Beijing Datong 4 Day Overnight Train Tour
Overview:
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Day By Day Itinerary
Day 01
Beijing 
Datong by overnight train
Datong by overnight trainPick up from your hotel in Beijing and transferred to Beijing Train Station. Our tour guide will assist you in arranging your soft-sleeper on the train. The train leaves around in the later evening and overnight on the train ( 4-bed cabin ).
Meals: No
Day 02
Datong Highlight City Tour
Arrival in Datong on the early morning. After breakfast at the hotel, first visit Yungang Grottoes. These grottoes are the main attractions most people make a trip to Datong. The grottoes hold over 50,000 Buddihist statues and stretch for about 1 km east to west. After that, visit Huayan Temple on the western side of Datong city, the largest and most well preserved temple of the Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties in China.
After lunch, move on to Shanhua Monastery, located in central Datong within the old city walls. It was first constructed during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD).
Then have a close look at Nine Dragon Screen, one of the three noted Nine Dragons Screens in China. The glazed tile screen was built in 1771 during the administration of Emperor Qianlong. It is 3.5 meters high and about 30 meters long. It consists of 270 pieces glazed tiles, having 9 featuring dragons playing with pearls with a background of clouds and sea water. Transferrecd back to our designated hotel in Datong.
Meals: Hotel Breakfast and Chinese lunch
Day 03
Datong 
Hanging Temple Yingxian Wooden Pagoda Beijing
Hanging Temple Yingxian Wooden Pagoda Beijing
Pick up from your hotel Datong in the morning. First drive to Hanging Temple, 65 km away south-east of Datong. The temple hangs on the west cliff of a hill with over 50 meters above the ground, hence Hanging Monastery. Hanging Monastery was first built in 491. The present monastery was mainly rebuilt and maintained in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The biggest attraction of Hanging Temple is the fact that the temple includes Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. After lunch, move on to Yingxian County to visit the Wooden Pagoda, the oldest wooden Buddhist pagoda in existence in China. The pagoda is a 9 story octagonal building 67 meters high. It was was built without using any nails. After dinner, transferred back to Datong Train Station for overnight train leaving around in the later evening for Beijing (4-bed cabin).
Meals: Hotel Breakfast, Chinese lunch and dinner
Day 04
Arrival at Beijing in the early morningArrival in Beijing in the early morning and transferred to your hotel in Beijing.
Meals: No
Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)
| Travelling Party | Luxury Class | Standard Class |
| 2-3 persons | $500 | $490 |
| 4-5 persons | $425 | $415 |
| 6-9 persons | $380 | $370 |
| 10 persons up | $325 | $315 |
| Single room supplement | $45 | $35 |
| Hotels in Use | Howard Johnson Jindi Plaza Datong | Datong Hotel or Yanbei Hotel or same class |
| Remark: The prices above are based on two persons sharing one standard room. If you prefer a single room on your own, please pay single room supplement. | ||
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| Price inclusion: 1. All private transfer with Air-conditioned car,van for your own use 2. Entrance Fees as listed 3. Englsih Speaking tour guide 4. Meals as listed 5. Beijing - Datong - Beijing soft sleeper train tickets 6. One-night two sharing stay at our designated hotel. If she or he wants to share one room please pay single supplement 7. The above private tour can be customized for you. |
Price exclusion: Tips to the tour guide and driver |
Available:
Daily
Travel Tips:
Wear casually with comfortable sports shoes. Pay attention to Datong Climate.
Reservation Notes
| ● | Personal online booking information below must be provided or book by email  ：Full Name, Nationality, Gender, Names of Travelers, Flight No., Arriving Time and Start Date. You are also welcome to call us at (+86)18611964400 ( 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday through Saturday). Tour Beijing will not refund any losses due to missing or incorrect information. |
| ● | All rates on Tour-Beijing.com are subject to reconfirmation from our trip advisors when an actual booking is being made. |
| ● | Child definition: from Age 3 to 11 Years. Contact our trip advisors to check if discount rate is available for your kids. Basically, children under 1.2m in height will get child discount rate, except bus tours. |
| ● | All tours & transfers are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations |
| ● | Cash or Prepayment ( Paypal, credit card payment or wire transfer ). Both RMB and US$ or other hard currencies are acceptable. Your actual mode of payment will be confirmed by your trip advisor. |
| ● | When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices. |
| ● | The cancellation fee is 10% of the total price if your cancellation is made more than 2 working days prior to the scheduled start of the tour. If cancelled less than 2 days, you will pay 100% of total package price. |
| ● | The schedule can be adjusted by your tour guide due to the actual traffic condition. |
| ● | You are strongly recommended to to book this tour at least 35 days in advance to secure the land arrangement involved and avoid the risk of being canceled. |
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