Mini Group: Two-Day Xi'an Panoramic Tour

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Overview

Available languages

English

48 hours

Mobile ticket

From the amazing Terra-cotta Warriors and the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang to the large Han Yang Ling Mausoleum of Emperor Jindi of Han Dynasty and his Empress, from the local life of Xi’an citizens to Chinese traditional culture and arts, from street snacks to selected Xi’an local’s favorite dishes, in these two days exploration you’ll have a panoramic view of this imperial city of Xi’an on its glorious history, traditional culture, authentic food and the real life of the people that would never be discovered by a typical tourist.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

You will receive details about the tour guide and pickup in your voucher the day before. And the tour guide will also call you via hotel or leave a message for you about pickup time the night before tour.

Hotel pickup and drop off services are available within the 3rd Ring Zone of Xi'an City.

Passport information is required for entrance tickets booking, please forward each individual traveler's full name and passport number at the time of booking.

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Private vehicle with hotel pickup and drop off included

Bike rental on the City Wall

English-speaking tour guide service

All admission tickets as mentioned in the tour

Gratuities (recommended)

Accommodation, travel insurance and any other personal expenses during tour.

Lunch

Airport transfer

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

1

The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Day 1, Time: 7:30 - 12:00 Pickup from your hotel and ride about 1 hour (arrives at around 9 am) to the Terracotta Museum. Your exploration of the Terracotta Army site begins. Please follow your guide to discover the amazing terracotta warriors that were buried for more than 2,000 years and to hear interesting stories about China's first emperor — Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BC). There are three pits in the museum. Our recommended visiting sequence is Pit 1 – Pit 2 – Pit 3 – the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang as you will follow historical clues that lead from general to detailed information. Pit 1 is the largest of the pits and it is estimated to house around 6,000 figures as well as a great quantity of bronze weaponry. You will be shocked by the large scale of the figures lining up, and will feel as if you have been taken back to the Qin Dynasty when the army of soldiers was waiting to go out to battle. Pit 2 is not as large as Pit 1. Pit 3 is the smallest one.

3 hours • Admission Included
2

Xi'an City Wall (Chengqiang)

Day 1, Time: 14:30 - 17:00 Xi'an Ancient City Wall was first built in the Ming Dynasty (1370–1378 AD) and is the largest and the best-maintained ancient city wall in China. It is shaped like a rectangle with a total length of 13.74 kilometers. The downtown part of Xi'an City is centered within this ancient city wall. There are four major gates (the north gate, the east gate, the south gate, and the west gate) of this city wall. Your visit will start from East Gate (Chang Le Gate). You have three options when visiting the city wall, Walking, biking and ride eco-cart on the wall.

2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Included

Options

Mini Group: Two-Day Xi'an Panoramic Tour

Pickup included

Reviews

5.00

8 reviews

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  • Nice way to see Xian

    AshleyT555,

    Dec 12, 2019

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    My guide Phoebe is pretty, knowledgeable and takes good care of us. I enjoyed the tour very much. Hopefully your tours can add new areas such as Falun temple and Qianling the next time I come to Xian.

  • An excellent guide for all visits: TED

    Coline D,

    May 16, 2018

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    We spent 3 fabulous days in Xi'An (bike tour of the ramparts, Muslim quarter, goose pagoda, army of terracotta soldiers and show. For all these visits we were accompanied by an English-speaking guide Ted. An excellent, pleasant, friendly and funny young guide. Recommend without hesitation. The best guide to Xi'AN!!!! He was always taking care of us. Thanks to him we had a great time.

  • A privileged moment for the discovery of the 8th wonder of the world

    gerchoquet,

    Apr 23, 2018

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    Superb stay with a very competent and passionate guide. The army of soldiers is just grand. What an emotional moment.

  • Xi'an with Kenneth

    Blenniefan44649,

    Apr 11, 2018

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    From Bejing we travelled to Xi‘an by bullet train. There we, a family of 5 with three adult children, were picked up by our guide Kenneth and taken to the hotel. The plan for the next day was discussed. The next morning Kenneth led us to the Terracotta Army without waiting, which we could look at according to our time needs. This was followed by a delicious lunch at a local restaurant and a visit to the large Wild Goose Pagoda. The next day we did the bike tour on the city wall, a nice experience! Then we went to the Grand Mosque and the Bazar Quarter, where we had enough time and a good lunch. We were very satisfied with our expert tour guide Kenneth, without him we would have wasted a lot of time with the organization and also not found such good restaurants, we would not have been able to get the right order of food. Big praise also to China Hightlights for the good organization!

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  • Super well organised and delightfull trip through Xi'an , emperor city

    Marc S,

    Nov 20, 2017

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    We are a party of 10 friends who like to travel and do so for nearly 20 years. We always travel in a customised organisation and as a private party Our stay in Xi'an was organised by China Highights (as part of a 16 days trip through China). We arrived from Beijing with the bullet train (must do experience to see the rapid changing and evolving of modern China) and were welcomed by our local guide Amy. We visited all Xi'an highlights (Temple, Terra Cotta warriors, city wall, islamic centre , .... even Xi'an nightlife) and enjoyed it very mutch. The program was adapted to our wishes , flexible with big variety in history and visits. One of the highlights of our stay was certainly our local guide Amy, fluent in English, flexible, passionated and well informed. Her vision of and passion for modern and old China was a real eye-opener for us, and the discussions involved will be something we will not quickly forget. Organisation of meals, transports,... all was at the standard. We stayed at the Grand Wyndham, excellent rooms and service (definitelyexperience the Club formula), but to our group a little bit "too big" and as so far chilly. Anyhow, an experience we will never forget. Once again a big hug for our excellent guideAmy.

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  • Private tour of Xian with great guide

    c0sm0nyc,

    Nov 15, 2017

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    We were a group of four girls and were in Xian for 2 days/3 nights as part of our 11 day trip to China and the entire trip was through China Highlights. Lily, our guide in Xian was really wonderful and everyone in the group really like her. We had initially missed her at the train station but found her soon after we tracked back within 5 min. She has a good personality, is friendly, knowledgeable, and gave us extensive information on the Terracotta Soldiers, the Museum and every place we visited. She presented us with choices on what to do along with prices so that we can decide if we want to partake. She advised on us on where to shop on approved quality souveniers and gave us the price range. We never felt any pressure from her at all; she even was helpful in helping us negotiate prices. She was very accommodating and helpful to our requests. For our food choices, she took our tastes into consideration while recommending options. Also, in general it was evident she was a good person as in more than one occasion I witnessed her being helpful to strangers. Xian is a great city with historical value and really good food. It was much more modern that we expected it to be in terms of availability of hotels, the airport and the train station. We were picked up from the train station and dropped off at the airport. The Terracotta Soldiers, the Pagoda temple, walking the City Wall af the Muslim Quarter were all worthwhile. We also chose to watch the The Tang Dynasty show at night and it was worth it to watch. But I recommend you skip the dumpling dinner that accompanies the Tang Dynasty show. The dumplings were not tasty at all and Xian being a place with great food, it would have been better to eat somewhere else. Our driver and the van that we were transported in was comfortable. He had pleasant attitude and was very accomodating to our plans. The guide and driver worked well together.

  • How cute Xi'an is

    Laura S,

    Oct 28, 2017

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    I went to China mainly to see pandas, and passing through Xi'an to see Terracotta warriors was just another attraction, not the focus of the ride. However, I was very pleasantly surprised by that city and by Anna, the guide that China Highlights made available. Naturally, most ancient cities have lost their original walls, due to modernity. However, Xi'an has them intact and they are impressive. Moreover, it has the charm of having been capital in the Tang dynasty and, of course, the famous Terracotta warriors. The museum of the warriors is really impressive and I just didn’t like that there were many visitors, it was difficult to get close or even stay for a while enjoying the view without pushing and elbowing. I guess it's inevitable in such an attractive place. I will miss Anna, because in addition to being a very good guide, she is very warm and dear. I was moved that, seeing that we were Argentine, I had a book to learn Spanish and tried to practice it with us. In addition, I was attentive to any details to make us feel more comfortable, and was very patient with my need to stop to rest often because my fitness is not very good. In addition to the warriors, in Xi'an we also went to the Muslim Quarter, very picturesque, although full of street food that I dare not touch. And we visited the Wild Goose Pagoda, a Buddhist temple, where Anna explained to us demonstrating a lot of knowledge about everything related to that cult. In conclusion, a very pleasant visit. We didn't go to the theater to see the Tang show because we were so tired, but I would have liked to.

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  • China Highlights - three days in Xi’an

    Kevin N,

    Oct 28, 2017

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    We arrived from Beijing on the bullet train and were met by our smiling guide, Lina. Our lady driver was waiting and the two of them bought us to our fine hotel and got us settled in. Our stay in Xian was excellent. We had scheduled a free day for ourselves and Lina helped us reorganize our itinerary a little so that we would not be too busy on one day. Lina showed us where we could get a good meal, where the Muslim Market was so that we could go there in our free time. She also organized that we could have a massage in our room at the hotel and arranged tickets for us to see a live theater show. Really appreciated Lina. Of course the terra-cotta warriors was the highlight of our trip to Xi’an. Lina briefed us on the history and folklore stories about the site and the warriors. An excellent experience. We also made a cycle tour around the top of the old city wall. A bit harder than we anticipated but we managed it. Thanks again to Lina and her driver for giving us a memorable and stress free journey in Xi’an. On the forth day Lina put us on our flight to Guilin. The subject of another review.

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