Detailed tour route and itinerary from Datong to Taiyuan, Shanxi, for 2 people for 5 days, and the approximate cost.

Datong Wutai Mountain Taiyuan Travel Guide (five days)

At eleven o'clock, my friends and I took a train from Xi 'an to Datong, and were going to visit some famous scenic spots in Datong, Shanxi from north to south. In Datong, Yungang Grottoes is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, which is the focus of our Datong tourism.

We took the 2672 train and arrived at Datong Railway Station in the afternoon. Although the temperature is very low, the sun shines directly on us, and we feel that our skin is directly exposed to the sun. I suggest you take a parasol.

I'm going to find a hotel near the railway station and check in directly because of the fatigue of the journey. But I couldn't find a suitable hotel, so I continued walking and found a hotel, Xinbeicheng Hotel, on Xima Road in front of the train station (about 10 minutes away from the train station). Although the decoration outside is not outstanding, the facilities inside are still very good, and the service and safety are guaranteed. The standard room is 100 yuan a night. Everything is beautiful inside.

After the rest, we began to do the most important thing besides that-fill our stomachs. We walked along the west road of Zhanqian Street and came to Amusement Park City Street. There are many regular restaurants and snack bars on the roadside, which are cheap and good. Dabei Street, Daxi Street and Dadong Street are the most prosperous business districts in Datong. Since we are in the city center, it is an indispensable place, especially Daxi Street, where there are big shopping malls, specialty stores and pharmacies everywhere. Red Flag Square is also in Daxi Street. All the way, we walked, because there was a great sense of freshness, and we enjoyed it all the way, immersed in curiosity and didn't feel tired at all. When we got back to the hotel, it was nearly afternoon 1 1. Datong is different from Xi 'an. The downtown area of Xi 'an is still very prosperous at 23 o'clock. Datong is much quieter at night, because we live in the city center, and there are still many cars on the way back. The night view of Datong is beautiful and quiet. However, the night in Datong is really cold, and it feels like it has dropped below 5 degrees. Everyone must bring enough clothes to keep warm.

The next morning, we bid farewell to the front desk staff of the hotel and inquired about the route and transportation mode to Yungang Grottoes in advance. There are many opinions on the Internet, but they are all misleading. The so-called 3-2 is long gone. The correct route should be to take bus No.4 to the railway station, and then change to bus No.3 in Li Xinkai to reach the terminal Yungang Grottoes. I feel that the journey is not far away. When you arrive at the grottoes, you will come to the ticket office. Student tickets are priced at half price in 50 yuan. You can enter the park directly if you get the ticket. I don't think it is necessary to take a sightseeing bus because the park is not big. According to the order on the back of the ticket, you can focus on visiting the grottoes according to the introduction on the internet or in books. Pay attention to the introduction and precautions before the entrance of some grottoes (whether it is possible to take pictures, etc. ).

After about 3 hours, we finished our tour. When we left the garden, we visited Lingyan Temple in Yungang Grottoes and those who specialize in selling souvenirs and snacks. There is a kind of crisp, which is divided into peanuts and melon seeds. Five dollars gave us a bag of money. We bought peanuts, which felt like Xu Fuji's crisp candy. At about 3 pm, we left the park and sold some snacks outside. Because of extreme hunger, we bought a string of mutton kebabs and ham sausages for 3 yuan. The result was terrible. This is quite unpalatable and unclean. I suggest you take some food and water with you before you go to the scenic spot.

Take the No.3 bus at the entrance of the scenic spot, and then take the No.4 bus to the east alley, just like when you came, to taste the specialty of Datong. I was going to take a long-distance bus to Wutai Mountain at 4 o'clock, but I didn't expect an error on the Internet. The last bus is not at 4 o'clock, so we have to stay in Datong for one night. However, hotels in downtown Datong are overcrowded, so it is difficult for us to find hotels. Finally, after some struggle, we chose to stay in the Xinbeicheng Hotel, only to find that there was only one ordinary room in 50 yuan for one night. Since the plan is wrong, we have to bear the consequences. Not bad, although the environment is far worse than the standard room.

I checked the departure time from Datong to Wutai Mountain in the hotel at night. One is at 7: 30 in the morning and the other is at 9: 30, usually at 1: 30 in the afternoon, and the latest is 2: 00. The latest is 9: 30 at Datong long-distance bus station, but when that time comes, I can't notice the evening, which is too time-consuming. So we asked the bus station staff what to do, but the plan given by the bus station staff was risky. Let's buy a ticket from Datong to Fan Shi first, and then see if we can meet a bus from Fan Shi to Wutai Mountain on the way, and then change trains. Suddenly, there is too much money, and we may miss the time and stay in Fan Shi for one more night, which we don't want to see. So we thought of another way. I remembered that when I planned this trip at school, I wrote down many drivers' contact information, so I tried to dial one by one, so I contacted a driver at Xinnan Bus Terminal. Their last bus was at 2 pm, so we quickly took the bus 1 1 at the entrance of Datong Coach Station and arrived at Xinnan Bus Station, and bought two tickets to Wutai Mountain Scenic Area and a 66 yuan. We thought there might be no bank near Wutai Mountain, let alone an ATM (there were two banks in Wutai Mountain), so we withdrew some money from the ATM in front of a residential area about half an hour away from the station. We will leave by car at two o'clock.

There are few people on this tour bus, probably because it is late and we have to wait for the next day's visit. It's a four-hour drive, and the scenery along the way is very magnificent. I saw the magnificence and landscape of the motherland, which was so beautiful. During the climbing process, most people will get tinnitus due to the change of internal and external pressure, just like the feeling when taking off and landing. I suggest you bring gum. After purchasing tickets (all tickets 168+50 yuan), the bus will take you into Taihuai Town, a tourist attraction. Wutai Mountain is in that town. As soon as we got off the bus, we were surrounded by the owner of the small hotel. After highlighting the encirclement, we chose hotels with more tourists in the yard. Not bad. It's very cheap. 50 yuan can take a bath in one night. That night we walked around Taihuai Town, where there were many snacks and the prices were acceptable to everyone, unlike other scenic spots where food and drink were particularly expensive. Buddhist songs are everywhere, and many monks go down the mountain to buy things. There are many tourists at night, and the weather is very cold. I suggest you put on more clothes before you go out at night. After eating something in the hotel, I found everything in the town, and it was exactly the same as Xi' an town. After going back in the evening, I studied the scenic spots of Wutai Mountain and tried to visit our favorite scenic spots in the shortest time.

The next day, the temple opened at seven o'clock. We rushed to various scenic spots early in the morning and took a free tour of sightseeing bus. We chose to travel from the mountain to the foot of the mountain. Muxiang Temple and Wu Ye Temple are two temples with the most incense on the mountain. Of course, we won't miss them. We chose these two temples first. I didn't buy the incense for temple takeout, so I went to the temple to burn incense when I came back.

The second stop is Nanshan Temple. There is a Nanshan Bridge in the site with very beautiful scenery. Along that road, you can see a gravel road that you must pass. The scenery there is beautiful from a distance and exquisite from a close look. Turn right along the exit and you will reach Nanshan Temple. However, pay attention to people's walking, it will be much closer and avoid some women who sell incense. However, we don't walk from the place where pedestrians walk, but along the route of cars. As a result, the journey was very long and I met someone who sold incense. In desperation, we bought two packs of 6 high-heeled shoes each, and the price was *** 15 yuan. Fortunately, the price is acceptable to us. In Nanshan Temple, we saw the Hall of the Great Hero, but we didn't go to worship it, so we planned to go to Wu Ye Temple. Then we went to Guanyin Cave not far away. The ticket is five yuan. It is said that the springs there are very good. We took some bottles to get water. In order to save water, we arranged two resident monks there. They are very friendly and won't embarrass tourists.

There are still some temples that I won't introduce one by one, and everyone will understand when they go. At four o'clock in the afternoon, we are going to Taiyuan by train. Of course, Wutai Mountain also has a direct bus to Taiyuan, but we want to feel the trains in the province (the price is slightly lower). If you don't want to feel it, you must take the bus, because the bus from Wutai Mountain to Shahe Railway Station is very exciting and there are no seats on the train. We bought k603 to Taiyuan, and there was almost no place to stand. This is a tragedy. Arriving in Taiyuan at four o'clock in the morning, we took the fatigue of the journey and checked into a Red Dot Express Hotel near the railway station. It's 90 yuan's midnight room. We'll check out before twelve o'clock. Go straight along the road in front of the station, come to Wuyi Square, and find a more formal-looking Mandarin Guest House (standard room 100 yuan a night) nearby. In the evening, we went downtown to visit Causeway Bay, similar to our mule market in Xi 'an and Mouse Street. The next day I went to Yingze Park and Jinci. In the evening, my classmates and I left Taiyuan for Xi on the 2669 train.

The six-day tour is over.