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【China Travel】3 Day Chongqing City & Dazu Rock Highlights Tour
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Tour Details
3 Day Chongqing & Dazu Rock Tour
Tour Overview
Tour Highlights
Have a brief exploration of the Mountain City of China to better understand about the special topography with memorable house crossing metro experience;
Admire excellent and delicate religious grottoes at Dazu Rock Carvings listed as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site;
Catch panoramic view of the sprawling metropolis surrounded by mountains and rivers and learn profound history and amazing culture of it and the Yangtze River.
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Chongqing. Free time
Day 2: One day trip to Dazu Rock Cavings
Day 3: Chongqing city tour and depart
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive in Chongqing
Welcome to Chongqing, the Port City of Yangtze River Cruise! You will be transferred to your hotel in Chongqing downtown area, which is conveniently located near two of the city’s most iconic landmarks Jiefangbei Square & Hongya Cave. Free time to explore the surrounding area on your own.
Overnight in Chongqing
Free time ideas:
1) Spend your free time exploring Jiefangbei Square on foot. This historical monument is not only a symbol of the city but also a bustling commercial and cultural hub. Admire the towering monument and soak in the lively atmosphere as locals and tourists alike go about their day. Night market and life here around Chongqing Liberation Monument is vibrant. You can eat your arrival Sichuan Hotpot.
2) Go down to visit Hongya Cave, the must-see highlight to appreciate the layers of featured Ba and Shu regional wooden tilted houses overlapped leaning the mountain up to 11 storeys, which looks quite glittery lit by the orange lights from nightfall. And continue to get up to the 11 level with vehicles and roads alongside to catch the sparkling nightscape of Jialing River and the nearby buildings with beautiful neon.
Day 2 Dazu Rock Carvings Excursion
Good morning! After breakfast, you will be met by your driver guide at your hotel and then escorted to visit Dazu Rock Carvings at the northwest suburb of Chongqing with about 2 hours’ riding.
Dazu Rock Carvings was first built from 650AD on the steep hillsides and has been listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site due to its large scales, delicate carvings, rich themes, complete preservation, and bright reflection of the social daily life as well as the harmonious coexistence of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in China from 9th-13th centuries. Standing for the record level of rock carvings in that period in whole China, Dazu Rock Carving is listed as one of the “World Eight Great Stone Carvings”.
After the sightseeing, back to Chongqing, explore more of the city at night.
Overnight in Chongqing
Day 3 Chongqing City Tour and depart
On this day, you’ll have the chance to fully experience the uniqueness of the Mountain City and culture of Yangtze River. (The City tour can be tailor made depend on your points of interests)
In the morning, visit Kui Xing Pavilion where features a unique architectural structure. When you go out of the 22nd floor, you directly step onto the road, creating a typical scene of Chongqing’s 8D magical terrain. Inside the building, there are skywalks connecting different floors, where you can take highly visually – impactful photos.
Later, be transferred to take Chonqing Rail Transit Line 2 from Huanghuayuan Metro Station to Liziba Metro Station to look at the city’s prototype from a different angle. Then, get off to have the never-seen magic of the train going through 11-storey block of flats, existing only in the fantastically structured Chongqing built against mountains.
After that, travel up to E’ling Park & E’ling Creative Culture Park and embrace the impressive panorama of Chongqing City which has been highly praised as ‘Little Hong Kong’with its well-arranged row upon row of modern skyscrapers and two winding rivers surrounding.
At last, visit Ciqikou Ancient Town. This ancient town, with its long – standing history, is a prime location to experience Chongqing’s traditional culture. Walk along the stone – paved streets, observing traditional workshops such as oil – pressing, hot – pot base making, and mahua (a type of fried snack) production. Try local snacks like spicy chicken wings, stinky tofu, and sweet – scented osmanthus sugar.
At the end of the day, transfer to airport or train station for departure.
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