Terracotta Army Tour: Explore Ancient Burial Site

Join this half-day tour to explore China’s renowned Terracotta Army, the largest ancient burial site in the world. Gain in-depth knowledge and historical insights from a professional English-speaking guide.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses - Your English speaking tour guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel. She/he will call you the day before to reconfirm the pick-up time with you. Drive you out of town directly to the Terracotta Warriors Museum. You will spend at least two and a half hours to see the three excavated pits. Also have a visit to the newly opened exhibition with many undisclosed collections. Drive back to downtown, We will reach the South Gate Square of the City Wall. Over here your half day Xi’an tour comes to the end. Please find your own way back to your hotel. For more transportation details, please consult your tour guide.
What's Included
  • Professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Pick up and drop off within the downtown area of the Xi’an city
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Complimentary bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Meals
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance fees. We reserve tickets in advance and you just need to pay when meeting your guide.
  • Terracotta Warriors Museum including battery cart: CNY125 per person
Additional Information
  • No tourist shops, factories, tea ceremonies and shopping site restaurants take up your valuable time, which enables to include more attractions and ensures you a pure sightseeing experience.
  • We offer free pick-up within the downtown area of the Xi’an city. While Xi’an is a large city, to ensure the morning pick-up going smoothly as scheduled, we suggest you choose centrally located downtown hotels. If the location of your hotel is beyond our free pick-up range, you may need to pay for extra mile transfers or get to an appointed meeting point. For any pick-up issues, your one-on-one travel consultant is ready to help anytime.
  • Group Size: About 9 people. There are chances that 10% of the tour groups will exceed 9 people but we will make proper arrangements.
  • The time schedule of the itinerary may be adjusted according to the daily traffic and real situations. Besides, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda & Xian Museum is not open to tourists on Tuesdays. We will adjust the itinerary with substitutes if your travel date happens to meet Tuesday.
  • Departures are guaranteed with two persons
  • Please carry your valid passport on the day of travel.
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
  • This supplier also offers 1-day mini group tour and multi-day tours. Please search the supplier’s name to check its tour list.
Location
The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
Qinling North Road, Lintong District,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Cathyca7338an
Jul 11, 2024
Thank you, Amy Jian , for your great help - Recently I took my family of 3 generations totally 10 people to tour China. While in China, I decided to travel via high speed train. Nine years ago, I had a great experience with Travel China Guide for getting high speed train tickets. Naturally I turned to them again this time. Amy Jian is the agent who helped me. Amy is superb. She is very responsible, responsive and explains everything clearly. I have 10 legs of tickets. I started planning in October 2023 for our June trip. I made many changes. She ALWAYS responds quickly. One time she even replied on Chinese Lunar New Year’s Day. I also asked Amy to arrange tours for me for Shaolin Temple and Terracotta Warriors. Both tour guides Jane and Lily were very knowledgeable and passionate about their work. My family is very pleased and impressed with their service. Amy got all the tickets per my specifications. She is my great partner. Without her help, I wouldn’t be able to do our trip. I highly recommend Amy to anyone who travels via train in China. Amy is a great asset for Travel China Guide. Thank you very much, Amy, for your great help.
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Stumpy1965
Jan 16, 2020
Xi’an tour - Just spent a full day visiting the Terracotta Warriors, the Xi’an city wall and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda all during the first snow of 2020. We thoroughly enjoyed the day made even more interesting with our guide Carols insights into the history of each place we went and more. It was hard to fathom the age of the artefacts we saw, amazing! We finished off the day by attending a dumpling dinner and show about the story of the first Empress of China, which we totally recommend. Would like to thank Carol, who couldn’t do enough for us. Checked us in at the airport and waited until we got through security. She even went back to the hotel to collect and send on some items we left behind - thank you again Carol!
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Micht_90a
Nov 14, 2019
Well organized! - I chanced upon this half day tour and it met my needs perfectly. I didn't want the hassle of trying to get to the Terra-cotta Museum myself and wanted a guide to explain the amazing discovery in English. It was entirely a very comfortable experience, hassle-free! My guide, Tracy, was well-spoken, passionate and very organized. All around, great experience!
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Hola999
Oct 31, 2019
Terracotta Warriors Museum - Susan was the kind of guide that you will want to have showing you the best the city has to offer. Her narrative of the history was very captivating. She was full of little trivia about the musuem and the city and that made the attraction come alive for us.
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James
Sep 14, 2019
Fantastic Terracotta Warriors tour! - What a fantastic tour! Very well organised & extremely easy. My guide was Phoebe & she was fantastic! Very polite, knowledgeable, helpful & spoke perfect english. The driver was safe & swift. Would definitely recommend!
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Robert
Aug 6, 2019
Great day! - Lovely guide, Lily and very well organised and prompt tour with very helpful advice about buying mini statuette reproductions at the end of the trip.... save your shopping till the end!
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Shafenscher
Jul 29, 2019
above and beyond - best organised tour I've done - everything was just perfect - pick up was on time, no queues at the entrance, water provided, the knowledge of our guide carol was just endless - not only does she know everything (it seems) about the terracotta warriors, but also about xi'an and it's history! she even helped in personal issues - like train tickets, how to get to the airport, gave recommendations about local food and much more - the list could go on... the tour has exceeded all my expectations - even with many visitors in the museum (which is normal), everything ran smoothly and without any waiting time, enough time to see everything we wanted and get all information we needed. big thanks to amazing carol and the top driver mr li. if I ever return to xian, I'll book another tour with them!
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Styrovolas
Jul 24, 2019
Half Day Xian Mini Group Tour to Terracotta Warriors, No Shopping, Max 6 Guests - We had the one day Xian tour with Lola as our tour guide. We had an excellent experience. Lola was really helpful and informative about the terracota warriors and the Xian city. She gave us all the necessary information. This tour is fully recommended.
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Bradhostetler
Jul 22, 2019
Day trip to the Terracotta Warriors - I arrived at Xi'an by train from Chengdu in the morning. Tracy met me at the station and our diver took us to the Terracotta Warrior museum about an hour away. On the way, Tracy provided me with some historical context to prepare me for the museum visit. She was a good teacher. I learned a great deal in that short period of time. We arrived at the museum and here is where the guide was so important. It can be disorienting to know where to go, where to buy the tickets, and how to flow through the site. There are so many visitors! Tracy took care of everything. She had the tickets ready and directed me through the buildings and around the people/crowds. She pointed out details to me in the museums that helped me appreciate the visit even more. She maintained a nice balance between guiding and informing me about the material while also standing back and allowing me to explore on my own. I loved my visit very much, and I highly recommend hiring this short tour just to help you get through the museum.
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Chutfatty
Jan 10, 2024
Slightly below expectation. - The tour itinerary was good, but the guide was below expectation as compared to nearby guides who gave more comprehensive explanations.. Additionally, there was big crowds at the Terracotta Museum, but when the guide moves around from point to point, sometimes there was no signal to move on, so we have to lookout for her to avoid the risk of been left behind. The car provided was comfortable.
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