Shuilu Temple Bell & Drum Tower and Shuyuanmen Street from Beijing by Train

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1. Take train to Xian.   
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• Be picked up by private car and English speaking tour guide from your hotel and transferred to the Beijing West Station.
  Take overnight train Z19 (21:24 - 08:25 am) for Xian.
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• Day 2. Arrive in Xian: Shuilu Temple, Bell and Drum Tower, Shuyuanmen Street, take train to Beijing.  
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  Arrive in Xian at 08:25 am. Our Xian tour guide will hold a sign with your name to meet you in Xian Railway Station.
  Drive to Shuilu Temple. The temple is famous for its Ming Dynasty painted sculptures and often referred to as 'Little Dunhuang'. The colorful sculptures of different sizes represent various forms of the Buddha and scenes of the Buddha's life.
• Then visitBell Tower and Drum Tower. Xian Bell Tower is one of the grandest of its kind. The Tower is an exquisitely constructed wooden architecture and houses a number of large bronze-cast bells from the Tang Dynasty.
  The two-storey Drum Tower features an architectural style of the Tang and Qing Dynasties. There is a a drum museum with a variety of ancient drums in the tower.
  Move on to Shuyuanmen Street, a pedestrian street from Stele Forest Museum to the gate of Guanzhong Academy. There is a high archway(pailou) with ancient style at the entrance of the street. On both side are all antique buildings.
  Afterwards, be transferred back to Xian Railway station to connect overnight train Z20 (20:16-07:17am) to Beijing.
•   Lunch, ,
• Day 3. Beijing train station pick-up.  
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  Our Beijing tour guide will wait you at the exit of Beijing West Station.
  Be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.
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