Xi'an Day Trip of Terracotta Warriors, City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Description
Discover the essence of Xi'an in one day with a local insider, witness the vivid life size soldiers and horses at Terracotta Army Museum, explore the most complete preserved ancient City Wall, and visit the solemn ancient pagoda holding the old Buddhist relics and classics.
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Itinerary
The guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby at 9:00 am. Drive around 1 hour to visit the world famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum firstly. This is the landmark of Xi’an and the first visiting place on all travelers' itinerary. There you will visit the three pits and get live commentary of this historical site.
Later have a delicious lunch in a local restaurant, and continue visiting to the Ancient City Wall, Walk along the ancient wall or cycle at your own expense to enjoy the amazing view of the entire area inside the wall.
Move on to see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda built to store precious Buddhist scriptures in 652 of Tang Dynasty (618-907). Stroll around the Square, you might see the largest musical fountain if available. Afterwards, the guide will transfer you back to your hotel to conclude the full day sightseeing.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up from centrally located Xi'an hotels, drop-off at the original departure point. Please provide detailed hotel information while booking.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The duration of transfer is approximate and will depend on the traffic condition
- Hotel pickup service is available for centrally located Xian hotels
Reviews(2)
Our guide, Michael was very knowledgeable and spoke good English. Our driver (sorry didn’t get his name) drive us safely around. Started off by visiting City Wall. Requires steep climbing! From the top you get nice views of the city. Interesting history to understand the thinking of how the walls and the “Ramparts” were build as such (brilliant thinking to defend the city). This was then followed by Terra Cotta warriors. Be prepared for long, long walks. Upon arrival at the site, if you are lucky, you could meet the farmer who first touched the Terra Cotta warrior back in 1975. Buy a souvenir book and have his autograph and take pics with him. *Hint* - rest of the souvenirs in the shop can be purchased cheaper outside. Be prepared that by this time ~11am onwards it gets very, very hot. Stay hydrated. Toilets are easily available and relatively clean. Went for lunch and we requested for local noodles as this was Xi’an’s specialty. Although we requested Michael to order, please do add any other food in case you feel the local food may not be to your taste (but please don’t waste food). Post lunch, we visited the Big Pagoda, very interesting to learn about how Buddhism started in China. But by this time we were quite tired from the earlier walks and the heat was unbearable so we skipped some of the sightseeing in the temple grounds. Overall, we highly recommend this tour. Do also wear good walking shoes! It would have been better if the tour could have started earlier in the morning so that we could partially avoid the afternoon heat.
We had a lovely time in Xi'an. Our tour guide, Michael, was fantastic! He was knowledgeable, attentive and considerate. He went above and beyond to make sure that our every need or desire was attended to. Mr. Liu, our driver, was also great! We were well taken care of.
