Xi'an Private Full-Day Tour: Experience Ancient History with Terracotta Warriors and City Wall
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Xi'an
Immerse yourself in the ancient history of Xi'an with a private full-day tour. Explore the Terracotta Warriors, walk along the well-preserved City Wall, visit the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, and experience the vibrant Muslim Quarter.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses - Your tour guide will pick up you at your hotel lobby and take you to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. It takes one hour to arrive there. Your guide will accompany you to visit the three pits in the museum and the selected collections at the affiliated exhibition hall. The whole visit usually takes around two and a half hours.\n\nThe tourist restaurants near the museum provide poor services and food. You may go to the international fast food restaurants, such as KFC or Subway outside the museum, for a casual lunch. The tour guide will give you some recommendation. \n- Small Goose Pagoda - Then it takes one hour back to downtown and reach the Small Wild Goose Pagoda. It was founded during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) to store sutras brought from India by an eminent monk, Yi Jing, and the pagoda is similar to the renowned Big Wild Goose Pagoda in shape but smaller in size, hence the name. Many exquisite stone Buddha, stone lions, stone horses and other stone carvings can be seen there.\n- Xi’an City Wall (Chengqiang) - Later you will visit the ancient City Wall, the most well-preserved and largest ancient city wall in China. Your guide will tell you stories and the history about this brilliant relic. You might also want to rent a bike to ride on the wall. The bike rental fee is at your expense. \n- Muslim Quarter - After that, visit the Muslim Quarter. There are varieties of snacks and halal foods. Meanwhile, you can see lots of handicraft souvenirs are on sale in this street.\n\nAfter finishing the day tour, your tour guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel.
What's Included
  • Air conditioned car with chauffeur
  • Professional English speaking tour guide
  • Complimentary bottled water with unlimited supplies
  • Pick-up and drop-off at your centrally located hotel in Xi’an
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel accommodation
  • Bicycle rental on the City Wall
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance tickets
Additional Information

If you’re journeying through major Chinese cities but also want to delve into the rich history of Xi’an, this private one-day tour to Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors and City Wall is ideal for you! The itinerary includes a trip to the renowned Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the ancient, impeccably maintained City Wall, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, and the lively Muslim Quarter.

  • No tourist shops, factories, tea ceremonies and shopping site restaurants take up your valuable time, which ensures you a pure sightseeing experience.
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
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.

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Prakash166
Oct 6, 2023
My Xian Warrior Experience - Roger was my guide for the day in Xian. Thoroughly enjoyed his company. He is impressively well versed in the history of the warriors and the period of their making. Got to meet the farmer who discovered the archeological site. Highly recommend Roger. Thank you so much for the excellent day trip.
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Buenoornot
Aug 9, 2023
Great tour - I ended up with a private tour with Roger, who was great. So happy I did not try this on my own. The soldiers are the 8th wonder of the world, amazing. Very crowded with people everywhere and my guide knew all the best spots for photos. Roger spoke English very well and had lots of history and interesting information. He had a excellent suggestion for lunch and the flow was smooth. The driver was also excellent and did a great job avoiding an accident when a bicycle flew into our path.
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Carlo19722018
Dec 26, 2019
Best of Xia’n - Well organised tour showing the essential highlights of the city. Tracey was informative about all the sites and gave us plenty of time to explore it at our own pace.
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Louise
Sep 7, 2019
Wonderful day which could have been a disaster! - One of the main reasons for visitng China was to see the Terracotta Warriors. We were only due to be in Xi`an for one whole day. Unfortunately the night before our visit, my husband became really unwell with such a bad stomach upset that he was too weak to walk. Our guide was wonderful. She initially took us to a pharmacy where we purchased medication. She then arranged a salted drink when we arrived at the site of the Terracotta Warriors and a guy with a wheelchair so that my husband wouldnt miss the tour. The tour was wonderful. Carol is both caring and so knowledgable. She also made it really interesting without being overloaded with information. It was a great trip and one that we will remember for a long time. If we had been booked on a large group tour I suspect we would have had to miss the tour altogether. Thanks so much Carol!
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Family_ger
Aug 14, 2019
Perfect tour with a great tour guide (Tracy) - Tour was perfectly organised. Tracy's English is very good and she knows a lot about Chinese history and the places we visited and she was very friendly and flexible. We highly recommend to ride a bike on the city wall of Xi'an and to walk through the muslim quarter.
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Marcellesegaldesign
Aug 4, 2019
GREAT GUIDE with AMAZING KNOWLEDGE - What an amazing day! Full of culture and allot of history! Tracey, our guide took us to see the Terracotta Warriors. She is very knowledgeable and very passionate. We then explored the City Wall. I loved everything about this tour! The Small Pagoda was also special! Thanks Tracey! I will see you in the future again!
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Kathleenfuller
Jul 19, 2019
Wonderful day - Did a full day tour with Judy. She was very knowledgeable and spoke English very well. We toured the terrace cotta warriors, had lunch, toured the wall and a museum. We had a wonderful day.
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Piyush
Jun 11, 2019
Perfect Xi'an Day with Lily - We had a fun day in Xi'an on June 6 with Lily, our tour guide. On our way to Terracotta Warriors display, Lily enthusiastically shared Xi'an's rich history with us "Xi'an city is a Living Museum" - wherever you dig in Xi'an, there is history to be found. Lily's knowledge about Xi'an's place in China history is vast and made us very familiar with the city. IAs we entered Terracotta Warriors display - it is very easy to get distracted by the crowds and the seemingly sameness of the warriors. But, she knew exactly where to stop - telling us what to look for in each pit (we visited all 3 pits). With Lily as our guide, we came back from our Terracotta Warrior visit with a much greater appreciation (hey, I almost qualified to be a guide myself). My wife, and our daughter also appreciated Lily's easy-going style, her English-speaking and communicative skills. We also did the tea sampling at the food court - located near Pit # 3. We also visited Big Wild Goose Pagoda - what a peaceful place and again, Lily told us the history where to take a perfect picture with the Pagoda in the background, the difference between the bell tower and drum tower - making our visit so much more meaningful. Lily went an extra mile to take us to a quick City wall visit as there was a short time left before our overnight train journey to Beijing, making sure we were seated in the right compartment (again, getting tickets from the right counter, waiting in the right platform - all would have been daunting with our lack of Mandarin speaking skills). Thank You Travel China Guide Tours and Lily and the driver (sorry to forget his name) for making our day in Xi'an so so Perfect.
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Andrea
Jun 10, 2019
Excellent - Susan is the BEST! - Our tour was effort less, easy to navigate, and Susan our tour guide was incredible! This company takes care of it all! They delivered our train tickets to our hotel in Beijing, then picked us up at our hotel in Xa'in, and proceeded to drop us back off at the end of the day to head back to Beijing. They were kind, easy to work with, and priced very fairly. Susan was just the best, we all fell in love with her and wished we could have taken here throughout China with us!
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Allthedoll
Jun 6, 2019
Awesome day in Xi'an with Roger - We packed what seemed like a couple days of activities into one day with Roger, which worked nicely for our group of two. We got to see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and surrounding structures, biked the City Wall (huge highlight and only 45 yuan each bike), and explored the Terracotta Army. Roger is EXTREMELY knowledgeable and this came in SUPER handy at the Terracotta Warriors. I learned so much more than I did visiting the exhibition on tour! I'm not sure how Roger can so easily sum up all the history, the numerous Dynasties, and Xi'an's emporers, but he did, and I leave with a deeper understanding and appreciation of Xi'an than I came with. This was an amazing day and Roger is a walking encyclopedia.
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