Datong Trip Overview
Datong is a renown historical city in Shanxi Province in Northern China, and this private day tour will let you explore Huayan & Shanhua Temple, Nine-dragon Screen, Datong Volcanic Group Geopark, and Tulin in Datong. Pickup from your centrally located Datong hotel is at 8am, and Chinese lunch is included.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Datong, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Datong, Shanxi, China
Datong is a renown historical city in Shanxi Province in Northern China, and this private day tour will let you explore Huayan & Shanhua Temple, Nine-dragon Screen, Datong Volcanic Group Geopark, and Tulin in Datong. Pickup from your centrally located Datong hotel is at 8am, and Chinese lunch is included.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Huayan Temple of Datong, Daxi Street, Urban Area, Datong 037004 China
At 8am, you will be picked up from your centrally located Datong hotel, then head to Huayan Temple, which is one of the well-known Buddhism temples built 1000 years ago. There are statutes, pagoda, and halls to visit.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nine Dragon Screen, Yanghe Street, Cheng District, Datong 037000 China
Then, you will move to Nine Dragon Wall, that used to be part of the king palace built 600 years ago in Ming Dynasty. It is the best and earliest nine-dragon wall in China. The nine dragons are well carved, each one is vivid to tell its wonderful pose.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Shanhua Monastery, Southwestern, Urban Area, Datong 037006 China
Then you will head to Shanhua Temple, which is renown for its layout that was preserved its original design since about 1000 years ago.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Datong Volcanic Group, Eastern of Basin, Datong County 037301 China
Then you will take 30-minute car ride to Volcanic Geopark, which is a large area to view various ancient volcanoes.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: 土林, Datong, Shanxi, China
Then you will head to Tulin, which is an earth formation park to view the impressive earth pillars, earth peaks, and earth houses etc.
Later, you will be transferred back to your Datong hotel where the day tour concludes.
Duration: 1 hour
