Datong
Top Places to Visit
Nine Dragon Screen
Dàdōng Street 大东街
, Datong
Nine Dragon Screen (九龙壁 Jiŭlóngbì), Dàdōng Street 大东街 (Located right at the geographic center of town, on the southern side of Dàdōng Street 大东街 (East Street) ... more
Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes, Nanjiao, Datong, Shanxi, China
The Yungang Grottoes (simplified Chinese: 云冈石窟; traditional Chinese: 雲崗石窟; pinyin: Yúngāng Shíkū; Wuzhoushan Grottoes in ancient time) are ancient Chinese ... more
Huayan Si
Huayan Street, Datong, Shanxi, China, 037006
Top Places to Eat
Outdoor Street Stalls And Tables
Outdoor street stalls and tables, (Near Red Flag square on way to Huayan Monastery). Mostly evening. Eat and drink well outside for under 10 yuan. Many skewers... more
Best Pizza
Best Pizza, (Near Huāyuàn Monastery on way to Daoist temple.). Consider for the experience, not the food. Chinese-style western restaurant, designed for Chinese... more
Mǎdàhā Hotpot
Cāochǎngchéng Jiē (操场城街)
, Datong
Mǎdàhā Hotpot (马大哈火锅), Cāochǎngchéng Jiē (操场城街) (Walk or take bus #4 from the train station down Cāochǎngchéng Street, watch for the large vertical yellow sign ... more
Top Places for Nightlife
裕盛祥茶馆 Yùshèngxiáng Cháguǎn Tea House.
裕盛祥茶馆 Yùshèngxiáng Cháguǎn Tea house., (Near Huāyuàn Monastery on the way towards the Youth Hostel.). 12:00-00:00. Don't believe the sign - this is not open in ... more
Top Activity Places
Red Flag Square 红旗广场 Hóngqí Guǎngchǎng
Red Flag Square 红旗广场 Hóngqí guǎngchǎng, (8th stop on bus line 4 from train station). Evenings around the Red Flag Square are entertaining and full of locals. ... more
Yungang Shiku (yungang Caves)
16km (10 miles) west of Datong
Influenced by the Buddhist site of Bamiyan in Afghanistan and the caves of Kizil and Kuqa, the stone carvings of Yungang are the earliest of their kind in China... more
Jing Xia You (coal Mine Tour)
30 min. outside Datong
One of Datong's latest travel fads is a visit to a local coal mine. You get to suit up in a real coal miner's outfit complete with boots and light-equipped ... more
