Tour Features: Bike along on the top of the City Wall to get an enjoyable, interesting and different experience. Visit the Eight Wonder of the world—Terracotta Warrior, the largest and best preserved of the early mosques of China—Great Mosque, the Forest of Stone Steles Museum and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Day by Day Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival in Xi'an (-, L, -)

Upon arrival in Xi'an, our tour guide will meet you at Xi'an Airport or Xi'an Train Station and transfer you to your hotel by private car. After a short break, visit Xi'an City Wall which is considered a landmark dividing the city into the inner part and the outer part. It was built in the Ming dynasty over 700 years ago and is the most complete ancient city wall in China. You can bike along on the top of the City Wall and you will have an enjoyable and interesting experience.

Then, go to the Bell Tower which lies in the center of Xi'an City. The Bell Tower was build in 1384. But in 1582, when the city went through an expansion, people then pulled down the original bell tower and rebuilt a bell tower in the center of expanded city. Now the big iron Jinglong Bell on the Bell Tower was made in Ming Dynasty and it weighs 2,500 kg. It has given time to the city for more than 400 years. Nowadays, the clear and loud time-given sound on the tower in Xi'an is the recording sound of that bell. After this, back to your hotel.

Day 2: Terracotta Warrior, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Forest of Stone Steles Museum (B, L, -)

Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel after your breakfast. Today, we will go to visit the Terracotta Warrior which is 35 km from Xi'an City and is a place that should not to be missed by any visitor to China. The museum covers an area of 16,300 sq m and is divided into three sections. Life size terracotta figures of warriors and horses arranged in battle formations are the star features at the museum. They are replicas of what the imperial guard should look like in those days of pomp and vigor. Each figure has its own facial features and expressions, clothing, hairstyle, and gesture.

Then, proceed to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda which is 4 km from the downtown of Xi'an City and was initially built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty. It is 64.5 m (211.6 ft) high and is widely renowned for Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India. It is the landmark of the ancient capital city - Xi'an.

At last, go to the Forest of Stone Steles Museum which is situated on Sanxue Street, downtown of Xi'an near the south gate of Xi'an City Wall. It once was the site of the Temple of Confucius during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and was first built in 1087 A.D. when some precious stone steles were moved here for safe keeping. With nearly 10,000 stelae in the collection, the museum is like an encyclopedia of ancient China. Then, back to your hotel.

Day 3: Great Mosque of Xi'an (B, L, -)

Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel after your breakfast. Today, you tour will start with a visit to the Great Mosque of Xi'an, located at the Huajue Lane on the center of the city, is the largest and best preserved of the early mosques of China. It was first built as early as the 700 A.D. in the Tang Dynasty, but the current complex layout was finished during the Ming Dynasty in the late 14th century. The mosque is a combination of traditional Chinese architecture and Islamic art and is the only one Mosque that opens to visitors in China.

Then be transferred to the airport or train station for your next destination.

Itinerary: B: Breakfast  AB: American Breakfast   L: Lunch   D: Dinner   SD: Special Dinner

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