One day in Datong, China
A day through Datong’s best-known sights that lie close together: Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Datong, Grand Mosque of Datong, Shanhua Temple and Huayan Temple. 4 stops, about 1.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in DatongCathedral · On the map
- Grand Mosque of DatongMosque · 0.3 km on from Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Datong · On the map
- Shanhua TempleTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from Grand Mosque of Datong · On the map
- Huayan TempleTemple or shrine · 0.8 km on from Shanhua Temple · On the map
4 stops, 2.8 km on foot along the streets: about 34 min of walking.
More for Datong
- Things to do in Datong, China · 7 places to see, led by Yungang Grottoes and Shanhua Temple
Photo credits
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Datong: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Grand Mosque of Datong: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0
- Shanhua Temple: Zeus1234, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Huayan Temple: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.