One Day Luoyang Highlights Tour from Xi'an by High-speed Train
The train tickets will be delivered to your hotel in advance. At around 7:00AM on the day of the tour, your private Xi'an driver (without a guide) will meet you at your hotel lobby. Your driver will then drive you to the train station for catching a high-speed train from Xian to Luoyang.
Upon your arrival in Luoyang, your local professional English-speaking guide will meet you at the railway station. Then, you will be transferred to visit the Longmen Grottoes, which is one of the four most famous grottoes in China. Dating back to the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty, the grottoes were excavated and carved with Buddhist subjects over the period from 493 AD to 1127 AD in four distinct phases. Lunch is left for you to arrange and you may get some suggestions about good local restaurants from your guide. In the afternoon, continue to visit the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Shaolin Martial Arts which can be dating back 1,500 years, is the main temple of the Shaolin school of Buddhism to date where you will enjoy a marvelous Kung Fu Show.
At the end of the tour, your guide will see you off at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station. You will take a high-speed train back to Xian. Your Xi'an driver (without a guide) will pick you up at Xi'an train station and transfer you back to your hotel where this one day adventure is concluded.
