Xi’an Trip Overview
Visit highlights of Luoyang including Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple with private day tour from Xi’an by bullet train.
You will be picked up and dropped off from your Xi’an hotel.
Additional Info
Duration: 13 hours
Starts: Xi’an, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Visit highlights of Luoyang including Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple with private day tour from Xi’an by bullet train.
You will be picked up and dropped off from your Xi’an hotel.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Xi’an North Railway Station Parking Lot, Shang Xin Lu, Weiyang Qu, Xian Shi, Shaanxi Sheng, China
In the morning around 7:00am, our driver(driver only, no guide) meet you at your Xi’an hotel lobby and drive you to Xi’an North Railway Station where a train to Luoyang is waiting for you(G2002 08:10am–09:49am). The train takes around 2 hours.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Luoyang Longmen Railway Station Parking Lot, HFW5+6X9, Luolong District, Luoyang, Henan, China
Upon arrival at Luoyang Longmen railway station, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Longmen Grottoes (driver+ guide).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Longmen Grottoes, Banks of Yihe River, Luolong District, Luoyang 471000 China
You first will visit the the Longmen Grottoes, which is a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art.
Carrying over 1500 years of history, Longmen Grottoes is the carving masterpiece, which went through over 400 years to complete, tracing back to AD 493 of Northern Wei dynasty. Now as the famous tourist site, it shows the bright period of Buddhist culture of ancient China.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Monastero Shaolin (Shaolin Temple), Songshan Mountain, Dengfeng 450000 China
Then, you will explore the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Martial Arts.
Here, your private Kung Fu tour comes to a climax when you see the Kung Fu show performed by Shaolin monks. Besides, Shaolin Temple boasts some traditional valued architecture like the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Mahavira Hall, the Pagoda Forest, the Dharma Cave and the Shaolin Temple Martial Art Training Center. Among them, the Pagoda Forest is the largest group of ancient pagodas existing in China. In the year of 2010, Shaolin Temple has been included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Luoyang Longmen Railway Station Parking Lot, HFW5+6X9, Luolong District, Luoyang, Henan, China
After lunch,we(driver + guide) drive you to Longmen Railway Station where a train to Xi’an is waiting for you(G1929 18:47-20:14). The train takes around 2.5 hours.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Xi’an North Railway Station Parking Lot, Shang Xin Lu, Weiyang Qu, Xian Shi, Shaanxi Sheng, China
Upon arrival at Xi’an North railway station, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Xi’an hotel(driver only,no guide).
Duration: 20 minutes
