Essential Xi'an Private Day Tour Including Lunch
Overview
Essential Xi'an Private Day Tour will take you to see the highlights of Xi'an's most important attractions including Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the City Wall, Bell and Drum Towers Square, Muslim Market, and the optional Tang Dynasty Dinner Show. Lunch is including in this tour.
Inclusions
- Private tour
- Local guide
- Driver with air-conditioned private vehicle
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch
- Entry/Admission - The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
- Entry/Admission - Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta)
- Entry/Admission - Xi'an City Wall (Chengqiang)
- Entry/Admission - Drum Tower (Gulou)
- Entry/Admission - Xi'an Bell Tower
What to expect
At 8 o'clock in the morning, your private tour guide and driver will be waiting to pick you up at the lobby of your hotel and take you for an approximately one hour ride to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Named the eighth wonder of the world and greatest excavation in the 20th century, this on-site museum boasts thousands of life-sized terracotta warriors and horses sculptures created by ancient Chinese in Qin Dynasty for more than 2, 000 years ago. Later, you have have an opportunity to try some authentic Chinese food for lunch catering to the locals at a nearby restaurant.
After lunch break, you will be chauffeured back to the city to visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda which is an historical imperial Buddhist temple built to store important sutras and relics brought back from India by the high monk of Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang. Next, visit the marvel of ancient Chinese engineering of 600 hundred years old City Wall built in Ming Dynasty for panoramic views of Xi'an. Later, stroll along the Bell and Drum Towers Square and local Muslim Market to experience local lifestyle. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your downtown Xi'an hotel.
Optional evening activity of Tang Dynasty Dinner Show is available at additional cost. The is the most splendid and unique musics and dances show that recreates the life of imperial court. A Chinese dumpling dinner with a variety of different dumpling fillings and shapes will be served prior to the show.
After lunch break, you will be chauffeured back to the city to visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda which is an historical imperial Buddhist temple built to store important sutras and relics brought back from India by the high monk of Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang. Next, visit the marvel of ancient Chinese engineering of 600 hundred years old City Wall built in Ming Dynasty for panoramic views of Xi'an. Later, stroll along the Bell and Drum Towers Square and local Muslim Market to experience local lifestyle. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your downtown Xi'an hotel.
Optional evening activity of Tang Dynasty Dinner Show is available at additional cost. The is the most splendid and unique musics and dances show that recreates the life of imperial court. A Chinese dumpling dinner with a variety of different dumpling fillings and shapes will be served prior to the show.
Additional information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants.
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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June 2019
Our tour guide Kathy was the best guide I have had on a trip anywhere. She met us at our hotel with a private van and driver promptly at 8am. We visited the Terracotta Warriors, had a wonderful lunch at a local restaurant, viewed the city wall, the bell and drum towers, the Muslim Quarter, and ...
Our tour guide Kathy was the best guide I have had on a trip anywhere. She met us at our hotel with a private van and driver promptly at 8am. We visited the Terracotta Warriors, had a wonderful lunch at a local restaurant, viewed the city wall, the bell and drum towers, the Muslim Quarter, and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. At every stop we made Kathy gave us accurate and interesting facts about the site. Her knowledge of the history of Xi'an and all of the sites we visited was extensive. She could give you as much or as little about the place as you wanted to hear. With her as our guide, we went to the best spots to view various sites. She led us to vantage points instead of just pointing us at a door and giving us a time to meet up. It was truly a guided private tour. Having been on tours in China before, I must say that Kathy is the most professional guide I have ever had, and she made the experience extremely enjoyable. She went at our pace, which was important because my wife and I were traveling with my parents on this trip, both of who are in their 70's.Alavi2122
June 2019
We went to Xi'an during the fasting month of Ramadhan and celebrated Eid at Xi'an. Kathy was very helpful and made necessary arrangements for us to find the best food vendors in the Muslim Street and showed us the location of mosques we could visit. Kathy is efficient, friendly and very accommoda...
We went to Xi'an during the fasting month of Ramadhan and celebrated Eid at Xi'an. Kathy was very helpful and made necessary arrangements for us to find the best food vendors in the Muslim Street and showed us the location of mosques we could visit. Kathy is efficient, friendly and very accommodating. She connected us with Lisa in Luoyang where we visited the Longmen Grottoes and the Shaolin Temple. Lisa was also an excellent tour guide who went out of her way to assist us and made the trip very memorable. Overall, the trip to Xi'an and Luoyang was great and we extremely enjoyed the visits and more importantly the delicious halal food in Xi'an and Luoyang.Marco C
June 2019
We have Kathy set up our 2 days tour of Xian, besides arranging for pick up from the airport and going to the airport at departure, for our family of 6. 5 adults and 1 teenager. 4 of us have been in Xian before. Kathy took us to the Teracotta museum, a shop with good artifacts, lunch at a nice lo...
We have Kathy set up our 2 days tour of Xian, besides arranging for pick up from the airport and going to the airport at departure, for our family of 6. 5 adults and 1 teenager. 4 of us have been in Xian before. Kathy took us to the Teracotta museum, a shop with good artifacts, lunch at a nice local restaurant with many local dishes, the pagoda, drum tower, bell tower and the city walls. She explained things to the family. The vehicle arranged was comfortable. Kathy was always pleasant and professional We all thoroughly enjoyed her services.sengchin
April 2019
Miss Kathy was very knowledgeable with the historical facts of the history in Xi’an far back 2000 years ago. This is my first hand knowledge of the ancient China Emperors and the warriors livelihood especially the Terra-cotta army, Pagoda, Drum Tower. Worth the trip to the city where the Silk Roa...
Miss Kathy was very knowledgeable with the historical facts of the history in Xi’an far back 2000 years ago. This is my first hand knowledge of the ancient China Emperors and the warriors livelihood especially the Terra-cotta army, Pagoda, Drum Tower. Worth the trip to the city where the Silk Road eastern end, and the home to various dynasties of china’s Emperors. The friendly Kathy and the driver are helpful and friendly.Khairul M
January 2019
this is our first trip in China and I was travelling together with my old parents. kathy is a super host and not your ordinary tour guide. she has a great knowledge on xi'an history and explained to us about the Chinese culture in detail. all of us including myself walked very slowly but she pati...
this is our first trip in China and I was travelling together with my old parents. kathy is a super host and not your ordinary tour guide. she has a great knowledge on xi'an history and explained to us about the Chinese culture in detail. all of us including myself walked very slowly but she patiently waited and walked together with us and even hold my mother's hands. though my parents don't speak English or understand her, but they really like the way that she took care of us, explaining about the food and attended to our request. highly recommend her for whoever wants to visit xi'an anytime soonASLoh
November 2018
From the word go at Xian train station bubbly Kathy breezed us thru 4 days of enchanting adventure of food, culture, history, palace scandals and concubine intriques to usurp power and glory. Being a Xian native her knowledge was intimate and comprehensive and listening to her narration in Englis...
From the word go at Xian train station bubbly Kathy breezed us thru 4 days of enchanting adventure of food, culture, history, palace scandals and concubine intriques to usurp power and glory. Being a Xian native her knowledge was intimate and comprehensive and listening to her narration in English was following a historical novel peppered with courtly grandeur, political skull duggery, bedroom intrigues and mammoth monuments for the afterlife. We, 3 elderly couples from Singapore, were unanimously impressed by Kathy's eloquence and care for our personal needs for 5 relaxing and most enjoyable days. Only Kathy's energy, personal care and knowledge could deliver such indelible memories of 2500 years history and myths of China's rich and grandious past. Our personal gratitude to a new friend who vowed to visit Singapore to taste our very own Emperor, of fruits, DURIAN. The taste of which can secure idelible memories too.