Tour code: SWCQ001
3 Days Chongqing and Dazu Grottoes Tour
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Trip highlights
Dazu Grottoes, 165 kilometers away from Chongqing, are more than 40 sites of stone carvings with over 50,000 statues of Buddha, richest in content and most refined in artistic skill.
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Tour price
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Destinations
Chengdu, Chongqing
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Tour type
Private tour available everyday, private tour guide & driver
Day by Day Itinierary
| Day 1 Chengdu, Chongqing ( ) |
| Our English speaking tour guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at Chongqing Airport according to your flight schedule, then transferred to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore Chongqing. The most famous food in Chongqing is the hotpot. With the spicy and hot characteristic, Chongqing Hotpot can be regarded as one wonder of Chinese food. If it's ok for you, you may have a try as your special dinner. |
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| [ Optional ] Dazu Grottoes: In Dazu County, some 165 kilometers away from Chongqing, are more than 40 sites of stone carvings with over 50,000 statues of Buddha completed from the late Tang Dynasty (618-907) to the Song Dynasty (960-1279). |
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| Day 2 Chongqing ( B,L ) |
| Full day tours to Dazhu Grottoes (about 2.5 hours driving). Visit the Beishan Grottoes - the late Tang Dynasty and lasted for more than 250 years and Baoding Grottoes, which renowned for the examples of stone carving. After our visiting, we'll drive back to Chongqing. |
Beishan Hill Grotto | Beishan Hill Grotto is located about two kilometers north of Dazu county, Beishan Hill Grotto (beishan shiku) boasts almost ten thousand sculptures first built here in 892 AD and gradually added over the years. At one spot up here, Fowan, there are some 290 grottoes filled with impressive stone scul…… | Baoding Mountain Chongqing | Baoding Mountain (baoding shan), is renowned for the examples of stone carving that exist in the grottoes here. This is a Buddhist Mountain and held in high regard by local practicing monks in the area. | Dazu Grottoes | In Dazu County, some 165 kilometers away from Chongqing, are more than 40 sites of stone carvings with over 50,000 statues of Buddha completed from the late Tang Dynasty (618-907) to the Song Dynasty (960-1279). |
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| [ Optional ] Baoding Mountain Chongqing: Baoding Mountain (baoding shan), is renowned for the examples of stone carving that exist in the grottoes here. This is a Buddhist Mountain and held in high regard by local practicing monks in the area. |
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| Day 3 Chongqing ( B,L ) |
| Full city day tours to Erling Park, where tourists can take a bird's eye view of the whole city of Chongqing; People's Hall of Chongqing, a giant traditional building with a large square,where plenty of people do morning and evening exercise everyday; Chongqing Zoo, Stiwell Musuem and Ciqikou ancient town, an old town with traditional Chongqing style buildings,tea houses,and Sichuan Opera houses. Transferred to the pier to board your night boat for Yangtze River Cruise. Check more details of our 4 days Yangtze Cruise Package Tour at: http://www.chinadiscover.net/china-vacations/day_by_day.aspx?tc=SWYangtze001 |
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| [ Optional ] Chaotian Gate Wharf: Chaotian Gate is in the Northeast and it is the biggest harbor along the upstream of the Yangtze River. It is said the best place to start sightseeing in Chongqing is Chaotian Gate, where the muddy, churning waters of the Yangtze meets the transparent Jialing River. |
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