4 Days Datong and Pingyao Tour

• Day1

  Datong Arrival

  • No Meals
  • in Datong
  Arrival in Datong, your private guide will pick you up at the train station or airport on time and transfer you to your hotel. The guide will help you to check-in. You can enjoy the rest of day by yourself.
• Day2

  Datong: Yungang Grottoes, Nine-Dragon Wall and Shanhua Temple

  • Breakfast, Lunch
  • in Datong
  In the morning, we will lead you to visit the magnificent Yungang Grottoes, which contain China's largest and earliest stone sculptures, are at the foot of Mount Wuzhou, some 15 km west of Datong. The grottoes are one of the three major grotto groups in China with the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang in Gansu and the Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang in Henan. They are one of China's great historical wonders. The Yungang Grottoes were started during the period of the Northern Wei Dynasty in around 453.

  Then we will return to the center of the city to visit the Nine Dragon Wall and Huayan Temple. The Nine Dragon Wall was formerly the front screen of an imperial palace. This glazed-brick structure has nine dragons sculptured in relief in five colours. The screen is 45.5 metres long metres high, and 2 metres thick. 

  Also known as South Temple, Shanhua Temple is on the western side of south street in Datong. First constructed in the Tang Dynasty(618-907), this temple is famous for its ancient architectures.
• Day3

  Hanging Temple, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Datong to Pingyao

  • Breakfast, Lunch
  • in Pingyao
  In the morning we will tranfer you to visit Hanging Temple. This temple was built on the face of a cliff at Jinlongkou at the foot of Hengshan Mountains. It dates from the late Northern Wei Dynasty about 1, 400 years ago. Its forty halls and pavilions were built along the contours of the cliff, supported by its natural hollows and outcroppings. Using the technique for building a plank road around the face of a cliff, the builders set cross beams paved with timbers and stones and supported by posts resting on the outcroppings. A visit to this breathtaking structure is an awe-inspiring experience.

  Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is the oldest and tallest wooden pagoda in China. Built in A D. 1056, it is a sixty-seven-metre-high octagon with a diameter of thirty metres at the base. From the outside it appears to be a five-storied structure, but since it has four additional inner stories it is actually a nine-storied structure. A rational, well-proportioned structure, the pagoda has withstood gunfire and earthquakes. Items of interest, in the pagoda include statues and frescoes. 

  Today we will reach Pingyao at night.
• Day4

  Pingyao Ancient City, Pingyao Departure

  • Breakfast, Lunch
  Your journey from the ancient city of Pingyao begins from the ancient city wall of Pingyao, which was first built in the Western Zhou Dynasty (c 1100 BC-c. 771 BC)and was extended and repaired in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Then you go to Rishengchang, the forerunner of the first bank in China. It was regarded as the first famous piaohao(firm for the exchange and transfer of money) in the Qing Dynasty.

  After that, take a walk on the traditional Ming and Qing Dynasties Street. Many traditional shops and stores line both sides of the street, selling local cuisine and snacks, specialties, curios, calligraphy, paintings and furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

  After tour, you will be transferred to Pingyao train station for your next destination.

•     About Your Meals 
In order to have our customers to taste authentic Chinese food and avoid tourist menus, we take food quality, dining environment and travel convenience into consideration when planning your lunch. Therefore , we will arrange a la carte lunch at a local restaurant whenever possible. Lunch a la carte is varied with different recommended restaurants and different cities. You could order the dishes according to your taste under the instructions of your guide. However, in some remote regions where it is difficult to find a non-tourist restaurant, you could have lunch at a local tourist restaurant or in a local family.

•   Private Guide & Transfer
You will have a private guide, private driver and an air-conditioned vehicle to accompany you at each destination of your trip, which will provide you with maximum personal care, security and flexibility.
All our guides are qualified and responsible professionals. All our vehicles are clean and in excellent condition, crewed with licensed drivers.
Private Tour Guide
In each city, we have a professional local guide. Our guide picks you up punctually at your arrival from the airport/railway station/spring of each destination. On your way out of that city, your guide will stay by your side until you have checked in and passed through security. All our travel guides in each destination are local and responsible, who know this area well. They accompany you visiting this city during 8 working hours of each day and they will tell background stories of the tourist places, and show you the secret places to take your best pictures.
When it is necessary to change your itinerary for unexpected reasons, your private travel guide will suggest alternatives to ensure that you still have an excellent experience.

Private Transfer
With our comfortable and safe private transfer, your trip will be more relaxing and less tiring, keeping you in the best spirits to make the most of your experience in China. In all destinations visited, your vehicle is air-conditioned, clean and expertly maintained. Your private driver is licensed, insured and experienced.
Normally we will arrange vehicles with more space for you and your luggages. Depending on the number of passengers, we generally use sedans or minivans (7 seats) for 4 people or less, large vans or small buses (12-22 seats) for 5 to 12 people, medium cars (33-37 seats) for 13 - 25 people and large buses (more than 45 seats) for more than 25 people.

•     Remarks 
We reserve the right to modify the price due to exchange rate fluctuation
If you have special requirements, please tell us in advance.
We reserve the right of final explanation for any change due to the reasons beyond our control.