Full-Day Xi'an Terracotta Warriors & Food Tour
Explore Xi'an's history and food with a guide, van transport, and tuktuk travel
Duration
Full-day
Includes
Lunch, food tour, entry tickets
Highlights
Spend the day exploring Xi'an with an English-speaking guide and transportation between stops. Expect van travel, walking, and an open-air tuktuk ride.
- Travel by private van on expressways between locations
- Ride in an open-air private tuktuk through narrow streets
- Explore with an English-speaking guide
- Finish at a local brewery, where you may stay longer if you wish
Itinerary
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 End the day with a craft beer at a local brewery tucked inside Xian’s city walls – the perfect end to a full day of history, culture, and good eats.
Important details
- Bring your passport for entry to the Terracotta Warriors and Ancient City Wall
- A passport details-page photo is required more than 48 hours before departure to secure advance entry tickets; otherwise, delays may occur
- Your property must be within Xi'an's 3rd Ring Road
- Requires extended walking on uneven cobblestones and stair climbing
- Requires at least 2 participants to operate; solo departures may not proceed
- Dietary requirements need advance notice; same-day requests are not guaranteed
- Cannot accommodate gluten-free diets or severe allergies; vegetarian and vegan travelers may have no food at some stops
- Optional city-wall bike rental is not included and costs approximately $7 USD per person
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation 48 hours or more before the tour begins. Cancellations less than 48 hours before the tour are nonrefundable.
FAQs
Includes entrance tickets to the Terracotta Warriors and Ancient City Wall, English-speaking guide, ground transportation with driver, hotel pick-up, countryside lunch, evening food tour by tuktuk, and bottled water plus soft drinks and beer. Excludes hotel drop-off, optional bike rental on the city wall, and optional gratuities.
Travel by private van with about 1.5 hours to the Terracotta Warriors and 1.5 hours back to Xian and the city wall. The evening food tour is by private tuktuk, which is open-air and not climate controlled.
Expect 2–3 hours on your feet at the Terracotta Warriors and about 1 hour at the ancient city wall, with uneven surfaces and some stairs.
