Start Time: 7am End Time: Approx 9pm
$209 USD / adult $185 USD / child 4-15
Hotel pick-up & transportation included.
Entrance ticket to Terracotta Warriors and City Wall included.
Xian Full-Day Tour
Terracotta Warriors, Ancient City Wall, & Evening Food Tour by Tuktuk.
The Essentials:
Visit the Terracotta Warriors, walk the Ancient City Wall, and experience the perfect mix of history, culture, and local flavors with an experienced English-speaking guide. This is Xian’s only full-day tour that includes an authentic countryside lunch and our top-rated evening food tour by tuktuk!
Group Size
Small groups of 2-10 people per tour. Can be made private, by request, for an additional charge.
Start & Stop Locations
Hotel pick-up is available for guests staying within Xian’s third ring road. The tour will end at our last food tour stop within the ancient city wall.
Cancellation Policy
Reservations cancelled 48 hours or more before your tour start time are fully refundable.
Inclusions
- Hotel Pick-Up
- Guided Terracotta Warrior Visit
- Ancient City Wall Tickets
- Authentic Counryside Lunch
- Evening Food Tour by Tuktuk
- Expert English-Speaking Guide
- Comfortable Van Transportation
- Bottled Water, Soft Drinks & Beer
- China Travel Guide PDF
Dietary Requests
- Dairy Free
- No Spicy
- No Nuts
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
We can accommodate the checked dietary requests on this tour. All requests must be communicated at time of booking. Visit our FAQ section for more details.
What You'll Do:
Hotel Pick-up
Hotel pick-up will be provided for guests staying within Xian’s third ring road. Exact pick-up times will vary and be communicated 24 hours before your tour starts.
See the Legendary Terracotta Warriors
Explore all three excavation pits, where over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, and 670 horses were hand-crafted by 700,000 workers. This vast underground army was created to protect China’s first emperor in the afterlife, then buried and forgotten for centuries. Even today, it is only partially uncovered.
Duration: approx 2 hours
Feast on Rural Shaanxi Comfort Food
Sit down to a spread of hearty dishes from rural Shaanxi you won’t find in the city. The menu includes Grandma’s Fried Pancake with smoky chili paste, steamed pork belly coated in toasted rice flour, buckwheat noodles once reserved for emperors, and Jiangshui Yuyu – a classic dish of chewy noodle bites in a tangy broth.
Explore Xi’an’s Ancient City Wall
Xi’an’s Ancient City Wall is one of the oldest and most complete military defenses in the world, built wider than it is tall and strong enough to survive centuries of history. Spend time walking (or optionally biking) along the top, with views of moats, archer towers, and the city it was built to protect.
Duration: approx 1 hour
Taste Our Top-Rated Evening Food Tour by Tuktuk
Hop into tuktuks and explore hidden corners of the Muslim Quarter for Xian’s most iconic eats: hand-pulled biangbiang noodles drenched in chili oil, BBQ skewers grilled to perfection, soup-filled dumplings with spices from the ancient Silk Road, and gourd chicken – a centuries-old specialty.
Duration: 3.5 hours
Local Craft Beer
The tour will end at a local brewery tucked inside Xian’s city walls – the perfect finish to a full day of history, culture, and good eats.
Plus More Surprises!
* This itinerary is subject to changes and adjustments based on daily vendor operations and availability, but it will always be awesome.
Xian: Where History and Flavor Collide.
This city isn’t just China’s ancient capital. It’s where empires began, armies were buried, and the Silk Road took its first steps.
But beyond the Terracotta Warriors and towering city walls, there’s something else that’s stood the test of time: the food. From countryside kitchens serving dishes passed down from generations to hidden alleyways sizzling with late-night skewers, this is Xian’s only full-day tour that includes a deep-dive into authentic local cuisine.
It’s a full day of culture, carbs, and chili oil – exactly how Xian was meant to be experienced.
Tour Highlights:
Visit the Terracotta Warriors, one of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries, with our expert guide.
Walk on China’s only remaining fully-intact city wall – one of the world’s oldest military defenses.
Eat your way through Xian’s Muslim Quarter on a tuktuk food tour and try 10+ dishes at 4 restaurants plus a local brewery.
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One of the Best Things to do in Xian
In addition to trying some of the best eats in the neighborhood, you’ll also have the chance to learn about the history of this community and get to meet some of the people who make the best biang biang noodles (so named for the loud way they slam onto the table) and Eight Treasures congee, which was a staple of travelers along the Silk Road thanks to its easy-to-haul ingredients like nuts, spices and seeds.
#1 Food Experience in the World
TripAdvisor’s Travelers Choice Awards ranked our Xian Evening Food Tour as the best food experience in the World!
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