Xi’an Trip Overview
In this private day tour, you will be spared of the trouble going around in public transportation and being delayed in finishing your scheduled sites. We will provide you private vehicle with a professional driver who is dedicated to serve you only. He/she will make sure you get around in each site smoothly and safely. You will also own a personal guide who accompanies you to every site you go and deliver detailed information about the site. About tour, you would abosutely love it if you already see Terracotta Warriors and just want to stay in the city. Each site would refresh your idea about this ancient city and provide you a new perspective to view it. You will be able to get inside the local people’s life and learn about their culture and traditions.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Xi’an, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
In this private day tour, you will be spared of the trouble going around in public transportation and being delayed in finishing your scheduled sites. We will provide you private vehicle with a professional driver who is dedicated to serve you only. He/she will make sure you get around in each site smoothly and safely. You will also own a personal guide who accompanies you to every site you go and deliver detailed information about the site. About tour, you would abosutely love it if you already see Terracotta Warriors and just want to stay in the city. Each site would refresh your idea about this ancient city and provide you a new perspective to view it. You will be able to get inside the local people’s life and learn about their culture and traditions.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta), Enci Temple The southern part of Yata Road, Yanta District, Xi’an 710061 China
Meet your personal tour guide at 7:30 a.m, you will head for Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Built in Tang Dynasty, this pagoda extents a history of 1,400 years. It is built inside the Da Ci’en Temple, a temple that was built for famous monk Xuan Zang in Tang Dynasty. He has contributed significantly to the bringing in and spreading of Buddhism. As a devoted monk, he travelled far to India to bring back the true Buddhism scriptures and ideology. After he got back, the emperor rewarded him a temple and pagoda for him to house what he brought back from India and better glorify the Buddhism. The pagoda has been restored a couple of times in later generations until the latest time is in 1964. Your guide will take you to view the inside of temple and the outside of pagoda. If you want to go inside the pagoda, you will need to cover this expense on spot. At present, this place is built as a large park where locals do various kinds of activities. In the north square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, you will see a large fountain, which is said to be the largest fountain set in Asia. In every few hours, there would be a splendid fountain show. You may catch some glimpse if lucky.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Xi’an City Wall (Chengqiang), Zhongxin District, Xi’an 710001 China
As a symbolic historical site in Xian, Ancient City Wall is the best-preserved city wall in China so far. The whole wall is 13.74 km long, 12 m’ high, bottom 18 m wide and top 15 m wide. It was originally built on the basis of Tang Dynasty imperial city, including a series of infrastructures like city river, corner tower, and others. The whole wall costed about 8 years to complete in Ming Dynasty, covering a history of over 600 years. There are four gates, including Changle Gate in the east, Anding Gate in the west, Yongning Gate in the south and Anyuan Gate in the north. Served as part of the city defense system, the wall was designed as thickness wider than height, which makes the wall very steady. The wall top is wide and stable enough for vehicles to go around. You are advised to rent a bike and ride along the wall.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Muslim Quarter, West of Bell Drum Towers Square , Beilin District, Xi’an 710000 China
In the afternoon, you will head to the world famous Muslim Quarter. As the name indicates, it’s a community where most majority of Muslims in Xian lived. Dating back to Yuan Dynasty, Muslim Quarter has a history of over 1000 years. Nowadays, it’s much more famous for its food culture. Late 1990s, some Muslims rent here and pioneered in catering industry. The government then attracted more businessmen to enhance its influences, which makes it among the most noted food street in China. The Drum Tower actually serves a gateway to the food paradise. Access the community, you will be surprisingly discover that it quite big, covering north Guangji Street, Beiyuanmen, Xiyangshi, Dapiyuan, Huajuexiang, Sajinqiao, etc.. Every alley is stuffed with all kinds of catering business, big as restaurants, small as vendors standing on the street. Local people usually come and hunt for the most authentic featured food. Some people may just come and satisfy their nose and eyes.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xi’an Mosque, Huajue Alley, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710043 China
Behind the various tempting food in Muslim Quarter, you will discover a couple of mosques where Muslims worship their religion. The biggest and most worthy-visiting one is Great Mosque.
Xian Great Mosque was once called “Qingxiu Mosque” and “Dongda Mosque”. It’s situated inside the Huajue Alley, northwest of Drum Tower in West Street. Initially built in Year Twenty-fifth (1392) of Hongwu Ming Dynasty, the mosque has under through three renovations in Jiajing, Wanji of Ming Dynasty and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, thus formed the current formation. It features architectural characteristics of Ming and Qing Dynasty, shaping like a big square with over 12300 sq meters, hosting about 180 rooms from yards, halls, to rooms. It is also the largest and best-preserved Islamic mosque in China that used traditional architectural forms.
Duration: 2 hours
