Xi'an Highlights Private Tour: Terracotta Warriors, Big Wild Goose Pagoda & City Wall
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48 Ratings
Xi'an
Experience the best of Xi'an on a private tour that includes the Terracotta Warriors, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, City Wall, and more. Enjoy a delicious lunch and immerse yourself in the vibrant Muslim Market. Optional Tang Dynasty Dinner Show available.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

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.

Points of Interest

  • Xi’an
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Local guide
  • Driver with air-conditioned private vehicle
  • Private tour
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Optional activities
  • Personal expense
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The Essential Xi’an Private Day Tour is designed to showcase key visiting places in Xi’an including the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the majestic Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the historical City Wall, Bell and Drum Towers Square, the vibrant Muslim Market, and, if you choose, the Tang Dynasty Dinner Show. A delicious lunch is also part of this package.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants.
Location
Xi'an
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sightsee58462264685
Apr 21, 2024
Best possible tour arrangement - It was such a great pleasure to go on tour with Kathy. My itinerary included some things outside of the normal tourist interests. Nothing was too much for Kathy to help and put a program together that fitted to my wishes. The communication with her was fast and she has shown great trust. Not only did she provide with a great tour and driver, she also came with a better hotel suggestion at a similar rate than I had booked. I was picked up at the hotel, precise at the agreed time. Kathy gave me quite some information about the area, history of the region and of China in general. We left a bit earlier than normal, so we did beat basically all the crowd at the Terra cotta army, leaving us plenty of time to discover the rest of the day program. Nothing was too much for Kathy. If you are looking to get most of your time, just make sure to get Kathy on board of your time.
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Advisorie
Sep 23, 2019
A perfect day in Xi'an - We only had a very short stay in Xi'an and therefore booked a private guided tour for one day. Kathy showed us all the sights and told us a lot about the area and China. In the evening she got us tickets for a very nice dinner show and even organized the transfer. All in all a perfect day - thank you Kathy!
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Jamie
Jul 1, 2019
Best tour of Xi'an for a family of 5! Try this one! - Kathy was super well spoken and provided a great deal of information about all of the monuments we saw on our whirlwind tour of Xi'an and the Terra Cotta Warriors. She has been giving these tours for 15 years and it shows! She was VERY helpful walking us through Muslim street and the rest of Xi'an and was patient with our group the whole time. Definitely recommended!
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Spchcomworkfhsu
Jun 24, 2019
Best tour I have taken - 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.
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Ajsf
Jun 12, 2019
A great way to see and learn about Xi’an! - I had a great tour with Kathy. She was energetic, funny and extremely knowledgeable about Xi’an. Would highly recommend her if you want to learn all about the history and culture of the area.
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Alavi2122
Jun 11, 2019
One week holiday in Xi'an - 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.
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Marco
Jun 6, 2019
2 full day visits of Xian - 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.
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504seweryns
May 17, 2019
Very good trip. Excellent show. - The Guide - Rosa was very informative and helpful. The driver did very well. The price of Tour was high but worth its money,
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Khairul
Jan 16, 2019
amazing xi'an tour and awesome kathy! - 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 soon
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Sengchin
Apr 17, 2019
Very informative and meaningful visit to the historical sites, Xi’an - 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.
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