Private Guided to Terracotta Warriors, City Wall, Goose Pagoda
Description
Explore the long history of the Terracotta Army, City Wall as well as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an in one day. Hotel pick-up and drop-off service with a clean and comfortable air-conditioned vehicle make your tour as convenient as possible. A knowledgeable tour guide and an experienced driver will offer you a worry-free tour.
Tour Options
Itinerary
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. You will visit the three pits in the museum and the selected collections at the affiliated exhibition hall. The whole visit usually takes around two and half hours.
Drive back to the downtown to visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a major participant along the ancient Silk Road in translating and introducing Indian Buddhism.
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 entrance fee and the bike rental fee are at your own expense. After finishing the day tour, your tour guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel.
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. Finally, you will be driven back to the hotel
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Your guide and driver will pick you up at your centrally located hotel in Xi'an.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The time schedule of the itinerary is for reference. It will be adjusted according to the traffic and real situations.
- We offer free pick-up within the second ring road of the Xi'an city and from the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda area. Xi'an is relatively a big city, to ensure the morning pick-up going smoothly as scheduled, we suggest you choose centrally located downtown hotels. If the location of your hotel is beyond our free pick-up range, you may need to pay for the extra mile or get to an appointed meeting point. For any pick-up issues, your one-on-one travel consultant is ready to help anytime.
- Not suitable for: People over 85 years old and wheelchair.
Reviews(7)
We booked the private Xi’an terracotta warriors, wild goose pagoda, City wall and Muslim quarter tour. Sophie was our travel consultant. She was quick to respond and answered any questions I had. Booking process was relatively easy. Celine was our guide for the tour. She was extremely knowledgeable about the terracotta warriors and knew the best ways to make the most of the visit despite the crowds. The tour was a good pace and we enjoyed it. Thank you Celine for the lunch suggestions! Our driver was pretty good. Unfortunately we forgot his name. Highly recommend this tour. You won’t regret it.
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're so glad Sophie made the booking process smooth and easy, and that Celine's deep knowledge and crowd-navigating skills made your Xi'an tour so enjoyable. It's great that she kept a good pace and even offered lunch suggestions. We truly appreciate your high recommendation!
Fantastic day with Carol exploring Xi’an We had such a brilliant day visiting the Terracotta Army and seeing the highlights of Xi’an with Carol as our guide. From start to finish she was friendly, knowledgeable and incredibly well organised, which made the whole experience relaxed and enjoyable. Carol explained the history of the Terracotta Warriors in a really interesting and easy-to-understand way, bringing everything to life rather than it just feeling like a museum visit. She also made sure we avoided the busiest areas where possible and helped us make the most of our time there. Afterwards she showed us around the city and introduced us to local food and culture we definitely wouldn’t have discovered on our own. Nothing felt rushed and she was always happy to answer questions and adapt the day to suit us. Carol was warm, professional and genuinely lovely to spend the day with. We’d highly recommend her to anyone visiting Xi’an – she really made the trip special for us. Thank you again, Carol! 😊 Lisa
Thank you for taking the time to write such a lovely and detailed review! We are so happy that your day exploring Xi’an with Carol was fantastic from start to finish. It’s wonderful to hear that she brought the history of the Terracotta Warriors to life, helped you navigate the crowds, and showed you those hidden local gems. That balance of expert knowledge and thoughtful, adaptable care is exactly what Carol is known for. She will be absolutely thrilled to know that she made your trip special and that you felt relaxed and well looked after. Thank you so much for your warm recommendation. We would love to welcome you back again!
Excellent tour. Our guide contacted us in advance and meet us at our hotel at the specified time. During the ride to the Warriors, Roger, our guide, shared the history related to the warriors which made seeing the warriors much more meaningful. For lunch, Roger selected an excellent restaurant that catered to our food preferences. The rest of the day was a living history lesson with visits to the City Wall and Goose Pagoda. Roger also organized a special evening dinner for us. We were so pleased!
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're so happy that Roger took such great care of you from start to finish. It's great to hear that his pre-tour communication, the historical context during the ride, and the thoughtful lunch choice all added to your experience. We're also glad you enjoyed the City Wall and Goose Pagoda—and that Roger was able to arrange a special evening dinner for you. He really loves going the extra mile to make each guest's experience feel personal and memorable. Thank you for sharing your experience.
This tour was terrific from beginning to end. The sites we visited were amazing, but what truly brought them to life was our excellent guide, Roger. He was a fountain of information on Xi'an, the terracotta warriors, and the dynasties of ancient China, and he related all this pertinent information not as a historian, but as one passionate about these topics. I visited the warriors last year but without Roger at my side; what a difference it makes to have such a knowledgable guide along! He was also very personable, and we had numerous friendly conversations with him about all sorts of things. How fortunate you will be if you get to go to wonderful Xi'an and have Roger as your guide.
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind review! We're thrilled that Roger made your second visit to the Terracotta Warriors so memorable. Your words about the difference a passionate guide makes mean so much to us. Roger will be delighted to hear that his knowledge, enthusiasm, and friendly conversations left such a lasting impression. Best regards.
Lola our English-Mandarin bilingual guide and our Chinese-speaking guide led our multi-gen family group on a full-day tour of the terracotta warriors, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Muslim street. For travellers with better mobility you might be able to squeeze in the city walls on the same day but for us, we took our time so our older family members could move along at a more leisurely pace. Lola also facilitated our hotel to bullet train station transfers the following day and on our return to Xian from Luoyang on the bullet train.
Thank you so much for this lovely review! Lola will be absolutely thrilled to hear that she helped make your family's Xi’an experience so special. We're so glad the bilingual support and leisurely pace worked perfectly for your multi-generational group—traveling with older family members takes extra care, and it sounds like Lola handled everything beautifully. It's also wonderful that she could help with the train transfers to keep everything smooth. Thanks again for sharing your experience, and we hope to welcome your family back someday!
I had a wonderful 1 day private tour with Lily. She was so friendly and very knowledgeable. They accommodated my request to change the Small Goose Pagoda for the Shaanxi History Museum. (A definite must see, especially after the Terracotta Warriors). She gave me such interesting facts but tied it into the history of the time. It gave things such a deeper understanding. I felt like I was on a tour with a friend and didn't feel rushed. We had talked casually and she learned I take part in tea ceremony. For lunch she surprised me with a lovely tearoom. That small detail meant so much to me. I would encourage anyone to take a tour with Lily!
Dear Dawn, Many thanks for taking your time and sharing your recent Xian tour experience on TripAdvisor. It is our honor to know that you were so satisfied with our service and had a wonderful time with Lily. Lily is a professional and thoughtful guide, we have forwarded your praise to her. We are grateful for your recommendation on TravelChinaGuide and our professional tour guide. We will keep up the standard of our service and we wish to serve you again in the near future.
We couldn't have been happier with our tour. We were picked up on time in a well air-conditioned car. Sunny had a wonderful personality and made the tour very enjoyable for us. Everything went smoothly, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this tour again. She managed to give us great information but also got along well with my 21-year old son.
Dear barbarasG9564HV, Thanks for sharing your Xi'an tour review with us! We are happy to know that the professional guide Sunny has made your tour experience enjoyable and you were satisfied with her service. Thank you again for your time and wish you can come to visit China again. Best regards!
