China Train Travel - 5 Days Beijing Datong Pingyao Rail Tour

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China Train Travel - 5 Days Beijing Datong Pingyao Rail Tour

Price From: US$ 558( 3570 CNY )

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Tour Duration: 5 days
Accommodation: 2 nights in well selected hotel (2 persons share one room with daily breakfasts).
Destinations: Beijing, Datong, Pingyao, Taiyuan, Beijing
Payment Method: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire, Western Union
Tour Guide Language: English, other language speaking guide is available, if need, please contact us!
Feature: 5 days Beijing - Datong - Pingyao tour package is a great chance to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in these cities, such as the Yungang Buddhist Grottoes, Qiao Family's Courtyard, etc.

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Itinerary of China Train Travel - 5 Days Beijing Datong Pingyao Rail Tour

Day 1: Beijing - Datong
Pick you up to take the overnight train K605 (23:36 - 06:21) or 2603 (23:47-07:01) from Beijing to Datong, the famous coal city in China.

Day 2: Datong - Pingyao (B)
1. When you arrive at Datong, a local tour guide will meet you at the railway station and take you out for breakfast.
2. Our bus will leave for Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery at 9:00 am and return to the railway station at approx. 4:30 pm. This gives you enough time to walk around the downtown area where you will see the Nine-Dragon Wall and some old streets.
- Yungang Grottoes: Another UNESCO Culture Heritage Site. It is the largest cluster of Grottoes in China with some 51,000 sculptures of varying sizes in 53 rock caves. This grotto has a history of 1,500 years old.
- Hanging Monastery: With a history of 1,400 years and being constructed on precipitous cliffs, the temple makes itself an architectural wonder throughout history by standing as far as 50 meters from the ground.
- Nine-Dragon Wall: The oldest and largest glazed screen in China today. The screen can be divided into three parts, the pedestal, body and roof. It is of 8 meters (about 26 feet) high, 2.02 meters (6.6 feet) thick and 45.5 meters (149 feet) long.
3. You will take the overnight train 2462 (22:39-07:19) to Pingyao, a UNESCO Culture Heritage Site.

Day 3: Pingyao (B)
1. When you arrive at Pingyao, a local tour guide will meet you at the railway station and take you to your hotel (Folk Hotel).
2. Pick you up from your hotel, and transfer to visit the Pingyao Ancient Town and Shuanglin Temple.
- Pingyao Ancient Town: One of China's best-preserved ancient county towns with a history of 2,700 years, Pingyao represents a typical city built by Hans during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, therefore its reputation as "Treasure House of Ancient Chinese Architectures."
- Shuanglin Temple: A time-honored Buddhist temple, is famous for Chinese scholar trees of the Tang Dynasty, stone steles of the Song Dynasty and bells of the Ming Dynasty together with exquisite ancient architectures.
3. After this tour, transfer you back to your hotel in Pingyao.

Day 4: Pingyao - Taiyuan - Beijing (B)
1. Pick you up from your hotel in Pingyao, and transfer you to Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, and visit Qiao Courtyard Houses Complex and Jinci Temple on the way.
- Qiao Courtyard Houses Complex: It was built during the Emperor Qianlong's reign of the Qing Dynasty. The most exquisite relics in the solemn compound are brick carvings, woodcarvings and stone sculpture, as well as plaques and painted murals.
- Jinci Temple: It is noted for its "three wonders": two trees (a cypress dating back to the Zhou and a scholar tree planted in the Sui), an ever gurgling spring, and Song-dynasty statues of seven serving maids.
2. After dinner, we will take the overnight train K602 (21:30-08:05) or K610 (21:20-05:28) from Taiyuan to Beijing.

Day 5: Beijing
Arrival Beijing in the morning.

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Tour Price (exchange rate: 1US$ = 6.1CNY)

Price List for 5 Days Beijing-Datong-Pingyao Train Tour - price for per person
Group Size	2 persons	3~5 persons
Price	US$ 604	US$ 558
Datong: HongQi Grand Hotel; Pingyao: Zhengjia Hotel or DeJuYuan Hostel; Taiyuan: HuaYuan Hotel; Two persons share one standard room; please pay single supplement for a single room.

Price including:
1. Internal flights & taxes and train tickets;
2. Pick-up and drop-off service;
3. Entrance fees to all tourist sites;
4. Meals as listed in itinerary, B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner;
5. Excellent individual English-speaking tour guide;
6. Private air-conditioned car or van with driver;
7. Hotels (twin share one room) as listed.

Price Excluding:
1. Single Room Supplement;
2. Tips to the driver and the guide.

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1. Make sure our tour guide will pick you up smoothly on tour day, please tell us your accommodation place via email (better with room number).

2. Our tour guide will call you to inform the actual pick up time at the night before tour day, if you are not in, we will leave a message for you with specific time.

Traveller Reviews China Train Travel - 5 Days Beijing Datong Pingyao Rail Tour

Review written by: Manuel Lopez Added: 2013-10-28

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Our family members explored a very excellent tour from Beijing to Datong, Pingyao. I was very interested in the Pingyao Ancient Town with deep culture of Ming and Qing. Its best preserved appearance sowed its unique features. There are many tourists coming here for enjoying the tranquil environment!

Review written by: Daissy Added: 2013-08-10

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I thought the tour was excellent and the tour company did a good job with presenting this tour. We could visit lots of historical sites in Datong and Pingyao. Saw monastery, temple, ancient town and grottoes which were impressive. The train accommodation from Beijing was also so organized, comfortable and nice. Really recommended tour and service!

Review written by: Julio Added: 2013-04-20

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With this 5 days train tour, we did visit Beijing, Datong and Pingyao. A lot of interesting old and ancient historical relics we discovered during the tour. The absolutely breathtaking one is Yungang Grottoes. Stunning caves art of outstanding Buddhist site in Datong. More than that, we did also visit Pingyao Ancient Town, a small ancient city with old style and architecture of dynasty era of China.