Great Mosque of Xi'an

If you prefer on your own pace, we provide easy, stress-free service for reserving your Terra cotta entrance tickets on line before you travel. If your booking is subway group tour, you will meet your guide at HUA QING CHI station, exit C out, subway line 9. If your booking is Van group tour, you will meet guide in hotel lobby, ticket, hotel pickup and guide are all inclusive. If you choose " 5-hour Tour with Private Transfer", you will see your private driver in lobby. Tickets, hotel pickup & drop off are all inclusive. If your booking is " Ticket+Guide" Your guide will lead you take subway or taxi to Terra cotta warriors. (guide hotel pick up is included and the transportation is NOT included). After warriors museum visit, you can optional choose stay longer or stay with guide come back downtown. If your booking is "5-hour tour: ticket+guide+hotel transfer", it means your tour is stress free with private guide and driver service all along. If your booking is 8-hour full day tour, you will visit Terracotta Warriors, City wall and pagoda top 3 highlights in one day, all ticket, private guide, lunch and transfer are all inclusive. NOTE: Pls provide your name and passport number on booking for tickets booking in advance.

This private customizable day tour will take you to visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum and two of the following highlights of Xian according to your personal interests: The Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, Banpo Museum, Xian Museum, Xian City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, The Great Mosque or the Muslim Street. Start with a pickup from your downtown Xi'an hotel lobby and a one-hour drive onboard a private vehicle. Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Marvel at the massive life-sized terracotta warriors and horses troops. Experience the wonder of these ancient artifacts and gain a deep understanding of the First Emperor’s vision for his afterlife and his unification of China. Afterward, visit two of the following recommended sites. If you cannot decide on what to see, then the Xian City Wall and the Muslim Streets will be the default. At the end of the tour, get a transfer back to your downtown Xi'an hotel.

The Terracotta Warriors, also known as the Terracotta Army, is a buried army of more than 8,000 life size terra cotta soldiers which was designed as the guardian troops of the the grand tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang Di in his afterlife. The tomb took 700,000 slave labors over 39 years to built, yet still not completed when the emperor died. With the official name Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, The Terracotta Army is now the most famous tourist attractions in Xian and a must-see for everyone visiting the city. Our driver and guide will pick you up at your hotels. Exact pickup time varies from 07:30-09:00 on your exact hotel location. The first stop is a terra cotta warriors factory and take 30 minutes to learn how to make terra cotta warriors 2,000 years ago. Head to the Terracotta Warriors Museum for a 2-hour tour. Our guides will share their knowledge and answer your questions about the Terracotta Army. Enjoy a local lunch with vegetarian option. Halal, Vegan, Kosher food cannot be offered and has to be paid by your own expense. The tour ends with a transfer back to your hotel.

The Muslim Quarter’s narrow lanes are full of butcher shops, sesame oil factories, smaller mosques hidden behind enormous wooden doors, men in white skullcaps and women with their heads covered in colored scarves. Steeped in history, the neighborhood has housed a largely Muslim population since the 7th century. Many of the dishes served have changed little since that time. Follow our private tour will offer incredible smells and tastes. Chefs stir-fry lamb and spices in hot woks set over blazing hot coal ovens. Nearby, hawkers roast walnuts or sell prunes of varying prices and degrees of quality. Stacks of bamboo baskets filled with mutton and beef dumplings steam away next to fresh fruit vendors and old ladies stir-frying potatoes. In addition to tasting the exquisite local cuisine, you can also have two options to visit to Great Mosque or Gaojia Courtyard. Great Mosque is the largest and best-preserved of the early mosques of China, which was built primarily in the Ming Dynasty when Chinese architectural elements were synthesized into mosque architecture. Gaojia Courtyard also is a well-preserved Ming and Qing architecture. (Entrance fee is on your own) After walking through the main street, your tour guide will lead you to the small lane in the quarter to the Sajinqiao area, where the real delicacies are. (Note: If you prefer, you can pay the meal fee to the tour guide, who will take you to taste some of the most classic snacks. (The meal budget standard: CNY 100 per person for 1-2 people; CNY 80 per person for 3-5 people; CNY 60 per person for 6-10 people)

Take this 3-hour walking tour of Xi’an at night to explore the food cultures of China’s central city, and taste local delicacies, such as steamed dumplings, bingfeng, and peanut candy. Start at the brick and timber Bell Tower, Xi’an’s most iconic monument, and one of the grandest towers of its kind in China. Continue to Fanji Restaurant and start your food tour proper at a 100-year-old restaurant, popular for its delicious rou jia mo (baked pancake stuffed with minced pork). See the lights of Drum Tower as you stroll onto Muslim Street, center of a large Chinese-Muslim community. Here, you will be welcomed by a mix of food aromas. Try some plum juice, while you watch locals make walnut and peanut candy. Jia San Restaurant is your next stop, where you can enjoy guantang baozi (a type of dumpling in rich soup). Move on to the best vendors for barbecued lamb, beef, or fish, paired with bingfeng, a local soda that tastes like orange juice. Head back down Muslim Street for a mouthwatering dessert of persimmon pancake, to complete your Xi’an foodie forage.

Do top 3 sites of Xian including Terracotta Army, Xian City Wall and Great Mosque of Xian in one day. Your private tour guide will pick you up at downtown Xian hotel and transfer to the Terracotta Army Museum. Be awed by the UNESCO listed 7,000+ strong Terracotta Warriors of Emperor Qin. Rub shoulders with the locals in the muslim neightbourhood and savor authentic local food at local restaurants and pay a visit to local Great Mosque. Then walk on the marvelous rampart of Xian City Wall and ride an optional bike. Have a dumpling banquet or a royal banquet before a professional troupe offers its great performance. Transfer back to your hotel.

This morning, the local English-speaking guide and driver will meet you at the hotel lobby. After one hour drive from the city center, your first stop at the Terracotta Warriors Museum. After lunch, visit another landmark of Xi'an - the Great Wild Goose Pagoda. At around 65 meters tall, the pagoda was built in 652 (in Tang Dynasty) to store Buddhist scriptures brought back by Xuanzang from India. Have a relaxing time there. In the afternoon, go to visit Bell and Drum Tower Square which sits at the center of the ancient city to have an outer look of the Bell Tower and Drum Tower. From the Bell Tower Square move on to the Muslim Quarter. It is located at the center of Xi’an city. It is a place combining shopping malls, typical local food restaurants, and entertainment places and a must-see spot for tourists with unique historical atmosphere and diver culture.  The last stop is Great Mosque, a major spot for religious activities among the Muslims in Xi’an. It possesses much traditional Chinese architectural elements in its design. At the end of the tour, your guide and drive will escort you back to your hotel.