Take 2 full days trip from Beijing to Da Tong see the spectacular Yun Gang Grottoes, Hanging Temple, pure copper underground palace at Hua Yan Temple, Nine Dragon Wall, Night City Wall and other important Da Tong attractions. Leaving the navigation and transportation to your friendly driver. Soak in the mountains’ scenery and enjoy all the region’s must-dos on a tour that covers the main sites in two days, receive the convenient round trip transfer from Beijing to Da Tong.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
At your Beijing Hotel lobby
Day 1: Beijing --- Da Tong ( 387 kilometers / Yun Gang Grottoes, Hua Yan Temple, Nine Dragon Wall, City Wall )
Your Da Tong adventure begins with pickup you up from your Beijing hotel at 7:00am, where you board a Wi-Fi-equipped car. Travel through the beautiful town with mountains around 387 kilometers away from Beijing while your guide narrates their history and stories on the way.
11:30am: Da Tong Yun Gang Grottoes
Upon arrival, your first stop is visit the UNESCO-listed World Culture Heritage Site Yun Gang Royal Grottoes, one of the China's Four Grottoes Art Treasure-houses, which has 1500 years old history from Bei Wei royal period ( 460 -- 526 ), engraving area reaches 18,000 square meters, follow your guide you'll get to see one-kilometer-long 252 carving groups caves with 51000 buddha statues in, bigger size 17 meters high, small one only a few centimeters. Explore the most famous 20th Grotto, Da Tong landmark " Big Open Buddha "; 16-20th the earliest famous Tanyao Five Grottoes; 12th music Grotto full of flying apsaras with musical instruments on four walls, 15th " Ten Thousand Buddha Grotto ", admire the treasure of ancient Chinese carving art, don't miss it.
2:00pm: Lunch
Tasty a famous Da Tong sliced noodle at this area
2:50pm: Hua Yan Temple
Afternoon, continue come to Hua Yan Temple, where get to see the fully preserved Liao Temple from 1000 years ago, get to explore the spectacular purest copper underground palace made of 100 tons of pure copper, as well as a palm-closed toothless Bodhisattva.
5:00pm: Nine dragon wall
Visit one of the oldest nine dragon wall exist in china, which is 300 years earlier than Forbidden city and Bei Hai Park's, get to see this amazing dragon wall that is 45 meters length, 2 meters thick, composed of 426 pieces of multicolored glazed tiles, with 9 flying dragons on both sides.
5:30pm: Da Tong city wall
When night falls, climb onto the 7-kilometer long ancient city wall, overlook the night view of Da Tong, feel the atmosphere of this city.
Finally return to your Da Tong pre-booked hotel for a wonderful evening.
Day 2: Da Tong --- Beijing ( 70 + 387 kilometers / Hanging Temple, Heng Mountain )
10:00am: Hanging Temple
In the morning, heading to explore one of the top ten dangerous buildings in the world --- Hanging Temple, which listed on America Times magazine at 2010, around 70 kilometers distance from Da Tong city. Here you will follow your guide board on the breathtaking and pulse-pounding narrow wooden corridors, admire the half cave half wooden frame structure, that like a paper cutting stick on the cliff, your guide will shed light on what makes the place so special through their informative commentary. You will learn about the story why it covers only 150 square meters, but the use area is ten times more, stand on 60-90 meters high cliff above the ground no collapse for thousands years. Explore the only combinations of three religions Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism Temple, its history traced back to 1500 years ago, attracting more and more foreign exploration friends come.
11:30am: Heng mountain
Next, come to majestic Heng mountain, continue visit one of the five famous Taoism mountain in china, sit on a cable car get the refreshing and pleasant scenery in both eyes, arrive at the top, glance the view in distance.
1:30pm: Lunch
Have a tasty local lunch at this area
At the end, you will transferred back to Beijing city hotel from Da Tong wrapping up this whirlwind tour at around 7:30pm.
At your Beijing Hotel lobby
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Professional and Licensed English guide
Clean and Air-conditioned Business vehicle
Polite and safe driver
Round trip transfer from Beijing to Da Tong
Bottle of water
All parking fee, high way fee
Sights tickets
Meals
Accommodation at Da Tong
One night accommodation at Da Tong, please booking your Da Tong hotel ahead.
Forbidden city was not open each Monday.
Cathy's tour can arrange closer city tours such as one day tour to Da Tong see Yun Gang Grottoes; to Cheng de see Potala palace, Summer resort; or to He Bei Zun Hua see Qing Eastern Complex Tombs.
Hi , welcome join in Cathy's private tour , have a comfortable and pleasant tour at Beijing !
My name is Cathy , a native Beijinger , was born at suburb area of Beijing . I got my English guide certificate at 2008 , which is olympic time from beijing . This is my 14 years of guiding job. I am graduated from UIBE (University of International Business Economic) college, major in history of china and English subject . For this reason, when graduated , I start english guide job for my creer till now . Between the ten years , I worked for the largest tour company at Beijing around 8 years , and got twice of top ten guide from china , ( 2012 , got top 2 guide prize from china ; 2015 got top 5 guide ---Beijing , Xi'an , shanghai , Guilin and Hong Kong),as well as my tour was abroad-cast on CCTV-1 at 2017. If you are finding a professional & experienced english guide , I am the great choice !
My personal personality is bubbly , humor , energetic , enthusiastic . Try my best , do my best , enjoying a comfortable & flexible , happy & satisfied tour with Cathy !
1. Top attractions :
According to your timing at beijing , experience all the top attractions such as Tiananmen square , Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven , Mutianyu Greatwall , Hutong rickshaw tour , Summer Palace , Panda gallery at zoo , Lama Temple , Confucius Temple & Imperial college . As well as other less touristy main attractions like Jingshan park , Beihai park , 798 Art District , Nanluoguxiang street, Drum Tower, also local market Hongqiao market , silk street etc.
In addition, explore amazing museums, such as : National Museum of China , National Arts and Crafts Museum , Tibetan Culture Museum , Beijing Art Fine Academy , Former Residence of Artist Qi Bai Shi are the new feature of the multi-day tours.
Moreover, if you have enough time in Beijing, you may have chance experience some special culture class , such as Beijing Dumplings Cooking class , Tai Chi class , Calligraphy writing , Peking Opera Mask painting , and other special experience courses.
2: Tour transportation :
We have very professional driver and car team , with safe and polite driver , who works for tourism over 10 years , with clean, comfortable, air-conditioned car service . Experience good car service . For 1-2 people , use VW passat(5 seats ) business car ; For 3- 4 people , use Buick GL8 business car ( 7 seats ) ; For 5-9 people use Ford or Kowloon ( 15 -18 seats ) business car . Besed on your needs , we can extra arrange Beijing Capital Airport / Da Xing Airport pickup and drop-off , Tianjin International Cruise Home Port to Beijing city hotels pickup and drop-off services .
3. Food experience :
Sample all local food , such as Beijing famous roast duck, authentic Beijing cuisine, Xinjiang cuisine, dumplings, noodles, dimsum for lunch etc .
4. Evening shows :
Kong Fu show , Acrobatic show , Golden Mask Dynasty Water show , Peking Opera show
Welcome ! Join in cathy's private tour at beijing ! Custom and tailor the tour yourself !
Gwen O.
Visit 10 fatastic attractions within 3 Days in Beijing
“BEIJING A HISTORICAL VISIT ”
Amazing experience in Beijing ! I want to thanks my exceptional guide, Cathy, she was not only incredibly knowledgeable but also warm and welcoming. Her deep knowledge of the region's history and culture, combined with her enthusiasm and engaging personality, made our time in Beijing unforgettable. Cathy brought Beijing’s vibrant history to life and made sure we saw the city's all key highlights. Especially the Great Wall of china! Additionally, Cathy went above and beyond, truly stood out as an excellent ambassador of her country, sharing her passion for Chinese culture and making we feel right at home. So if you plan to visit Beijing, ask for Cathy !!! The food quality for three days was excellent, wow! Special great thanks to Cathy, who coordinated everything seamlessly. Every part of the trip was perfectly arranged and everything ran smoothly during my trip. Highly recommend to anyone looking to explore Beijing with a well-organized and professional team. A big thank you, Cathy, both driver for making this trip of a lifetime!
Yuri K.
Mutianyu and Huanghuacheng Water Great-wall Within One Day
“One day with Cathy”
My wife & I made a short stop in Beijing before boarding a cruise in Port of Tianjin. We only had a one full day in Beijing and decided to get help from guide. Luckily, we found Cathy knowledgeable and charming young woman. Because we had a limited time se arrange a private car for our tour to visit two of the best Beijing attraction Forbidden city and Great Wall. We started with Forbidden City. Cathy pre-arranged tickets for us so we do not waste any time. Forbidden City is always crowded, but Cathy always found a great place for a view. She shared with us a lot of historical and cultural facts and emphasize interesting architectural details. After Forbidden City we left for a Great Wall Mutinyu. On our way Cathy told us the history of the great wall and its construction. Again, we did not need to wait. Everything was pre-arranged. We walked with her on the Great Wall to enjoy the view of the wall and surrounding mountains. On our way back to the Beijing we stopped for a late lunch also pre-arranged by Cathy at authentic restaurant not far from the wall. And that was her another great choice. O, and one more thing she her English is perfect
Cathy Z.
(5 reviews)Dearest Yuri; Wow, great thanks for the really lovely review, I had such an amazing time with you and Genny that from the bottom of heart, like family, like old friend, time is short but memories are so precious, humorous and pleasant time we spent together, I am so glad have the chance leading a fantastic tour for you and Genny, seeing the best of attractions from Beijing, take care, sincerely hope one day can see each other again in china, welcome back dearest Yuri, Best wishes : ) Cathy
Daniel L.
Visit 10 fatastic attractions within 3 Days in Beijing
“Nice Beijing guide for my family!”
She was the perfect guide for my whole family, we really enjoyed our time with her. She managed everything professionally, the election of the spots and times to avoid crowded hours was wonderful. Thanks a lot and see you soon!
Cathy Z.
(5 reviews)Dear Daniel; I had a great and fantastic time with your family too, three days perfect amazing tour together, lots of history stories, beautiful pics and great memories, lovely family, thanks so much again dearest Daniel, sincerely hope one day you have another chance come back, keep in touch and take care, miss everyone : ) Cathy
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