt Ming wall and the Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery within reach.
Datong stands on a high plateau in northern Shanxi province, about 1,000 metres above sea level, not far from the Great Wall and the Inner Mongolian border. As Pingcheng it was the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty in the fifth century, and its Buddhist heritage dates from then. The Ming city walls have been rebuilt around the centre, and the Nine-Dragon Wall, a glazed-tile screen from 1392, is one of the largest of its kind.
Top-ranked sights in Datong: Yungang Grottoes (Yungang Shiku), Hanging Temple (Xuankong Si).
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