Top Northwest China Half-day Tours

Explore one of Xian’s top attractions on a half-day tour. After a convenient hotel, airport, or train station pickup, head to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Learn about the history of China’s ancient capital from your informative guide and marvel at the thousands of sculptures built more than 2,000 years ago to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife on this flexible outing with a personal driver.

However packed your Xi'an schedule is, don’t miss the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Your private driver whisks you straight from your downtown accommodation to the excavation site an hour away. Here your private guide escorts you around all three digging pits and steer you to the most fascinating artifacts in the exhibition hall. Return to base with energy left for work, meetings, or another tour.

Make the most of your time in Xi’an on a small-group foodie tour by tuk-tuk, seeking out the city’s best food. Explore hidden streets within Xian’s city walls you wouldn’t find alone. Experience Xi’an's cuisine and culture at local eateries, with dinner and unlimited beer and soft drinks included. Stop at 4–5 different places, and sample the only craft beer brewed in Xi’an at a local brewery.

Even if you’re short on time, you can still visit the Terracotta Warriors on this small-group half-day tour with an English-speaking guide. After hotel pickup from your centrally located Xi’an accommodation, travel by air-conditioned minivan to the UNESCO-listed Terracotta Warriors Museum, where you will have time to visit the three excavated pits and a newly opened exhibition. Enjoy a Chinese buffet lunch featuring typical local dishes and soft drinks during the tour.

Indulge your craving for authentic Chinese cuisine and taste your way through Xi’an on a half-day walking and tuk-tuk tour. With an English-speaking guide, get off the beaten path and travel to the city’s ancient Muslim Quarter. Sample street food carts, try local specialties like the “Chinese hamburger” and pita bread-lamp soup, watch the preparation of dumplings and noodles, and get an insider’s view of the region’s rich food culture.

See Xian’s famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum on a half-day private tour. Perfect for visitors with limited time, enjoy convenient hotel pickup and skip-the-line access. Accompanied by an expert English-speaking guide, explore ancient sculptures built more than 2,000 years ago to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife.

This is a private and in-depth historical tour of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. A professional and knowledgeable tour guide will deeply analyzing the historical background of the era when the Terracotta Warriors were made, the political environment, the development of the social economy and law, as well as the military situation at that time. During the visit to the three pits of the Terracotta Warriors, from the perspective of the science, technology and culture of the Qin Dynasty 2,200 years ago, the tour guide will lead you to appreciate the realistic sculptural art of the Terracotta Warriors. You can also learn more historical stories from the costumes of the Terracotta Warriors and the appearance of the archaeological site. All entry tickets, golf car tickets, private English guide, hotel pickup and drop off, whole day private transfer are all included in this tour.

Discover China's rich history on a half-day door-to-door tour of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Follow your private guide through the pits one, two, and three and see more than 7,000 terracotta soldiers. Upgrade the afternoon tour to include a trip to the Tang Dynasty Show and a feast of traditional Shaanxi dumplings or enjoy lunch at a Qin Dynasty themed restaurant.

Being a city with a history as log as 3,100 years and an ancient capital as long as 1,200 years, Xi'an is not only famed with its rich cultural heritages but also a city with amazing foods. An ancient wall divides the city into two different parts with shanty area within and new district outside and restaurants fill up every corner of the city with a great variety of food styles. People who come to China always ask whether can they find proper food since Chinese eat almost everything. Yes, our food could be really complicated but it also can be really simple yet tasty. There are not only foods for meat lovers but also foods for vegetarians. Walking or travelling by feet and public transportation both inside and outside of the wall will allow you to see more of the city, and sampling and tasting in different eateries at different corners of the city without missing seeing the most characteristic parts of Xi'an will be quite satisfying and appetizing.

Explore China’s ancient capital city by bike or by foot. After a convenient hotel pickup, stop by the morning food market before heading to the historic city wall and hopping on a bicycle or embarking on a walking tour. Learn about the city’s fascinating history from an informative local guide and check out sites like Moat Park.

Explore below the surface of Xi'an’s food culture on this small-group food tour that takes you through the busy streets and down quiet back alleys that most travelers miss. Sample more than 15 dishes, washed down with unlimited local beers and drinks. Along the way, watch chefs crafting dishes from hand-cut noodles to tofu pudding.

Experience the music and dance of the Tang Dynasty on a night out at Xi’an’s Huaqing Palace. After a convenient hotel pickup in downtown Xi’an, head to the historic palace—home to the beloved hot springs of the same name—and see The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, an epic tale of love about a Tang Dynasty emperor and his concubine during a time of turmoil.

Terracotta Army Half-Day Tour – No More Dilemmas! Choose Between Morning or Afternoon Departure to Suit Your Travel Pace Depart at 7:30 AM – Beat the crowds and enjoy exclusive early access to the Terracotta Army! Explore the spacious museum in tranquility, admire every terracotta warrior’s detail up close, and skip the long queues for guides. Depart at 1:30 PM – No need to get up early! Sleep in and enjoy a relaxed start to your day, then head to the Terracotta Army without the morning rush and fatigue. Your tour guide and driver will meet you at your hotel, and then you’ll head to the Terracotta Army Museum. Your guide will give you detailed insights into the history of the Qin Dynasty from 2,000 years ago, and you’ll get to witness the grand underground terracotta army. The entire visit will last approximately 150 minutes, after which you will be driven back to your hotel.

Explore the colorful scenery of the Zhangye Danxia Geopark on this half-day guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, head to the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains by private car. Capture memorable photos of the area’s rainbow-hued rocks, learn about the distinctive area from your guide, and enjoy complimentary bottled water.

Take a four-hour walking tour in Xi’an to explore the vibrant Muslim Quarter with an experienced guide. Walk at a leisurely pace through this dynamic neighborhood, visiting the Great Mosque and City God Temple en route. Admire the combination of Chinese and Islamic architecture at the Great Mosque, the oldest and best preserved mosque in China. You’ll also visit the City God Temple, one of only two Taoist temples left in Xi’an. Then discover great eateries and shops, with time to sample tasty treats or purchase souvenirs.

Shaanxi History Museum Qin-Han Division is a great extension of the old provincial history museum. It's sizable yet more systematic in showing a panoramic history about the Qin and Han dynasties. Different with the history museum in the city center which shows a more vertical and chronological history of Shaanxi and Xi'an, the new museum exhibit a more literal and profound history of that two dynasties with a back ground of the world's history. Emperor's mausoleums of the Qin & Han dynasties dotted and circled around the musuem, which will make you feel like that you are back to 2000 years ago.

Join this small-group tour and see one of the most famous and oldest attractions in Xi'an—the Terracotta Museum. Board your shuttle bus at the city's bell tower and head to the museum, where you enjoy a guided tour of the terracotta soldiers, and also see the bronze display. After, travel back to the city by air-conditioned bus. Entrance tickets are at your own expense.

Xi’an is a city with a history over 3,000 years and capital of 13 different dynasties. As the starting point of the world famous Silk Road, it’s also once the center of the world, both of culture and trade. People from east and west came to Xi’an with their goods, foods, culture and religions. Temples of various religions were dotted in Chang’an (today’s Xi’an), stories of persistent and dauntless monks and missionaries who traveled all the way to other parts of the world have been told for centuries. This tour will give you a chance to approach yourself to these temples and diverse religions, meanwhile to get some insight of today’s religious life.

Join this private tour to the Terracotta Warrior Museum in Xi'an, and get a great look around the whole museum at your own pace. Enjoy ample time to see all three excavated pits and hear about the history from your guide. You can also see the Bronze Chariots and Horses Exhibition Hall, before being returned to your hotel in Xian.

This is not another walking tour but a small group tour travel by private tuktuk and offer unlimited food and drinks while you and your English-speaking guide are whisked around Xi’an off the beaten path. You will visit one of China’s oldest and largest markets, eat where the locals eat at small, family-run businesses and try the best local food at places you can’t find on your own...plus a lot more surprises!

Booking attraction tickets online in China is hard without a local ID and payment method. Skip the angst and benefit from the services of your own personal guide to show you the highlights and help you beat the crowds on this convenient package. As it’s a private tour, there’s no time pressure: You’re free to explore at the pace that suits you and ask as many questions as you like.

This enriched city walking tour will take you to see Xi'an city highlights, with no shopping stops to waste your time. Go depth exploration of authentic daily life by riding pulic transporations with local people. English-speaking tour guide and entrance fees are included.

Flexible and optional to explore Terracotta Warriors museum on your own way. 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 to Xi'an city. If you choose " 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 "ticket+guide+hotel transfer", it means your tour is stress free with private guide and driver service all along. NOTE: Pls provide your name and passport number on booking for tickets booking in advance.