XA01-07: One Day Xian City Highlight Tour

City Wall - Forest of Stone Steles Museum - Local Family Visit - Shaanxi History Museum - Big Wild Goose Pagoda

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Departure Daily
Starting Time About 9:00 AM
Activity Intensity Moderate

Itinerary
Price Includes

Welcome to Xian! Our guide and driver will meet you at your self-booked hotel in the downtown area at the appointed time. Your Xian day tour itinerary starts with the Xian City Wall. You can walk or ride a bike rented by yourself to tour around the wall. Then our guide will lead you to visit the Forest of Stone Steles Museum with a collection of ancient stone tablets, epitaphs and stone carvings of all ages. After the visit, you will visit a local family home and taste authentic home-made food for lunch. Should you be interested in cooking, the host will teach you how to make Chinese home-cooked dishes.

Jumping on the City Wall

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda

Then we will continue our trip to the Shaanxi History Museum and learn more of the profound Chinese civilization, especially during Zhou (1046 - 256 BC), Qin (221 - 207 BC), Han (202 BC - 220 AD) and Tang (618 - 907) dynasties. Afterwards, follow our guide to tour the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, the earliest and largest square tower built of bricks during the Tang Dynasty. Your Xian city tour ends here, and you will be escorted back to your hotel. We hope that you have enjoyed your Xian city trip and we look forward to serving you again.

Meals: Home-cooked a la carte lunch

Tour Highlights

Xian City Wall

It was originally built during the Sui and Tang dynasties (581 - 907) to defend against enemies and was reinforced and extended in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). You can overlook the whole of Xian City standing on the wall and the traditional layout and buildings in the inner city present a striking contrast with modern high-rise buildings on the outside.

What a joyful tour on the City Wall!

Forest of Stone Steles Museum

It has been an art museum for more than 900 years with a collection of more than 11,000 cultural relics, including famous calligraphies and tablets of all ages, displayed in seven major showrooms.

Shaanxi History Museum

There is a collection of more than 370,000 cultural relics that have been unearthed from all over the province. These span more than 1,000,000 years, from simple stone implements used by early mankind to various artifacts dating from before 1840. Among these are exquisite bronze vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties (17th century BC - 256 BC), various terracotta figures of all ages and well-known Han and Tang Dynasty gold and silver wares. The exhibits also include unrivalled Tang Dynasty tomb murals that show the profound Chinese ancient civilization and Shaanxi's rich history and culture.