Customized Private Day Tour:Terracotta Army&Xi'an(Entry fee excl)
Description
This private tour offers door-to-door service from and back to your hotel with a private guide and a safe driver with a non-smoking car/van. The tour includes the visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum and two other Xi'an highlights in Xi'an city. • We guarantee the availability of all the admission tickets at agent price and skip-line service once you book this tour. No need to book entrance/show tickets online. • Explore Terracotta Warriors and enjoy the flexibility of choosing two more places in Xi'an with a private guide depending on your interest and hotel location and budget. • The guide will only focus on your party and show you details on the way and answer your questions and share in-depth stories.
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Itinerary
Avoid crowded tour buses and slow-moving tour groups with a handy private driver to take you to the famous Terracotta Warriors. Meet your local guide at 8am in the hotel lobby. You are expecting 7000 life size terracotta warriors all in the real battle formation, which were buried underground over 2200 years (recommended visiting time: 2.5 hours with lots of flat walking). The Museum visit includes three original pits, Pit 1 as the main force, Pit 2 as the Flexible Troupe and Pit 3 as Command Center. There is also an exhibition hall for different exhibitions from time to time. This is definitely a treasure house to study the history of the first dynasty of China, the Qin Dynasty.
Xi'an city wall is the only intact city wall kept in China and is now the landmark of Xi'an. With the length of 13.74 kilometers, the wall is in a rectangular shape in a perfect defense system. By ascending the wall, you can see the moat, the arrow tower and the watch towers and the water drainage system.
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the Da Ci'en Temple(Great Mercy Temple). It is a pagoda with a history of more than 1,300 years. This was once the place where the famous Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang(Tripitaka) translated Buddhist scriptures, and the spread of Buddhism in China also began here.
Most Muslims came to Xi'an along the Silk Road in Tang Dynasty (600-900AD). They studied, worked and intermarried with the local people and settled here until now. In this area, you will see a great deal of foreign spices, many Muslim restaurants and some souvenirs as well.
Tang Dynasty (618AD to 900AD) is the most prosperous dynasty of China and rich in Music, Calligraphy and Painting. This evening show (7:30pm to 8:30pm) is directed according to the mural in the Tang Tombs. The colorful costumes and the live music with ancient music instrument and classic dance will bring you to the deeper understanding of the ancient Tang Culture. Easy to book the show with our guide on the tour day with discount agent price and enjoy round trip transfer from hotel.
This one hour Silk Road Musical cultural show brings you to the history of the desert Silk road with a touching story. As the starting point of the Silk road, Xi'an still retains a great deal of spices and cultures introduced from Arabian counties today. This show uses 360 - degree spinning seats and a stage with seven different scenes. It features 20 camels and wolf dogs, and a two - meter - high waterfall. By means of high - tech and artistic techniques, it depicts the wisdom and hardships of the ancient Chinese people when they set foot on the Silk Road.
This palace has always been the imperial Winter Palace for over 3000 years because it has natural hot springs. There are still five bathing pools from the Tang Dynasty preserved here.Here you can see the architecture of the Tang Dynasty, beautiful bonsai, plants and ponds and landscape compositions. You can also see the bullet holes from the Double - Twelve Incident in 1936 in China's modern history.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up customers from hotels within the 3rd ring road of Xi'an. Suburb area hotels or airport/high speed train station pick up will cause extra and can be paid in cash when the driver meet you. Operator will contact you ahead and can arrange airport/train pick up.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Reviews(560)
Wendy is an amazing tour guide. She explained the history in great depth and made it both engaging and easy to understand. She organized our day perfectly, ensuring that we always avoided the crowds. We never felt rushed, yet we managed to see everything we wanted to see. The Terracotta Army was absolutely amazing, and thanks to Wendy's planning, we were able to experience it without being surrounded by huge crowds. She was also incredibly helpful in organizing our holiday in Xi'an and provided valuable assistance throughout our trip. I highly recommend Wendy to anyone visiting Xi'an.
Wendy and the driver are both amazing people. Wendy is extremely passionate and caring. She went out of her way to explain all the history and culture that make Xi’an such an exciting place to visit.
Wendy came highly recommended by a friend of a friend. After a small hiccup, we managed to have her as our kids' English-speaking guide. Her warmth and patience were remarkable — she brought the Terracotta Warriors to life with her deep knowledge and made history easy and engaging for my children. For the first time, my two history-free kids didn't complain once (a miracle, lol). Kids don't lie — Wendy won their hearts in just one day. That takes genuine professionalism and care. We'll definitely come back when they're older. Thank you, Wendy, for a relaxing, joyful trip!
My husband and I did the private tour of Xi’an with our tour guide, Wendy and we had an amazing day! We were picked up promptly from our hotel and met our guide in the hotel lobby. First we went to the terracotta warriors. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the history behind the site and pointed out so many details that we would have missed if we went alone. Then we went to the wild goose pagoda which was STUNNING! Wendy took such amazing photos of us while we were there. We stopped for biang biang noodles half way through the tour and she helped us order off the menu. We also had a separate dinner show booked for the evening and they offered to drive us there. Our driver for the day surprised us with a snack that we said we liked earlier in the day. This tour provided excellent service that went above and beyond our expectations. We had a great time today learning about Xi’an
Superbe Tour - great guide and extremely knowledgeable
I had a wonderful time with Wendy. She is so knowledgeable about the site, its history, and its philosophy. I enjoyed every moment of my time with her. We started at 8:30 am with a personal driver and visited the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, and had a walk on the ancient city wall. Then, we headed to the main attraction: the Museum of the Terracotta Army. On our way, we watched an hour-long live show on the history of the terracotta soldiers. I have never seen anything like that before in my life! Watching that show before finally visiting the mesmerizing terracotta site allowed me to truly relate to the history, the human suffering, the consequences of war, and how an autocratic ruler can bring so much pain to people's lives. On the way back to the hotel, we also visited the Wild Goose Pagoda and the Muslim Quarter in Xi'an, where I tried some traditional Muslim food. It was truly a memorable tour!
Our guide Wendy was exceptional in her expertise in the cites we visited and her assistance to my wife. Her commentaries were clear and comprehensive.
Wendy was an absolutely awesome guide for us. She spoke excellent English took us to fantastic restaurants where food was truly authentic I must say with this being our first trip we were blown away with hospitality . The places she took around, she had very deep knowledge with vey much helped us is learning about so many aspects and dimensions I would highly recommend Wendy if you are seeking a guide
Wendy was an amazing guide. She had alot of information to provide and made sure we were always comfortable throughout the day. The terra cotta army was very hectic so having a private guide made it much easier to move around and see the sights. Would definitely recommend!
Becky gave us an amazing tour! She was very friendly and shared great information about all of our selected sites. She offered to take lots of pictures and even helped us with translating information for our flight the next day.
