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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.

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.

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.

Unless you can write your name in Chinese characters and have a credit card to match, online booking is hard in China. This service makes it easy, guaranteeing a spot at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, without locking you into transfers and guiding. Your ticket includes entry to the main excavations and the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, plus a shuttle bus in between.

Join this small group and get to the best parts of Xian, including the Terracotta Army, the city wall, pagodas, and the Muslim bazaar. Your guide will collect you from your hotel, and you’ll set off in an air conditioned minivan for the Terracotta Warriors. Then visit the Wild Goose Pagoda, followed by the city walls. Finally you’ll visit the Muslim quarter where there are some wonderful restaurants where you can have dinner (own expense).

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.

If you're short on time but want to make sure to visit the Terra Cotta Warriors, this private half-day tour may be just the ticket. An English-speaking guide and driver will escort you from your hotel to the warriors and leave you with plenty of time to explore the attraction at your own pace. You'll then have the option to stop for lunch or dinner or head straight back to your hotel.

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.

With so much to see, exploring Xi’an’s most important sights in one day can be challenging without a plan. This private tour brings the city’s highlights together with ease thanks to an efficient itinerary. Visit the UNESCO-listed Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, then continue into Xi’an’s historic center to see the Ancient City Wall and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. As it's a private tour, you can also customize when and where you stop to suit your interests—not possible on shared excursions.

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.

Avoid the rush of large group tours and visit the Terracotta Warriors at a more relaxed pace on this small-group tour. After hotel pickup from your centrally located Xi’an accommodation, travel by air-conditioned minivan to the UNESCO-listed Terracotta Warriors Museum, and visit all three excavated pits and the artifact exhibition. Plus, enjoy a buffet lunch featuring typical local dishes and a soft drink.

If you have only a limited amount of time in Xi'an, make the most of it with this guided tour. In just half a day, you can soak up the ancient capital's history and culture while visiting such top attractions as the Xi'an City Wall and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Choose a morning or afternoon tour to suit your schedule.

This full day Non-factory shopping private tour will immerse you into Xian's amazing top 3 highlights, such as Terra Cotta Army, Ancient City Wall and Big Wild Goose Pagoda in downtown center square. All entrance tickets, delicious lunch, private English-speaking guide and driver, whole day transfer service are all included in this 8-hour tour.

Enjoy a full-day tour to Mount Huashan to see Buddhist and Taoist temples, walk through the mountains and admire the spectacular landscape of sheer cliffs with temples that cling to the rock. Depart Xi’an early to make the most of your day, then take a cable car to the summit of at Mount Huashan upon your arrival. Have free time to hike on your own, perhaps stopping at Gold Lock Pass to marvel at thousands of locks that dangle from along the trail fences. Includes transportation, hotel pickup and drop-off.

Make your departure from Xi'an Bei North Train Station is as smooth and hassle-free as possible by booking your private transfer with a private driver ensures a comfortable and air-conditioned vehicle to take you to your hotel in downtown Xian.

Skip the rigid itineraries and opt for a more flexible approach to sightseeing on this private full-day tour of Xi’an. Head to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, then take your pick of two more Xi’an highlights, catered to your interests. Choose between Huaqing Hot Springs, Banpo Museum, Xi'an City Wall, and many more options, with your choice of guide-only, guide with pickup, or guide plus transportation.

The Terracotta Warriors Museum is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Xian’s most in-demand attraction. Ensure entry even at busy times while benefiting from the knowledge and insight of your guide when you prebook this convenient tour—without the hard-sell factory or shopping stops that blight many Chinese tours. Choose between a small-group visit with hotel transfers by shared vehicle and an even more intimate group with private hotel transfers.

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.

The private airport pick-up service helps you reach your hotel directly from the airport. For the airport drop-off service, we make sure you have plenty of time for the check-in at the airport. It is completely worries free! All the vehicles in service are air-conditioned and comfortable. Just advise your names, flight numbers and hotel in advance. We offer you a pleasant trip between the airport and your hotel!

Discover the wonders of Xian in a day on this action-packed private tour. Choose between hotel or airport transfers, and travel in a comfortable vehicle. You’ll save time researching and planning what to see by having a schedule of top sites planned out for you. Best bits include seeing the Terracotta Warriors, Xian City Wall, and a delicious local lunch is provided too.

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.

Xian is one of few Chinese cities to preserve its traditional walled city layout, and the city walls extend an impressive 9 miles (14 kilometers). Discover them with a guide to explain Xian's long history and how its defensive systems operated on this to-the-point tour. Upgrade to include round-trip transfers from your downtown hotel or a bike rental to see more of the walls independently.

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.