Hanging Monastery

Private Day Trip to Datong from Beijing with English Speaking Driver

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720 minutes

If you have one day extra in Beijing. Don't miss the opportunity to discover the nearby city Datong.  You will visit the Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery in one day. Yungang Grottoes is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for spectacular rock carvings, and the Hanging Monastery, an ornate temple built into a cliff.

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Private Transfer to Datong

Pickup included

From₹30,673.57Per Person

What's included in Private Day Trip to Datong from Beijing with English Speaking Driver

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Itinerary

Beijing

Your English speaking driver will pick you up at 6:00am from your centrally located Beijing hotel and transfer to Datong.

Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

Arrive around 10:00am and two hours visiting the Hanging Monastery, one of China's most unique and remarkable feats of wooden architecture. The monastery is also the only one built in honor to Sakyamuni, Laozi, and Confucius, who are founders of Buddism, Taoism and Confucianism respectively.

Admission Ticket Not Included

Yungang Grottoes

After enjoy some local food in Datong, such as sliced noodles, you will visit the Yungang grottoes,a World Cultural Heritage Site since 2001. It is considered by UNESCO as a "masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art and represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asia with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices. The site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes.

Admission Ticket Not Included

Inclusions

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Bottled water
  • English speakin driver
  • Snacks
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Tour guide
  • Meal
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance fees
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Please prepare some snacks if needed
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes

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Pickup and Dropoff

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Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.

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Direct access

• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended • Prepare some snacks if needed

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Beijing Tour Guide