Private Day Trip to Datong from Beijing with English Speaking Driver
Description
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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Itinerary
Your English speaking driver will pick you up at 6:00am from your centrally located Beijing hotel and transfer to Datong.
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.
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.
Afterwards, your driver will transfer you back to your Beijing hotel and arrive at your hotel around 8:00pm.
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Important Information
- 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
Reviews(5)
The trip to Datong from Beijing was over 5 hours one way to see the hanging temple and Yungang Grottoes due to some traffic but Mr. Ma had made trip more pleasant and enjoyable during the long drive with bananas, tangerines (didn't expected). Mr. Ma did help us to find out if you are over 60 years of age, the entrance fee is free to both places. We really recommend this tour since the hanging temple is an amazing place to visit. Thank you so much Mr. Ma! We really recommend this tour
I was picked up by Steven on time, he is very knowledgeable about everything. He knew all the driving short cuts to avoid horrible traffic jam. He was being superbly helpful to get me a ticket for the cable car and providing a good recommendation for lunch.
We had a fantastic and funny day with Wu! It was well organized but still flexible. Would defiantly recommend.
We had only one spare day in Beijing and want to visit Datong. Everyone told us it is too far to visit Datong in one day, but we found this trip in Viator. Kevin is an excellent driver, he picked-up us at the hotel at 6:00 am in the morning and we were back around 10:00 pm, a trip of 16 hours. The trip to/from Datong took around 5 hours one way. We had ample time to visit the Monastery and the Grottoes and had a local noodle meal. Though it was a long day, we had very relax day, manly because Kevin is a safe driver and he also took the time to help us purchasing the tickets, ordering our meals and answering our questions along the way. So, it is very doable to visit the Hanging Monastery and Yungang Grottoes in one day from Beijing, even at our age around 70.
<p>Kevin was a great driver. He helped us even more than required. We asked if he knew a good local place to eat in Datong. He took us to a fantastic noodle shop. The food was great and very inexpensive.</p>
