Private Tour

Flexible Xian Terracotta Warriors Private Day Tour Non-shopping

Overview

Available languages

Chinese

English

9 hours

Mobile ticket

Only have one day in Xi'an? Ditch the rigid group tours and design your own ideal itinerary with our exclusive private tour. We provide the essentials—a comfortable private vehicle and a professional local guide—so you can focus on exploring what truly interests you.

Your Day, Your Way:

Morning: The Must-See Wonder

Stand in awe before the life-sized Terracotta Army, an unforgettable start to your day.

Afternoon: Your Choice, Your Adventure

Your guide will help you customize your afternoon. Crave culture, history, or local life? Pick 1-2 spots from our list:

Culture & Peace: The Great Wild Goose Pagoda

Tang Dynasty Glamour: The vibrant Tang Paradise Night Market

Ancient City Walls: Bike atop the magnificent City Wall

Local Food & Buzz: The bustling Muslim Quarter

Historic Streets: The scholarly Shuyuanmen Gate

Architectural Gems: The Great Mosque or Gao Family Mansion

This is travel, liberated. No forced shopping, no following a flag.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

You will be contacted at least one day ahead of the travel day via email to advise the pickup info. The tour guide will also call you or leave you a message through your hotel room the night before tour about pickup time.

Children must be accompanied by an adult

The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions

Passport name, number, date of birth and country is required at time of booking for all participants

Meal suggestion is well recommended by your experienced guide

If you have determined your travel attractions, please kindly leave a special requirement to advise when booking the tour

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

One bottle of mineral water per person

Terracotta Warriors Entrance Tickets (if the option selected)

Private transfer in air-conditioned vehicle

English-speaking tour guide service

Any meal

Gratuities

Entrance tickets (the guide will assist you purchase on site as per your interest)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Xi'an

This morning, your driver and guide in Xi'an will pick you up at your hotel. The attractions you will pay a visit to during the touring day are totally under your preference. Here we have listed some top popular attractions and the brief introductions. You are suggested to preview the list and make a foremast decision about your ideal sites.

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Known as “the Eighth Wonder of the World,” Terracotta Warriors museum shows a surprisingly high number of sculpture which makes it the most significant archaeological discovery of the 20th century.

2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Not Included

Options

Include Terracotta Army Ticket

This option includes private transfer and English-speaking tour guide, and entry ticket of Terracotta Army
Pickup included

Basic Private Tour

Private Tour: Guide & Transfer: This option include private transfer & English tour guide, itinerary is arranged based on your preferences, entry fee exclude
Pickup included

Reviews

5.00

20 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Lovely experience
Iulian D,
Aug 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
We really enjoyed this tour. Our guide, Noble, was very friendly, careful, helpful and knowledgeable. He told us a lot of interesting things about the history of China. His way of telling stories was really appealing. His spoken English was really good, we understood each and every word he said. It was a real pleasure to have him as our guide. He showed us every interesting spot for pictures. His suggestion about the place to have lunch was really good, the food was really tasty. We followed his suggestions about customizing our tour and it was perfect. If I'd had to book this tour again, I would do it without question.
Terra-cotta Warriors Experience
m0ntarshaj,
Sep 17, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Such an incredible tour - want to do again! Nobel was an amazing guide and has so much local knowledge. Highly recommend 👌
A truly wonderful day out!
Harry H,
Mar 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Sasha was a brilliant guide! We chose a day tour that included the terracotta warriors, the Xi’an city wall, and the muslim quarter. It ended up being just us two on the tour which meant Sasha was perfectly adaptable and accomodating to us. First we visited the warriors, about one hour away from the city. Sasha knows her history extremely well and was able to answer any and all of my questions about China’s long impressive culture and history on the way. When we arrived she gave us a very comprehensive tour of the warriors museum with a complete history from their creation to their excavation. Afterwards, she recommended a show for us to see at a theatre on the way back where the audience rotates between six different stages. If she recommends this to you, make sure you do it! It was the most impressive theatre show I have ever seen in my life. Real wolves, camels, insanely high production value. It was incredible. Afterwards we went to the City Wall, where Sasha was able to give us a lesson on its remarkable history and aid us in renting a bicycle. Definitely recommend this too! A very enjoyable experience. We then went to the muslim quarter to explore it’s bustling street food scene, though we were not hungry and wanted to go to the Great Mosque instead. Sasha even knew the incredible history and customs of Xi’an’s local muslim population too and guided us around the Mosque despite it not being apart of the itinerary. I would definitely recommend a tour with Sasha. It is obvious she is a deeply passionate and knowledgeable Xi’an local who genuinely cares about sharing her city’s culture and history with foreigners. Plus, she speaks perfect english and gave us many recommendations for the rest of our time in this city. Thank you Sasha for a wonderful day out in Xi’an.
Highly recommend Xian Day Tour from Beijing by Round-way air
E11Wanstead,
Oct 28, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Would strongly recommend this trip - it all went like clockwork from pick up at our hotel in Beijing through to drop off again. The driver and guide were excellent - Joy our guide was exactly that - a joy to spend the day with - very knowledgeable, personable and very helpful. The trip to the Terracotta Army was incredible and well worth the early start to get there - would highly recommend! We also managed to see the City Walls and the Muslim Street so a full and fun packed informative day! We would highly recommend the day tour and the ChinaXianTour company! Hilary, Bill, Paul and Wendy
Highly recommend ChinaXianTour company
gergmu,
Sep 9, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This was my second trip to China using the services of ChinaXian Tour company & both times everything went perfectly. Our consultant, Amy, was always available if we had any questions & the tour guides & drivers were excellent. I have not had better service anywhere in my trips overseas. The trip was thoroughly planned & everything ran perfectly. I highly recommend ChinaXian tours. Xi'an is a beautiful city definitely worth a visit, or two. The Terracotta Warriors are amazing but so is the city and the delicious food!
Amazing show of care for tourists in China.
fernand0m0lina,
Jul 30, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The whole team and especially our guide Mr. Jack who ended up being much more friends than tourism professionals. Our contact Emy Fang served us all the time and what we needed. Exceptional!!
Great Service and Trip, nice guide and driver
AnnaWong5,
Jun 14, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I booked a custom trip from China Xian Tour with Sophia, and she arrange our trip with very patient and accurate. We have a great time in Beijing with Iris, and in Xi'an with Sasha. One thing that we have missunderstanding is, I forgot to tell them that my group can't speak english, and half of us can understand Chinese very well. But the guide is very helpfull, and help me to easily translate them into our language (Indonesia). The driver is very kind, and helpful too. They even help some elder in my group when they get in the bus. The hotel choice is great. And the guide be able to arrange the trip effectively when there's some special conditions. We are able to visit all the place in our itinery. Thank you Sophia, will surely join your tour again when we visit China in another time.
Incredible trip
361lorraine,
Jun 13, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
WOW. Thank you so much for your superb organisation. From start to finish the trip was expertly and efficiently run. The drivers were courteous and professional. The airport transfer was seamless and Simon, our English speaking guide, was waiting for us when we landed in Xian. The trip to see the Terracotta Army was unforgettable and our friendly guide who accompanied us throughout was incredibly knowledgeable. After a fabulous lunch we went to see the old walls and then to the Muslim quarter of Xian where we went around the markets experiencing some of the local delicacies. Again Simon was extremely helpful and was able to advise us. I can't thank you enough for this wonderful trip and want to pass on my thanks to Simon who was very informative and really helped to make this trip so special.
Xi’an Perfection
AngeATravels,
May 24, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Sophia from our first contact, when this trip was just an idea a dream that became a amazing experience. Sophia contacted me throughout,We were picked up from the hotel, where we were taken to Beijing train station. We travelled to Xi’an by over night sleeper train from Beijing. In the morning our guide Simon and driver Trevor were waiting for us, we visited the factory shop where the make the warriors in a similar way with the same clay, this was a great shopping opportunity, we then headed to to Emperor Qin Shi Huangs Mausoleum. This at first glance looks like the entrance to a Disney theme park. But we were absolutely blown away with the easy accessible 3 pits of Terracotta Warriors. Utterly breathtaking Simon kept us well informed with facts and figures and showed us all the best photo points. We never felt rushed we went at our own pace, This tour is perfect well managed and only when we were ready did we leave. We took a break for lunch which was divine and then a tour of the walled city of Xi’an bell tower and Muslim Street. Simon was the nicest most informative guide I cannot recommend this tour enough it was the highlight of our tour. We were taken back to the train station and were shown which entrance to take faultless, we were picked up by a driver in Beijing and taken back to the hotel a perfect end to a perfect tour
great visit
P3007LGphilipa,
May 20, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Tour was very good. Good detail for transportation and car service. Guide was very helpful in his service and knowledge of locations we visited. I normally do not wright reviews but this is my second tour with this company both have been great.