Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Bus
Buses to Shahe (¥25, 1½ hours, hourly, 8am to 6pm) leave from the car park
by the chair lift to Dailuo Peak.
Buses from
Wutai Shan bus station
( qiche zhan):
Beijing
¥145, 6½ hours, four daily
Datong
¥75, four hours, four daily (7.30am to 2.30pm summer only)
Hanging Monastery
¥65, three hours, one daily (8am)
Taiyuan
¥74, three to four hours, hourly (6am to 4pm)
To get here in winter, first go to Shahe from Datong (¥43, 3½ hours, two daily,
6.30am and 7am) and then take a minibus taxi (around ¥70).
Train
The station known as
Wutai Shan
is actually 50km away in the town of Shahe
. Example route and fare:
Beijing
¥63, five to seven hours, 10 daily
DATONG
0352 / POP 1.1 MILLION
Its coal-belt setting and socialist-era refashioning have robbed Datong of much
its charm. The city has, however, ploughed mountains of cash - an estimated
¥50 billion - into a colossal renovation program of its old quarter. But even
without its pricey facelift, Datong still cuts it as a coal-dusted heavyweight in
China's increasingly competitive tourist challenge. The city is the gateway to
the awe-inspiring Yungang Caves, one of China's most outstanding Buddhist
treasures, as well as close to the photogenic Hanging Monastery.
