Datong: Temples and Grottoes Day Tour with tickets option
Take a morning tour to the Yungang Grottoes on a day trip from Datong. See one of most famous sites for stone sculptures in China and marvel at their tremendous size. Enjoy lunch and travel to the Hanging Temple at the foot of Mt. Hengshan.
Hightlights: • See the Yungang Grottoes and marvel at the size of one of China's main grotto sites • Go to the Hanging Temple at the foot of Mt. Hengshan • Try to imagine how the Hanging Temple has withstood winds and storms over the years
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Yungang Afternoon Ticket
About the afternoon ticket: Choose this option to include a visit Yungang Grottoes with the afternoon ticket and the enter time between 12:30pm--16:30pm.
Pickup included
What's included in Datong: Temples and Grottoes Day Tour with tickets option
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)
After hotel pick–up at 9:00 AM, transfer to visit the Hanging Temple, a temple built into a cliff 75 meters above the ground near Datong City. Discover the temple, built more than 1500 years ago, and marvel at its massive size. Find out more about the only existing temple to combine three Chinese traditional religions: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
Yungang Grottoes
Enjoy your lunch in local restaurant before you move on to the Yungang Grottoes, one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. Take in this outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. See the 53 major caves, along with 51000 niches housing the same number of Buddha statues. Find out how the grottoes were excavated in the south face of a sandstone cliff. In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the end of the tour, return to your hotel in Datong.
Inclusions
- Transportation by private car
- English speaking guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop off
- Entrance tickets
- Lunch
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
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Pickup and Dropoff
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Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We pick up from any hotels in the Datong city central