Luoyang Travel Guide
Located in the western part of China's central Henan Province, Luoyang is one of China's seven ancient capitals. Comprised of six city districts and eight counties, Luoyang occupies an area of 15,492 square kilometers, with a total population of 6.16 million, 1.4 million urban. Luoyang city proper covers an area of 544 square kilometers.
Luoyang served as the capital for nine dynasties over a period of more than 1,500 years. 96 emperors from the prehistoric Xia Dynasties, through Shang, Western and Eastern Zhous, Cao Wei, Sui, Later Liang, Later Tang and Later Jin Eastern Han established their seat of power there. Luoyang's importance in history means that it has significant influence in China's cultural heritage and has many historical sites. Although the political upheavals in the last century destroyed some of its grand historical heritage, Luoyang still retains many of its significant ancient landmarks which are the main tourist draw cards. more about Luoyang »
- Chinese Name: 洛阳
- Chinese Pinyin: luò yáng
- Location: North of China
- Latitude: 34° 39' 41" N
- Longitude:112° 24' 7" E
- Elevation: 353 M (1158 FT)
- Time Zone: (UTC+8)
- Area Code: 0379
- Population: 6.54 million
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White Horse Temple
Located 12 kilometers east of Luoyang city, the White Horse Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China and is renowned as the cradle of Chinese Buddhism. Although it is neither the largest nor the most beautiful Buddhism monument in China, this temple, with the large number of Buddhism items housed... more about White Horse Temple
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Local Spcialties Tri-colored Glazed Pottery of the Tang Dynasty in Luoyang City 洛阳唐三彩 The tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty is a kind of glazed pottery made under low temperature that can be dated back to the Tang Dynasty. The glazed color includes yellow, green, white, brown, blue and black etc. Among them, the colors of yellow, green...more info about Luoyang Shopping »
Hi Varadaraj,
Thank you very much for visiting our Web site and your interest in our services. My name is Robert Hui. I am a travel advisor at China Highlights. It is my pleasure to assist you about your trip to China.
Regarding to your inquiry about the attractions in Luoyang, I have checked it with our local agency there, and I am sorry to inform you that you cannot visit all of them within 3 days.
Here are the reasons:
1. Although you have almost three full days there, but those attractions will only open between 9:00 to 17:00 (some sites are earlier and others might close later), so actually you cannot have them all in the limited 10 hours per day.
2. Some attractions (such as the Luoyang Museum and other museums) need time, if your aim is just get in and get out of the sites, it might be possible; otherwise you need to rush to those attractions if you wish to visit them all within 3 days.
3. There are distances between those attractions, and some distances may take about 2 hours (such as the distance between Luoyang city and the Flower and Fruit Mountain National Forest Park is about 80Km, and it takes about 2 hours to get there from downtown Luoyang by private car in good traffic condition).
4. Some of the attractions are quite similar, such as the Baiyunshan National Forest Park and the Flower and Fruit Mountain National Forest Park. Usually our clients will only visit one of them instead of two.
Please kindly understand.
By the way, our website provides essential Luoyang tours, please visit the following address to have a check: http://www.chinahighlights.com/luoyang/tours.htm
Hope it helps. :-)
Please feel free to let me know if you need us to build a Luoyang itinerary for you, or there is anything that we can assist you with your China tour.
Wish you a nice day!
Hi Irina,
Regarding your inquiry, you can take the K656/657 train from Ningbo to Kaifeng (it takes about 16.5 hours), then take the K1130/1131 train to Luoyang (it takes about 2.5 hours).
Hope it helps.
Hi Robin,
I have sent you an email in response to your questions, please kindly check your email.
Enjoy your day ;)
Robert
Travel Advisor
Hi Robin,
The following places are good for young kids:
1)Luoyang Wangcheng Park
There are many peony gardens with more than 840 kinds of peonies and an amusement area that has a number of recreational facilities. It is located on the northern side of Zhongzhou Road in the heart of Luoyang City.
2)Luoyang Peony Park
There is a children area that welcomed by many kids in Luoyang City. It is located at 1 Mudan Road, Luoyang(牡丹路1号）.
3)Luoyang Longmen Oceans Pavilion
It is a good place for both kids and adults. It is located at 782 Longmen Avenue (龙门大道782号）.
If you need a Luoyang tour, please feel free to contact us. China Highlights also can design your own tour with our help to meet your unique interests. Nice day!
Hi Agnieszka
The most convenient way is by train.
It could take High Speed train, which located in Yichan town and 33 kilometers depart Luoyang, take No.3 bus then transfer to No.65 bus at Guozhai stop. Or you could take taxi. It will 1.5 hours from Luoyang to Xi'an. Cost at CNY175(second class) per person, CNY280(first class), per person.
Or you could take ordinery train in Luoyang train station, which is located in the city center. It will take around 5.5 hours from Luoyang to Xi'an. Cost at CNY85 (first class) per person, CNY110 (hard sleeper) per person.
We can provide Xi'an tour package, would you like me to quote a Xi'an itinerary for you? Please feel free to contact me : william@chinahighlights.net
William Huo
Travel Advisor
Hi Dina, you can take the airport express bus from Xianyang airport to the train station. It's cost about 30RMB per person. Then you can take a train from Xi'an to Luoyang on the same day. The last bullet train from Xi'an to Luoyang is departing at 19:30. Our company is located in Guilin, sorry but we do not have China Visa Service. You need to get a China Visa before you come to China. I would like to provide an invitation letter to you as soon as you book a tour package with our company.
Dear Amena,
White Horse Temple is the first temple which is built by the government, in order to promoting Buddhism. It’s thought as the cradle of the Buddhism in China. The temple covers about 40.000 square meters. The main building materials are wood and stones and it’s built based on the style of Indian’s temple.
If you would like to read more details, please click here: http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/64434.htm
In addition, we specialize in designing a tailor-made China tour. There are some Luoyang tours including white Horse Temple on our website. Click here: http://www.chinahighlights.com/luoyang/tours.htm
If you would like to travel to Luoyang or any other cities, or if you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me directly and I am glad to serve you. My e-mail address is lussie@chinahighlight.com
Hi Jim,
It's more than 1800km between Hong Kong and Luoyang. You can take a flight to Zhengzhou and then take a bus to Luoyan(about 2 hours driving). The second way is to take a bus, taxi or train to Shenzhen, then take a train to Luoyang( about 31 hours for train travel).
You can submit your inquiry on our website to book the flight tickets or train tickets.
For train tickets:http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/
For flight tickets:http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-flights/
There are some Luoyang tours on the website for your reference: http://www.chinahighlights.com/luoyang/tours.htm If you need, please feel free to send your e-mail to lussie@chinahighlights.com
Hi,
There is no direct bus from Wuyi to Pudong airport, even Shanghai. You can first take a bus to Hangzhou, then get to Shanghai by bullet train. You can take the No.5 airport express bus from Shanghai train station to the pudong airport. The bus departs in every 15 minutes, and the price of the ticket is about CNY 20.
Coco
There are flooding in the lower and middle reaches area of the Yangtze River recently, it may has some impact of the Yangtze River Cruise.
Luoyang （洛阳） is a city in Henan Province. It is an ancient city that had served as the capital for 9 dynasties for over 1500 years. For more introduction about Luoyang, please refer to http://www.chinahighlights.com/luoyang/
Literal meaning of the name of Luoyang City: In ancient China, people named the south side of the river as ''Yin'' and the north side of the river as ''Yang''. Luoyang city is located on the north side of a river called ''Luo River'', so the city was named ''Luoyang''.
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