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8 Days Beijing, Datong, Pingyao Train Tour |
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- Trip highlights: Mutianyu Great Wall, Yungang Grottoes & Hanging Monastery in Datong, Pingyao ancient town, which is 14th-century Chinese style grey houses mixed with red lanterns, Shuanglin Temple, the Qiao's Grand Courtyard around Pingyao, you may enjoy different culture.
- Tour price: From
$
676.00
Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations: Beijing, Datong, Pingyao, Beijing
- Tour code: SWBET06 This tour is available every day.
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1 Beijing |
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Our English speaking tour guide will hold a welcome sign to waiting for you at Beijing Capital Airport according to your international (internal) flight schedule. Transfer to the hotel and relax for the rest of the day. Optional activities: If you arrive at Beijing earlier, recommend you to walk around the Wangfujing Streeet, the most busy shopping area in Beijing. The famous TianAnMen Square is also in walking distance. |
| Tian An Men Square | TianAnMen Square, the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. It is the biggest public square in the world, which can hold one million people. Having a free walk there, imagining the great historic events of the 20th century too…… |
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2 Beijing (B,L,D) |
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Visit those famous attractions in Downtown Beijing. At night, enjoy the typical local entertainment - Beijing Opera, a combination of acrobats and traditional costumes show. |
| Temple of Heaven | Temple of Heaven was built in the 15th century, a sacred site for ancient Beijing, where the emperor and his 1000 member entourage would retreat twice a year for religious ritual. Surrounded by enormous grounds designed in accordance with fengshshui,…… | | Peking Opera | Peking opera is a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue and mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing to represent a story or depict different characters and their feelings of gladness, anger, sorrow, happiness, surprise, fear and sadness. In Pe…… | | Summer Palace | The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Renovation and extension in the following several hundred years till the…… | | Forbidden City | The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) in the heart of Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial palace and ancient building complex in China, and the world at large. Its construction began in 1406 and was completed 14 years later, having a his…… |
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3 Beijing (B,L,D) |
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Whole day tour to Mutianyu Great Wall. Peking roast duck is served at Fangzhuang restaurant to recruit your physical energy. |
| Mutianyu Great Wall | The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall was opened to tourists on May 1, 1986. Located 73 kilometers from Beijing proper, it joins the Juyong Pass in the west and Gubeikou in the east. A new 4,000-meter-long pathway has been constructed from the road.…… | | Peking Roast Duck | With its long history, Peking roast duck is well known among both domestic and overseas customers. The duck is hung in the oven and roasted by flame burning from fruit-wood. It takes about 45 minutes for the duck to be done. The finished duck is char…… |
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4 Beijing,Datong (B,L) |
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After our Hutong visiting, we'll transfer to Beijing train station to catch the train to Datong. Stay overnight on the train. The train is about 6 hours (soft sleeper). Train No.: K615 (leave Beijing at 14h57, arrive Datong at 20h50) Pick up at Datong railway station and drive to the hotel. |
| Train K615 Beijing to Datong | K615 train is running on routes Beijing West Train Station to Datong. Train No.: K615 (leave Beijing at 14h57, arrive Datong at 20h50). These trains have soft class with 4-berth ordinary soft class sleepers, 6-berth hard class sleepers and hard seats…… | | Hutong Tour | Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infante and local people's houses among them…… |
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5 Datong (B,L) |
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Drive 7km to visit Yungang Grottoes in the morning. Drive 90 minutes (69 km) to see Hanging Temple and Wooden Pogoda in Yinxian county (75km south of Datong). It takes about 8 hours for today's sightseeing. Later drive to Datong railway station for your train to Pingyao. Train No.: 2462/2463 (leave Datong at 22h56, arrive Pingyao at 07h19 next day). Stay overnight on the train. |
| 2462 2463 train Datong to Pingyao | 2462/2463 train is running on routes Baotou to Linfen, stops at Datong and Pingyao. Train No.: 2462/2463 (leave Datong at 22h56, arrive Pingyao at 07h19 next day). The time for boarding at Datong and arriving at Pingyao is perfect for an overnight st…… | | Hanging Temple | Hanging Temple stands at the foot of Mt. Hengshan, 5 kilometers (3 miles) south of Hunyuan County, and 65 kilometers (40 miles) from downtown Datong City. | | Wooden Pagoda in Yingxian | Located in Yingxian County, and about 70 kilometers south of Datong, the Wooden Pagoda is the oldest and highest wooden structure in China. It is regarded as the 'First Pagoda in the World' and a gem in the architectural field. It has now also been p…… | | Yungang Grottoes | Yungang Grottoes, one of the three major cave clusters in China, punctuate the north cliff of Wuzhou Mountain, Datong. The area was excavated along the mountain, extending 1 km (0.62 miles) from east to west, revealing 53 caves and over 51,000 stone …… |
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6 Pingyao (B,L) |
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Upon arrival at Pingyao railway station, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel to freshup and have breakfast. Full day visit in Pingyao ancient town. |
| Pingyao ancient town | Pingyao is the middle of Shanxi Province, it is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in China. It is the assembly place of folk houses in north China where rows upon rows of buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties stand in well-preserved …… |
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