Top Xian Culinary Tours

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.

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.

Xian comes alive at night and with this guided tour, you’ll witness it and hear all the local stories, plus have lots of food along the way. Xian has a long history, which your guide will share with you. It is also the start of the Silk Road, which brings a special kind of cuisine to the region. Dinner is included, as well as public transportation costs by tuk tuk and other vehicles.

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.

Indulge your inner foodie on this guided excursion in Xi’an. After a convenient hotel pickup, learn about the region’s cuisine from a knowledgeable local guide and fill your stomach with complimentary dishes like bread wraps and crispy chicken, sweet and sour fish, barbecue and Mongolian ice cream. Drink up with unlimited beer, tea, and Chinese liquor.

This 2.5-hours small group tour collects those foodies together to explore the most authentic and famous Xian local food at the best-known Muslim Quarter with an expert guide. Stroll at the busy street selling all kinds of water-mouthing snacks and crafts, listening the stories of the street and foods from tour guide, stop to feast your stomach at stalls...Plus a surprise when you turn and walk to the peaceful and beautiful Great Mosque which just is hidden in the bustling market.

Indulge your inner foodie and beer buff on this late night tour of Xi’an’s Muslim Quarter. Head out with a private guide and learn about Chinese Muslim culture. Sample delicious dishes like lamb barbecue, steamed rice noodle with sesame butter, and cumin spicy fried noodles (included in the tour price) and taste local beers along the way.

Discover Xian’s rich history away from the crowds on this small-group tour. Start with an in-depth visit to the UNESCO-listed Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Then, explore the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, walk or bike along the ancient City Wall, and pass by the Muslim Bazaar. With confirmed hotel pickup, a professional guide, and entrance tickets included, this tour offers a seamless way to experience Xian’s top landmarks.

Explore the carbohydrate capital with your local and passionate food guide. Get an authentic taste of delicacies and culture while strolling through the bluestone streets. Talk to locals and experience human firework in a vibrant district.

Explore Xi'an with a private guide with a choice of morning or evening tour. Visit the bustling Muslim Quarter to see some traditional architecture and taste some typical street food snacks. See Drum Tower Square and watch the Fountain Show. You'll sample delicious delicacies such as steamed mutton, dumplings, and kebabs as you begin to get a feel for Xi'an culture. Conveniently, transport tickets and food tastings are included.

Biang biang noodles are one of the iconic dishes from Xi’an. Learn to make them yourself with this half-day small-group cooking class of easy difficulty. Visit a spice market to learn about and gather ingredients, then learn to make the noodles in a traditional Chinese courtyard, while enjoying local tea. Afterwards, enjoy your creations with beer or other beverages.

Discover one of China’s most enthralling attractions on a full-day tour of the Terracotta Warriors Army and Horses from Xi’an. With a professional guide, marvel at the most significant archeological excavation of the 20th century; see 7,000 life-sized figures in ordered rows and hear of how the sculptures were meticulously constructed to honor Emperor Qin Shihuang, China’s first ruler. Includes a Chinese lunch and convenient round-trip transportation from your Xi’an hotel.

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.

Enjoy awesome HaiDiLao Hot Pot, a very popular traditional food introduced from Sichuan province. HaiDiLao offers an extensive sauce dipping bar, and you can mix your own sauce to dip with beef, lamb, mutton, shrimp skewers or veggies, mushroom, sliced lotus, spinach or potatoes.Come and join a lovely private dinner time with your fun foodie guide!

Avoid crowded tour buses and slow-moving tour groups with a handy private driver and guide to take you to the famous Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an. Visit the warriors at the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, then customize your schedule for the day based on where you want to go: choose two more attractions in downtown Xi’an to visit afterward. All entrance fees at your own expense.

Mount Hua (Huashan), one of China’s five sacred mountains thanks to its Taoist temples, sits east of Xian in Shaanxi Province. While a return hike to the top of the mountain typically requires two days, this tour makes use of the cable cars, allowing you to take in the views from the summit with only a single day. With a private guide, you can explore at a leisurely pace and ask all the questions you want.

Enjoy personalized attention and a flexible itinerary on this private tour of Mt. Huashan. Complete with private round-trip transportation from Xi'an, this tour, led by a dedicated guide, will show you and your private party the highlights of the region, including the scenic vistas and ancient temples. Take the cable car up the mountain while your guide explains the religious, historic, and cultural significance of the mountain.

Experience the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show, the pride of Xian and one of the most popular entertainment excursions for tourists visiting the city. Hosted at the legendary Tang Dynasty Palace, this 4-hour evening performance offers exotic Chinese entertainment and Cantonese delicacies. Learn about the historical culture of ancient Xian while indulging in a dumpling banquet. Hotel pickup and public transportation ticket included.

Immerse yourself in the cultural and culinary delights of Xi’an during a Tang Dynasty Show and Dumpling Banquet. Pleasure your palate with a sumptuous selection of filled dumplings then sit back and be mesmerized by the colorful costumes, incredible choreography and exuberant music of a Tang Dynasty Show. Marvel at the entertaining extravagance of the performance and enjoy convenient round-trip transportation from your Xi’an hotel on this tour.

This tour will take you to enjoy the fabulous water stage performance that adapted from Tang poet Baijuyi's renowned poem: Song of Everlasting Sorrow. The performance shows vicissitudes of life between Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Lady Yang, who is regarded as one of the Four Beauties in ancient China. Before the show, you will appreciate and taste delicate set meal with different cultural meaning in a Qin style restaurant while listening the beautiful traditional music. You will also have a chance to dress like Qin Dynasty people and take pictures, absorbing yourselves in the atmosphere as if back to Qin period.

Follow our step to witness world-renowned Terracotta Warriors & Horses with 2000 years' history, enjoy personalized attention and flexible travel pace in the Terracotta Warriors & Horses Museum. After that, another exciting part starts. Appreciate and taste delicate set meal with different cultural meaning of the remote Qin Dynasty. You can try to take those Qin and Han style dress here and take pictures, just absorbing into the atmosphere as if back to Qin period.