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Terracotta Army Tour: Customizable Day Experience
5.0
36 Ratings
Xi'an
Create your own customized day tour to the Terracotta Army and Horses Museum. Explore the ancient wonders of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and choose from a variety of afternoon sites to visit. Flexibility and personalization guaranteed!
Create your own customized day tour to the Terracotta Army and Horses Museum. Explore the ancient wonders of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and choose from a variety of afternoon sites to visit. Flexibility and personalization guaranteed!
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses - To beat the crowds, at 7:30 a.m, your tour representative and personal driver will hold a welcome sign and wait for you at your hotel lobby. After warm greetings, you will set out to the famous Terracotta Army and Horses Museum.
At 8:50-9:00 a.m, you will arrive at the museum and start your…
- The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses - To beat the crowds, at 7:30 a.m, your tour representative and personal driver will hold a welcome sign and wait for you at your hotel lobby. After warm greetings, you will set out to the famous Terracotta Army and Horses Museum.
At 8:50-9:00 a.m, you will arrive at the museum and start your wondrous adventure to the discovery of Qin Dynasty.
From 9:00 a.m - 12:00p.m, your private tour guide will escort you to each pit of the museum and introduce to all the stories and legends of the First Emperor in Chinese history. You will see the formation of his marvelous mausoleum and be amazed by the ancients’ intelligence.
What's Included
- Professional English-speaking tour guide
- Experienced private driver with comfortable business van
- Fuel surcharge
- Professional English-speaking tour guide
- Experienced private driver with comfortable business van
- Fuel surcharge
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Tips for guide and driver (recommended)
- Accommodations
- Personal cost
- Admission fee for sites mentioned in the itinerary
- Lunch
- Tips for guide and driver (recommended)
- Accommodations
- Personal cost
- Admission fee for sites mentioned in the itinerary
Additional Information
This one-day tour is adaptable and designed solely based on your preferences. In the morning, you’ll visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site - The Terracotta Army and Horses Museum. Here, you’ll get an up-close view of the life-sized terracotta warriors, marveling at the wisdom of the ancients. Come afternoon, you can pick one large site or two smaller…
This one-day tour is adaptable and designed solely based on your preferences. In the morning, you’ll visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site - The Terracotta Army and Horses Museum. Here, you’ll get an up-close view of the life-sized terracotta warriors, marveling at the wisdom of the ancients. Come afternoon, you can pick one large site or two smaller ones from a selection that includes: Banpo Neolithic Village, Xian Ancient City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Huaqing Hot Spring, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Muslim Quarter, Great Mosque, Steles Forest, etc.. Please inform us in advance of the sites you wish to visit during the afternoon, as time may not allow for all.
- Highlights
- Take a close appreciation to the world famous Terracotta Army and Horses Museum;
- Flexible choice from 10 top popular sites in Xian.
- Learn Chinese history through historical sites visitation.
- Taste real local food.
- Enjoy a topnotch private tour experience.
- Things need attention:
- The starting time can be changed as long as you require in advance
- Please advise beforehand if your starting point or ending place is not hotel.
Location
The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
Qinling North Road, Lintong District,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(36 Ratings)
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Goldfish10
Apr 23, 2025
Get a Tour Guide for the Terra Cotta Warriers - We booked a day trip with Stefanie to see the Terracotta Warriors and 2 additional sites of our choice (Muslim Quarter and Great Mosque), and I am so glad we went with a guide. Stefanie and her driver picked us up at our hotel and got us to the Terracotta site when it opened. The site was much more confusing than I expected, and she hustled us to the entrance and prime viewing spots throughout the tour. There are SO many people at this site and any English signs are few and hard to see between the crowds, so we were so glad we had a live guide to walk us through, park us at different viewing spots, and point out different highlights as we went along. It was efficient, educational, and nice not to be struggling through the crowds alone, trying to figure out what to see next and what the significance of each of the tombs or sculptures was.
Then afterwards, she spontaneously asked if we wanted to book tickets to a Silk Road themed song/music/costume show, and we were so glad we added that to our tour. It was awesome, technologically modern, fun, and very Chinese all at once. There are some jaw dropping theatrical effects during the Silk Road show, so I recommend not really reading about what you'll see in advance so there are no spoilers and you get the full amazement too, haha.
Stefanie was also flexible about eating and breaks. We got milk teas when we needed a sit down, and she took us to an excellent local restaurant that wasn't touristy at all. I feel like we enjoyed real Xi'an food in a real Chinese restaurant.
The Great Mosque and Muslim Quarter were also a great choise, as the mosque had elements that we wouldn't have identified on our own, and she helped explain the significance of the site. She even patiently waited while I did a little shopping in the Muslim Quarter (shops that I wandered into on my own. This wasn't a tour with planned shopping stops).
Throughout the tour Stefanie gave us her full attention and was always energized and happy to answer our questions. It was so nice to have such a cheerful, enthusiastic guide with us throughout the day!
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Jasoncj69gi
Apr 17, 2025
A great guide for a concise tour of Xi'an - Stefanie was a wonderful guide for the terracotta warriors and museum, and we even had the chance to meet one of the farmers who discovered the terracotta warriors when they were digging a new well. I had my book signed by the one who was there on the day, although I'm sorry to say I can't recall his name.
Stefanie maintains a good, reasobable pace, and we managed to see a great deal here, and also of Xi'an during our three and hald day stay there. She and her driver, Mr Wang, picked us up from the train station, were always on time for our morning hotel pick-ups, and finally saw us off at the airport from where we departed to Shanghai. She even gave us an excellent recommendation for a guide in Shanghai.
Stefanie is very informative, enthusiastic and very well organised. Please do consider booking her as your tour guide.
Thank you again, Stefanie, from me and my cousins.
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Backpacker107435
Feb 19, 2025
Stefani is the best in Xi'An - Stefani is the best! We stayed in Xi'an for 3 days and the program she proposed was incredible: mausoleums, walls, palaces, theaters, lantern festival... and a lot of history throughout the visits. She was always friendly and showed us Chinese culture, cuisine and history.
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Navigate62685991519
Jul 7, 2024
Best guide ever - Stefanie is awesome! She is an experienced guide, she speaks great English, knows lots about Chinese history and has the best tips to avoid lines. We had great time visiting Xi'an city and Terracotta Warriors archeological site.
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Tanya_g
Jun 30, 2024
Fantastic PRIVATE tour. Safe and knowledgeable. - Highly recommended private tour and Stephanie is awesome. She is local to Xi’an and has so much knowledge about the area and about the history. Stephanie was able to get us front row access to see the terracotta warriors. She customized our tour to what we wanted. She even took photos for us and provided us with plenty of water and fruit. The camel show is also recommended for an additional 300¥ per person but it is well worth it. The communication was outstanding from the beginning., and the driver was very safe. The vehicle was clean and very comfortable. He kept the air conditioner cold in the vehicle for us in 39C and humid weather. You will not be disappointed with this tour! Support this woman owned small business.
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Frequentflier830142
Jun 3, 2024
A great experience learning about the terracotta warriors and horses! - Stefanie is a great guide and host. She made our group of seniors and young adults feel very at-home and well looked after. Her explanation of the sites were thorough and clear.
We enjoyed ourselves and all went according to plan from the moment she and the driver picked us up till we return to the hotel.
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Atiqah_m
May 13, 2024
Prompt and helpful tour services - Booked a tour with Stefanie to see the Terracotta Army and Horses Museum and customised an itinerary with her for an outing that included lunch and a visit to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. Stefanie was very helpful, arranging to book our tickets in advance and helping to order lunch at a restaurant in the Lintong area. She arrived punctually on the day of the tour with the driver, and the vehicle comfortably accommodated our group of five. Would definitely recommend her services, as getting to and navigating the museum on our own as non-Mandarin speakers would have been quite challenging.
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Michateng1
Aug 12, 2023
Fantastic Adventure with Stefanie in Xi'an - we spent wonderful days with Stefanie in XiAn. She speaks very good English, is always polite and knows everything about history, geography and locations in XiAn. Her lectures are never boring and she gives good tips on where to eat, shop or see something special. She always responded to our requests and has many contacts. For example, she spontaneously organized a tour of a historic farm and tickets for a show for us. Her driver was remarkable. We have never experienced a better one in any Chinese city. Stefanie is very competent and organized everything perfectly. You can rely on Stefanie! Thank you for the wonderful days!
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373albenam
Jun 24, 2023
Best time in China - If you want to spend the most interesting, exiting and perfect days in Xian, then Stefanie is your best choice. She was very kind, generous, funny and helpful. She advised us about everything we needed. Well planed tour, everything was very good organised, we had a great time with her.
Thank you, Stefanie
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Mylene
Jun 11, 2023
100% recommended! - Excellent tour! We booked for the weekend and had an excellent time visiting Xian, terracota warriors, city wall, Silk Road dancing show and Hang Yangling National Archaeological Park. Stefanie taught us a lot about Xian's history and culture. She is a very kind and easygoing person, makes you feel very welcome and gives the best tips. And she even got us some cold beer in the hot weather! ❤️ Totally recommend her!
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