3 Days Essence of Xi'an Tour

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Duration: 3 Days

Destinations: Xi'an City
-- Ancient City Wall
-- Terracotta Warriors
-- Shaanxi History Museum
-- Tang Dynasty Dinner Show
-- Great Mosque & Muslim Quarter

Departure date: As you prefer

Availability: Whole year

Tour Code: CTG-XA04

Unicorn at Shaanxi History Museum
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Terracotta Warriors
Xi'an Ancient City Wall
Tang Dynasty Show
Tranquil Chinese Traditional Music at Tang Dynasty Show
Chinese Dumpling Dinner
Muslim Quarter

Tour Description

Where does the essence of Xi'an rest? Let's find it with this tour package. From the history at Shaanxi History Museum, to the grand historical sites Terracotta Warriors and Ancient City Wall, to its culture at Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Muslim Quarter & the Great Mosque, plus a grand Tang Dynasty Dinner Banquet... See what makes such an ancient capital!

Dive into Xi'an & China's history at Shaanxi History Museum with over 300,000 antiques

Site visit to the world's wonder Terracotta Warriors & a walk on the Ancient City Wall

Immerse into the great harmony of Buddhist Culture & Muslim Culture

Daily Itinerary
Accommodation
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Day 1 Arrival in Xi'an: Shaanxi History Museum - Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Lunch)

Today's Activities

Set foot in this ancient capital Xi'an and meet with our local tour guide. You will be sent to the hotel for checking in and a brief rest. After lunch, set out for your Xi'an discovery tour!

Let's start with the History for about 1.5 hours' visit. Shaanxi History Museum has prepared a great feast to your eyes and knowledge - a collection of over 300,000 ancient items telling the history far from the Bronze Age to the modern time. What a marvelous treasure stove!

Then move to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a Buddhist temple built in 652A.D. You can enjoy the architectural elegance of the Buddhist buildings, as well as discover the legends of Hierarch Xuanzang and his 16-year pilgrimage to India for the Buddhist culture.

Highlights


Ancient Officials Shaanxi History Museum	Delicate Gold Bowl Shaanxi History Museum	Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Statue of Hierarch Xuanzang

Day 2 Xi'an: Terracotta Warriors - Ancient City Wall - Tang Dynasty Show & Chinese Dumpling Dinner (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Today's Activities

Yesterday you learnt some history, today is for the excavated wonder - the life-like Terracotta Warriors, who have gone through the trial of time of over 2,200 years but still stand in their position for guarding the Emperor Qin Shihuang. It would be much more amazing than you just watch them on TV or pictures. After the 2-hour visit, you wil enjoy your lunch at the Friendship Restaurant inside the Scenic Area.

The afternoon is left for a leisure stroll on the Ancient City Wall. It is the best preserved of this kind in China, with a height of 12 meters and width (upper part) of 15 meters. Rambling freeling on top of this ancient rampart, you can hold the city into your eyes and ponder over the history of China or of this ancient city Xi'an.

Tonight is special arranged for you - Tang Dynasty Show plus a tasty Chinese dumpling dinner! Dumplings come in different shapes and different fillings, some even with special propitious meanings; while the show is a blend of ancient melodious music and inspiring dances, trying to relive the golden time of Tang Dynasty (618-907A.D.). This banquet is surely a great feast to your eyes and tongue.

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Terracotta Warriors	Ancient City Wall	Tang Dynasty Show

Day 3 Xi'an: The Great Mosque & Muslim Quarter - Departure (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

Enjoy your breakfast, and take your time easy at the Muslim Quarter, which is the main gathering place for the local Muslim community. You will find lots of shops with exotic souvenirs and snacks. Shopping frenzy or eating frenzy!

Standing among this bustling center is the Great Mosque, which is one of the four grand Islamic mosques in China and with a history of over 1,200 years. You will see how Muslim architecture and Chinese traditional buildings light up each other.

Later of the day, you will be transferred to the airport/train station for your next destination. Farewell and may you have all the best memories back home!

Highlights


Souvenirs Shop Muslim Quarter	Grand Monument The Great Mosque	Praying Hall The Great Mosque

Package Details

Tour Package Includes:
Dining: 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 1 dinner	Admissions: Entrance fee to all scenic spots listed in itinerary
Tour Guide: A local experienced English-speaking guide	Hotels: 2-night accommodation in Xi'an
Vehicle: A private air-conditioned car, offering Round-trip transfers	Car Driver: An experienced licensed driver
Water & Tissues: Free purified water and tissues offered per day;	Luggage Transfers: A hand for your heavy luggage;
Insurance: Travel Agencies Liability Insurance;	Government taxes & Service charges
Tour Package Excludes:
- Other optional tours / meals / flights not mentioned in itinerary;	- Tips for tour guides and drivers.

Hotels in Xi'an City

Sheraton Hotel Xi'an: Located near the 600-year-old City Wall and close to the city centre, Sheraton Hotel is just 35 minutes from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.
With first-class amenities, facilities and family-friendly services, Sheraton Xi'an Hotel will make you feel at home.

Bell Tower Hotel Xi'an: Right in the busy center of Xi'an downtown and facing the famous Bell Tower, the Hotel enjoys convenient transportation and offers great service. It's only minutes' walk from the Drum Tower, Muslim Quarter and the Great Mosque, about 25 minutes' walk from the Ancient City Wall. The hotel is close to bus station, metro station (Line 2), and Airport Express stops. It's about 50 minutes' drive from the Airport.

City Hotel Xi'an: Located in the booming city center, City Hotel is within walking distance to the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Muslim Quarter, the Great Mosque and the Ancient City Wall. It's right behind the Bell Tower Hotel. Bus station, metro and Airport Express stop are within easy reach. It's about 50 minutes' drive from the Airport.
The hotel is a 3-star modern hotel offering comfortable living space with simple but elegant decor.

Meals in the Package

-- This package include 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 1 Chinese dumpling dinner
-- Other dinners are for your own arrangement

We promise worry-free dining quality, plus flexible choices regarding your preference. Any special requestment please tell our trip advisors directly. Other recommendations are as follow:

Xi’an

Xi'an features distinctive cuisines of China Northwest, such as various-shaped Chinese dumplings and other wheaten food. Muslim Quarter gathers lots of delicious local food like Rou Jia Mo and shish kebabs, etc.
(1) Here we highly recommend Chinese Dumpling Dinner, which also named Jiaozi, typically consist of a ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by pressing the edges together or by crimping. As a must-try for visitors, it serves with Tang dynasty show. And it belongs to an [add on] item in the tour.
(2) Rou Jia Mo, also called Chinese Hamburger, is very similar to the Western hamburger essentially, but with different cooking method.


Chinese Dumpling Dinner	Rou Jia Mo (Chinese Hamburger)

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Hi Nancy,

We had a very relaxing and enjoyable tour. We visited all the places we had planned for plus insights to local cultures.

Xi'an tour was our first private tour. With this experience, we would be able to design better private tour in the future. Both the driver and tour guide are good. Hotel accommodation and services are excellent. Food or restaurant choices can be improved.

We also appreciate your professional support and services in providing the necessary information and communication for local arrangements. HRC and you will surely cross our minds when we plan for our next tour in China.

With kind regards

Customer: Mr. Teo

Destinations: Xi'an

Dear Sara,

Our trip to Xi'an was very good. Hebe was a first class, very knowledgeable tour guide & the driver was also excellent and we would thank them for their work during our visit.

The Hotel was also very good and we enjoyed the stay at the Shangri-La. Accommodations & food was of high quality, but higher cost and more expensive than we anticipated. Xi'an in general we found is a high cost place to visit. Xi'an is a much more commercialized city that we anticipated, but the visit to the Terracotta Warriors location was a fantastic experience for us and the manor of the facilities at the location was very well done indeed. China should be very proud on this 8th Wonder of the World.

Overall we would recommend the trip to Xi'an and China Tours to any of our friends and family.

Only downside to the Xi'an trip was the traffic in the city which is very congested and a bit crazy. Kind regards,

Customer: Ms. Watt

Destinations: Xi'an

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