15–16 hours
Guided in English
Instant confirmation
Private tour

Highlights

Datong is a renowned historical city for both Yungang Grottos and Hanging Temple in Shanxi Province in Northern China. This private day tour from Beijing to Datong by round-way bullet train will let you explore both sites with a local guide. Please note: 1. this is a very long day tour and no escorting guide on the train. 2. you will view the Hanging Temple from outside and don't have time to walk inside to visit, which limits the daily visitors with a long queue. If you mind it, please do NOT book this tour.

Inclusions

What's included

Hotel pickup and drop off in Beijing
Entrance fee to view Hanging Temple(not inside)
Bottled water
Bullet train ticket (Second Class)
Entrance fee of Yuangang Grottos
Private vehicle in Datong
Quick meal
Local guide in Datong

What's not

Gratuities

Itinerary

At 7am(the pickup time might be changed per the train time after you booked the tour), you will be picked up from your centrally located Beijing hotel, then transferred to the train station to catch the 2-hour bullet train to Datong. Upon arrival, take another one-hour car ride to Hanging Temple. The temple was built with wood beside the cliff and supported with long stakes. You will view the temple from outside for the fantastic constructions on the impressive mountains. Please note you don't have time to walk inside the Hanging Temple to visit, because it limits the daily visitors with a long queue.
2 hAdmission included
Then, you will come back Datong and head to Yungang Grottoes, which was first chiseled in the first year of Year Heping in Northern Wei and Monk Tan Yao at that time chiseled it for duty of Emperor Wencheng. Most of the grottoes were finished in the eighteenth year of Year Taihe in Northern Wei before the capital moved to Luoyang, which lasted for forty years. Later, you will be transferred back to Datong railway station to catch the bullet train back to Beijing. Upon arrival, you will be transferred back to your Beijing hotel where the tour concludes.
2 hAdmission included

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Know before you go

Pickup: Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by: SilkRoadTrips

Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Beijing

Its from-price is 75% above the median of the 177 day trips we list in Beijing.
It is longer than most of them.

About Beijing

Beijing, China's capital for centuries, holds imperial palaces, sacred temples and stretches of the Great Wall within reach of its modern boulevards.

At the city's heart, the Forbidden City spreads behind vermilion walls, a labyrinth of halls and courtyards that housed the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Tiananmen Square lies to its south, and the hill of Jingshan Park to its north gives the finest view over its golden roofs. The Temple of Heaven, set in a park where locals practise tai chi and dance, is a masterpiece of imperial design.

Top-ranked sights in Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang).

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