Private day tour to Longmen grottoes White house temple and Luoyang old town

Private day tour to Longmen grottoes White house temple and Luoyang old town

Meet guide in Luoyang hotel lobby at 8:30am and transfer to Longmen Grottoes. The grottoes were started around the year 493 when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang and were continuously built for 400 years until the Northern Song Dynasty. In November 2000, it was listed as World Culture Heritage by UNESCO. There are 2345 grottoes, 2800 tablets, 70 pagodas and over 100000 statues carved. Fengxian Temple is the essence of Longmen as it’s the largest open-air niche here. Then you will visit White Horse Temple it is the first ancient Buddhist temple in China and located 12 kilometers east of Luoyang City. With the Buddhism been spreading into China, the temple was built by the government in AD 68 in Eastern Han Dynasty as the first official temple. And it has a history of more than 1900 years.
Then you will visit Luoyang old town for free shopping, after tour ends we will drop you to hotel in Luoyang hotel.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Longmen Grottoes, Banks of Yihe River, Luolong District, Luoyang 471000 China

Meet guide in Luoyang hotel lobby at 8:30am and transfer to Longmen Grottoes which are along the banks of the Yi River, 13kms away from Luoyang. The grottoes were started around the year 493 when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang and were continuously built for 400 years until the Northern Song Dynasty. In November 2000, it was listed as World Culture Heritage by UNESCO. There are 2345 grottoes, 2800 tablets, 70 pagodas and over 100000 statues carved. Fengxian Temple is the essence of Longmen as it’s the largest open-air niche here.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: White Horse Temple, Baima Si Lu, Luoyang 471013 China

You will visit White Horse Temple it is the first ancient Buddhist temple in China and located 12 kilometers east of Luoyang City. With the Buddhism been spreading into China, the temple was built by the government in AD 68 in Eastern Han Dynasty as the first official temple. And it has a history of more than 1900 years.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: LuoYang LaoCheng LiShi WenHua GuJie, Zhongzhou East Road, Luoyang China

Luoyang Old town is another famous place, you may see the local snacks, shops, and old buildings, it's a good place for you to walk around and make photos or relex

Duration: 1 hour