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The word “tower” doesn’t quite do justice to the enormous structure of the Xian Bell Tower (Zhonglou) rising on an imposing square base to a series of terraces and three graceful pagoda roofs. Originally built in 1384 during the Ming Dynasty, it has become a symbol of Xian thanks to its stellar views and classic Chinese architecture.
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Private Customizable Terracotta Warriors Full Day Tour
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See the Terracotta Warriors and your choice of two other Xian highlights on a private custom tour. After a morning visit to see the UNESCO-listed terracotta army, visit two attractions chosen from the six recommended: Shaanxi or Banpo Museum, Xian City Wall, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell Tower and Drum Tower Square, or Muslim Street. With no time-consuming shopping stops, this flexible tour includes private transport and downtown Xian hotel pickup and drop-off.
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$101.54
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$101.54
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2-Day Xi'an Sightseeing All-Inclusive Private Custom-Made Combo Tour
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Beat the language barrier and explore Xian in your own style at your own pace on this 2-day private tour. Choose up to six attractions from a possible 15, including signature sights like the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum and lesser-known attractions like bar street or the Calligraphy Museum. Then just sit back and relax as your private guide and driver take you around. Tour includes lunch in non-touristy restaurants.
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$302.00
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$302.00
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Essential Xi'an Private Day Tour Including Lunch
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If you’re visiting Xian for the first time, get a comprehensive introduction to the ancient city on a sightseeing tour designed with visitors on a time budget in mind. As well as benefiting from the undivided attention and insider knowledge of your guide, you’ll travel between top Xian attractions—which include Xian City Wall and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda—in air-conditioned comfort without worrying about getting lost.
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$82.06
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$82.06

Discover Your Xi'an in One Day With Private Transportation and Guide
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Discover Xi’an in one day and make full use of your time to see the city highlights. Visit the magnificent Terracotta Warriors Museum in the morning and choose your preferred afternoon sightseeing. With no time-consuming shopping stops, this tour includes comfortable transportation and English-speaking tour guide service exclusively.
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$112.00
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$112.00
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2-Days Xi'an Private Tour with hightlighs and night tour
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Discover the many attractions of Xi’an on a private 2-day tour. Comfortable round-trip transportation from your hotel takes you to each stop on your itinerary. Visit and enjoy included entrance to the UNESCO listed Terracotta Warriors Museum, Xi'an History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and more. In addition to providing a personalized and immersive tour experience, your private guide is also on hand to help with any language barriers.
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$168.00
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$168.00

Xi'an Authentic Food Tour with Local Beverages
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Being served as the capital of China for over 1,200 years, Xi'an is more like a melting pot with diversed culinary culture and various famous local foods. This tour will allow you to try the most hihly rated loacal snacks with knowledgeable local experts.
However it is not only a food tour for foods' sake, but will provide a chance for people to gain great local experiences by tasting their foods and sampling their drinks, to keep them away from those beaten tracks by taking tuk tuk to go through those serpentine backstreet allies, to immerse themselves in Xi'an's profund history by seeing the most gorgrous historical sites in the city center.
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$54.49
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$54.49
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Xi'an Highlights Day Tour: Terracotta Warriors and City Sightseeing
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Discover the rich history and culture of Xi’an on a full-day private tour that includes the Terracotta Warriors, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You’ll spend the morning at the impressive Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, then choose from several options for your afternoon city sightseeing tour. Your guide can show you the Old City Wall, Muslim Quarter, Great Mosque, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Shaanxi History Museum or Bell and Drum Tower Square, depending on your interest.
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$102.57
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$102.57
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Private Tour: Customize Your Day in Xi'an
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Xian can be confusing if you don’t speak Chinese. With a private guide for the day, you can create a 100% personalized itinerary and smooth out all the transport logistics. Besides the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, you might choose to visit Xian City Wall, the Shaanxi History Museum, the underground Han Yang Ling Museum, the Muslim Quarter, or so much more. Please note this excursion does not include entry fees, transportation, or food costs.
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$58.98
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$58.98
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Mini Group Half-Day Tour:Xi'an Bell Tower,Xi'an Mosque and Gao Grand Courtyard
Explore culture of Xi’an on this 4-hour walking tour. You need to meet your guide at the Xi’an Bell Tower Hotel. Roaming through city landmark of Bell Tower , along Muslim Quarter to Xi'an Mosque and see architectural art of Ming and Qing Dynasties at Gao Family's Grand Courtyard. You will also enjoy a shadow puppet performance as well as appreciating history of Chinese paper cutting art.
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$68.72
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$68.72
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Xian City Wall, Xian Museum, Bell Tower Square & Muslim Quarter Private Day Trip
1-day delight private day tour covers the trip to Xian City Wall, Xian Museum, Bell Tower Square & Muslim Quarter. No Shopping Steps.
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$163.00
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$163.00
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Two-Day Xi'an Heritage Tour
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Cover ground you couldn’t hope to cover by bus or taxi over two fascinating days of door-to-door touring with a private guide. See two terracotta armies, one crafted for Qin Shi Huang, the second for a Han emperor. Walk on Xian City Wall, tour the Muslim Quarter, admire Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and explore traditional cave homes. Accommodation is at your discretion: Upgrade to include Chinese restaurant lunches.
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$250.20
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$250.20
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Xian Half Day Native Tour by Subway with Guide
Deeply experience Xian local people’s life, fit into the social activity that starts from subway taking at noon and ends at the most stirring evening time. This tour will take you to visit bustling and lively places where locals gather to have fun, or to relax. Choosing subway as the transportation will bring you so much novelty and joy in this ancient city.
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$85.00
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$85.00
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Xian Architectural Landmarks Private Day Tour
Spend full day with a local expert guide to discover the architectural landmarks of Xian, visit the best preserved and most complete Ancient City Wall, step onto the city center landmark of Bell Tower, stroll around the lively Muslim Quarter and explore the Great Mosque, discover one of the most famous Buddhist pagodas in China, you will enjoy marvelous Chinese ancient architecture from all aspects. Every one of these historical sites has its own style and will definitely keep your eyes busy.
Deep learning of traditional architecture in ancient Xian
Detailed explanation of the Chinese History and culture
Discover the wisdom of the ancient Chinese people
Enjoy marvelous ancient architecture from all aspects
Private tour is operated with just your party exclusively
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$200.00
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$200.00
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1 Day Xian City Highlights Private Tour
Explore Xi’an’s most popular attractions on a full-day guided tour. After a convenient hotel pickup, tour Xi’an’s 600-year-old city wall, its history museum, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Muslim Quarter, and the Great Wild Goose Pagoda Temple. With an English-speaking guide leading the way, learn the history of China’s ancient capital and taste your way through its most beloved food spots.
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$148.00
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$148.00
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Xi’an Private Day Trip: Big Goose Pagoda, Ancient City Wall & Muslim's Quarter
This one day tour will take you to explore mainly the downtown Xi'an. You will visit the Big Goose Pagoda, Ancient City Wall, Bell Tower, Shaanxi History Museum, Grand Mosque and the Muslim Quarter.
Our guide is professional and well acquainted with this ancient city. They can speak fluent English and are happy to help you during the tour.
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$120.00
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$120.00

Private Xi'an Day Tour Customizable in Your Way
Private customized Xi’an highlights 8-Hour tour, flexible itinerary based on your interests and situation . No need to plan in advance: Decide your sightseeing schedule as you go. Customizable private tour of Terra-cotta Army and two other sights OR city 3-4 attractions . Door-to door pick up and drop off service , knowledgable guide accompany , pick up time flexible , private experienced driver ,hotel pick up and drop off included .
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$105.00
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$105.00
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Xian Leisure Evening Walking Tour
Spend your evening with a local expert guide on a walking tour. A good place to start your Xian walking tour is the Bell Tower, as it stands in the historical center and both Bell and Drum Towers are illuminated in the evening. Then stroll along the square and enjoy local snacks and find exquisite souvenirs on the famous Muslim Street. This guide leisure walking tour will surely enhance your travel experience in Xi’an.
Have a leisure evening walking tour with local expert guide
Stroll around the Bell Tower Square and Drum Tower Square
Take some amazing photos of illuminated landmarks in Xian
Find the right place to taste snacks and buy local souvenirs
Enhance your travel experience in the ancient capital Xian
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$68.00
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$68.00
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Private Customized Xi'an City Highlights Day Trip from Zhengzhou by Bullet Train
Experience the best of Xi'an city on a full-day customized tour from Zhengzhou by bullet train. You'll be greeted by a professional guide who will help you design the perfect itinerary, see Xi'an highlights from Terracotta Warriors to City Wall to temples and markets. Travel at your own pace, and stop to snap photos, grab a souvenir or explore. Xi'an City is at your fingertips on this private tour! You can choose to finish your tour in Xi'an or return to Zhengzhou. Tour includes entrance fee, lunch, train tickets, English speaking tour guide and travel by private vehicle.
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$371.20
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$371.20
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Xi'an Vegetarian Food Tour
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.
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$66.67
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$66.67

4-Hour Private Xi'an Muslim Quarter Walking Tour with Dim Sum
Particularly for first-time visitors who don’t speak Chinese, a private guide can transform the Beijing experience. Say no to hustlers and discover the city on this door-to-door private tour. Check off Xi'an's biggest attraction: Xi'an Mosque, Muslim Quarter and drum Tower Square—and stroll through Shu Yuan Men Ancient Culture Street. A delightful Dim Sum are all inclusive
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$98.00
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$98.00
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Inclusive Private Xi'an All-in-a-day City Tour
This inclusive private full day Xi’an tour will allow you to visit most of historical and cultural sites in downtown Xi’an, to explore the beauty of this ancient city and gain a great insight into the local area and life. With a local expert as your tour guide and a comfortable and sizable private transportation, you could get a better understanding of the city and could get around easily and conveniently.
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$141.54
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$141.54
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Private Xi'an Food Tour
This tour will give a yo a chance to try the most popular foods in the most characteristic areas in Xi'an downtown. Different with other food tours which only spend all their times on one short foodie street or which will soak their guests throughly with beer in bars, our food tour is based on a fully understanding of local peoples life and dinning habits in Xi'an city and aims on providing the best foods in this ancient town, and at the same time you will get to know some interesting facts and stories of the city.
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$65.39
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$65.39

Private Lanzhou 2 Day Bullet Train Trip to Discover Xi'an City Highlights
Explore highlights of stunning Xi'an in just two days on this trip from Lanzhou by bullet train. You’ll fly to Xi'an and be greeted by a professional guide who will help you design the perfect itinerary for 2 days, see Xi'an highlights from Terracotta Warriors to City Wall to temples and markets. Travel at your own pace, and stop to snap photos, grab a souvenir or explore. Xi'an City is at your fingertips on this private tour! You can choose to finish your tour in Xi'an or return Lanzhou. Tour including train tickets, entrance fee, lunch, overnight accommodation, English speaking tour guide and private vehicle.
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$510.77
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$510.77
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Two Days Xi'an Sightseeing Private Tour
Cover ground you couldn’t hope to cover by bus or taxi over two fascinating days of door-to-door touring with a private guide. See two terracotta armies, one crafted for Qin Shi Huang, the second for a Han emperor. Walk on Xian City Wall, tour the Muslim Quarter, admire Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and explore traditional cave homes. Accommodation is at your discretion: Upgrade to include Chinese restaurant lunches.
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$316.93
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$316.93
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