🏨 Xi'an to Louyang Private Day Tour by High Speed Train: Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple Activity

Xi'an to Louyang Private Day Tour by High Speed Train: Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 14 hours

Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

If you have limited time in Xi'an, but don't want to miss some of the best attractions in China including Shaolin Temple, this private day tour traveling from Xi'an to Luoyang by the high speed train would be your best choice! Luoyang is located in the center of China as an important cradle of Chinese civilization. As one of the six ancient capitals, the world famous attractions in Luoyang includes Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple. The Longmen Grottoes has the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art from the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). The art is devoted to the Buddhism and considered the high point of Chinese stone carving. The Shaolin Temple is famous for linking martial arts with Zen Buddhism.

What's Included

English-speaking tour guide service in Luoyang

Entrance tickets as mentioned in the itinerary

High speed train tickets for round ways

Lunch

Private transfers in air-conditioned vehicle with licensed driver

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Guide service on the train

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
CHILD: Age: 3 - 6
ADULT: Age: 7 - 80

Additional Info

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You are suggested to wear comfortable shoes on tour day.

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You are suggested to wear comfortable shoes on tour day.

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Xi'an

Your driver in Xi'an will pick you up from your hotel lobby around 6am and transfer you to Xi'an North Railway Station to catch the high speed train G1900 (07:35/09:08) or similar train from Xi'an to Luoyang (approx. 1.5 hours).

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Longmen Grottoes

Upon your arrival in Luoyang, our local guide and driver will meet you at the railway station and take you to the Longmen Grottoes which is a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art more than 100,000 stone statues here, varying from 2-centimeter to 17.14-meter high, and extending for about 1,094 yards along both banks of Yi River. About 12 kilometers far away from Luoyang city, it is one of the three most valuable Buddhist Cave and rock carvings in China (2 hours).

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Monastero Shaolin (Shaolin Temple)

After lunch we will start heading towards the famous Shaolin Temple (approx. 2.5 hours drive) that is known for Shaolin Kung Fu. You will have a chance to witness the real Kung Fu performed by Shaolin monks. Shaolin Temple is famous not only as one of China's most important Buddhist temples but also as the center of Chinese Kung Fu. First constructed in 495, the temple was mainly designed to accommodate Batuo, a famous Indian monk. Now Shaolin Temple is reputed as "the Number One Temple under Heaven" that is also listed as UNESCO World Cultural & Natural Heritage in 2010 as part of the "Historic Monuments of Dengfeng". The temple is the cradle of the Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin martial arts.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

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