20 days visit beijing, chengde, datong, pingyao, xian by train

 

d1: enter beijing

pick you up from beijing airport and transfer to your hotel. free time in the late afternoon. overnight in beijing yuyang hotel

d2: beijing(b-l-d)

tour of palace museum, tian’anmen square and temple of heaven. overnight in beijing yuyang hotel

d3: beijing(b-l-d)

today you will hiking badaling great wall and visit the ming tombs. overnight in beijing yuyang hotel

d4: beijing/chengde (b-l-d)

take train n211(07:16-11:15) (soft-seat with air-conditioner) to chengde after breakfast (4.5hrs). enjoy free time in the afternoon. overnight in chengde yunshan hotel

d5: chengde (b-l-d)

tour of chengde resort and eight outer temples. overnight in chengde yunshan hotel

d6: chengde/ beijing(b-l)

the whole morning is at leisure. in the afternoon go back to beijing by train( n212 14:41/18:38). overnight in beijing yuyang hotel

d7: beijing/ datong(b-l-d)

today you will travel to the very famous ancient residential area—beijing hutong this afternoon. here you can meet the local people and taste their delicious specialties. take the overnight train n205(23:18/06:50) for datong. overnight on the train—soft-sleeper.

d8: datong (b-l-d)

arrive in datong at 06:50 by train, transfer to your hotel. after breakfast, you will visit yungang grottoes and huayan temple. overnight in datong hotel.

d9: datong/ pingyao (b-l-d)

tour of hanging temple and wood pagoda in yingxian county. take overnight train 1591(20:33/05:00)—soft-sleeper for an ancient town—pingyao.

d10: pingyao (b-l-d)

one day excursion in pingyao. overnight in pingyao hotel.

d11: pingyao/ xi’an (b-l)

after breakfast visit the wang family mansion. take overnight train 2535(19:41/06:31)—softer-sleeper for xi’an.

d12: xi’an (b-l)

arrive in xi’an at 06:31 and transfer to your hotel. after breakfast, tour of qin’s terra-cotta warriors, huaqing hot springs and the big wild goose pagoda. overnight in xi’an hotel

d13: xi’an/ xianyang (b-l-d)

visit qianling joint tomb and drive to xianyang for excursion on dafo si temple. enjoy your free time in the ancient xianyang city. overnight in qinbao hotel (3-star, also best available in xianyang )

d14: xianyang/ xi’an (b-l-d)

one day tour of famen temple. come back xi’an in the late afternoon, overnight in xi’an hotel.

d15: xi’an . (b-l-d)

visit the xi’an ancient city wall and the grand mosque and xi’an moslem residential area. the recommended dinner is moslem style food. overnight in xi’an hotel.

d16: xi’an (b)

free time in the morning. transfer to the railway station and take train n252(11:01/16:24)—soft-seat for luoyang. transfer to your hotel and enjoy yourself. overnight in jing’an peony plaza hotel.

d17: luoyang (b-l-d)

drive to binxian county for the tour of song tombs and white horse temple. overnight in jing’an peony plaza hotel.

d18: luoyang/ xi’an (b-l-d)

tour of longmen grottoes take train n351(12:08/ 17:48) back to xi’an this afternoon. overnight in xi’an hotel.

d19: xi’an/ beijing (b)

check out and transfer to the airport for flight mu2123(08:20/ 09:50) to beijing. transfer to your hotel, free time in the afternoon. overnight in beijing yuyang hotel

d20:depart beijing (b)

after breakfast transfer to airport for your flight back home. tour ends.