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Terracotta Army Museum Private Tour: Xian City and Attractions
4.4
7 Ratings
Xi'an
Experience the terracotta warriors at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Explore prominent Xi’an City attractions like Banpo Museum, the City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Muslim Street, and Great Mosque. Tailor your excursion to Xi’an on this full-day private journey.
Experience the terracotta warriors at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Explore prominent Xi’an City attractions like Banpo Museum, the City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Muslim Street, and Great Mosque. Tailor your excursion to Xi’an on this full-day private journey.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses - Travel 1-hour out to Terracota Warriors and Horses Museum. Take a golf cart from the parking area to the museum entrance for your 2.5-hour visit (at your own expense). Enter Pit 3 considered to be the command post as it contains only 68 warriors and 1 chariot. Continue to Pit 2, which contains 80…
- The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses - Travel 1-hour out to Terracota Warriors and Horses Museum. Take a golf cart from the parking area to the museum entrance for your 2.5-hour visit (at your own expense). Enter Pit 3 considered to be the command post as it contains only 68 warriors and 1 chariot. Continue to Pit 2, which contains 80 chariots plus 1,800 warriors and horses. Visit Pit 1, where 60 crossbowmen stand and 160 crossbowmen are squatting in the ready position. Head to the Bronze Chariot Exhibition Hall where the earliest and most well-preserved bronze chariots in all of China are housed.
- Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta) - As the symbol of the old-line xian, big wild goose pagoda is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for buddhists.
- Shaanxi History Museum - Shaanxi Provincial Museum, was completed and opened to the public in June of 1991. As the capital of 13 imperial dynasties in Chinese history, Xi’an is endowed with rich treasures in both culture and substance. Thanks to that, Shaanxi History Museum, the first large-scaled modern national museum of China, got the chance to preserve a great number of the historic and cultural relics.
- Xi’an City Wall (Chengqiang) - At the age when the city gates were the only entrances of a city, city walls were undoubtedly the crucial defense points that feudalistic rulers focused on. Therefore, city walls were constructed nationally when the emperor unified the country. The circumvallation in Xi’an today was one of the achievements, which was built and expanded on the former imperial city of Tang Dynasty (618-907).
- Muslim Quarter - The Muslim Quarter is the hub of Xian’s Islamic community and is home to many stalls selling a myriad of snack foods and delightful oriental knick-knacks.
What's Included
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Bottled water included
- Private air-conditioned vehicle transport
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Bottled water included
- Private air-conditioned vehicle transport
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Entrance fee
- Gratuities
- Entrance fee
Additional Information
- Shaanxi History Museum is closed on Mondays
- Shaanxi History Museum is closed on Mondays
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(7 Ratings)
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Kokwei_c
Nov 9, 2023
The Spirit of Xi'An - Like visiting any historical sites, an experience and interesting guide makes the difference, and we were fortunate to have Helen.
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John_p
May 31, 2019
History in the Making - We were really looking forward to seeing the Terracotta Warriors and this private tour didn't disappoint. Thankfully it wasn't full of other tourists so we had an awesome time. Loved the Xi'an City highlights as well and plenty of history was discovered.
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David393
Apr 18, 2019
Eighth wonder of the world - This is a must for a China tour. It is awesome in size and spectacle. There is something spiritual about the place as you marvel at the rows upon rows of clay soldiers and the human endeavour and sacrifices made to build and the conceal this mausoleum for it only to be discovered at the bottom of a well in 1974! Truly remarkable
The main hanger is heaving and there is quite a crush to get to the front to get a could picture from the front. Not for the feint hearted and tolerated being tall and a bigger build
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Willem
Jul 6, 2018
I booked this tour a little bit in a... - <p>I booked this tour a little bit in a rush so didn't look what was included in the tour. This tour is only the transport and Driver and doesn't include and entrance fees which I thought was. My tour guide Jerry was very apologetic regarding this. It was a pleasant day with a very knowledgeable guide. He really tried to make it as informative and still relaxing as possible. I can strongly recommend him.</p>
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Rickan_v
Jan 10, 2018
My husband and I booked onto this... - <p>My husband and I booked onto this tour during our trip to China. Coffee, our tour guide for the day provided us with a good insight into the history of the Terracotta Army and was very knowledgeable. He was able to answer all our questions throughout the day. Coffee also helped us with ordering our lunch at a local restaurant which was very helpful. Coffee went onto take us to Muslim Street before we were taken back to the airport at an additional cost. Would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Xi'an.</p>
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Glenn
Nov 1, 2019
Great information for the 2nd visit to Terracotta - It was 2012 when we visited the Terracotta first time by ourselves and this year is different with a tour guide. Lots of information and we were lucky to see the founder of the site. A lot more people this time and difficult to enjoy more time as we would like to.
The small pagoda was very interesting and well worth to visit with less people AND FREE!
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Roznat2013
Nov 11, 2018
Warning - this is only driver and sort of guide. - Sadly there is a reason there are only 2 reviews posted and our review matches the previous one. We had no contact from the company guide right up until the morning we were supposed to leave, in fact we had to get our hotel to call on our behalf as they had not contacted us. The guide was then 20 mins late and when we eventually found him (after the hotel called the company again) he tried to blame us (3 British sitting in a lobby full of Chinese are not hard to spot!) We then set out only to find out all we had paid for was a driver to take us there and back and for him to show us around the museum. Sadly my daughter was more knowledgeable on the history of the warriors so we did feel quite disappointed. We asked him lots of questions which he seemed to deflect and we felt he was really just there to show us where to go from one point to the next. Jerry was a nice guy and was very apologetic about the confusion that we had to buy tickets etc., as extra but at one point he stopped the car and said we could leave if we wanted to. Again a very unprofessional approach.
We were shown all the tourist stores for jade, tea etc., and it felt very hard sale and off putting.
To be honest, you don’t need to do this trip with a car and driver. You can get a taxi there, buy your tickets and walk around yourself as it’s all very self explanatory and they offer excellent audio guides or booklets. Very easy to get taxis back into the city after and then you can avoid being shuttled around all the shops after and rushed around the warrior pits.
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