Xian Travel Package: 3-Day Xian Highlights Tour Package with Huashan

Day 1 Xian City Day Tour Itinerary

Pick up service can be arranged at Xian train station or Xian airport, you will find a welcome signage “Xian Private Tour”. And your Xian tour start.

 
Our Xian Pick Up Sign "Xian Private Tour"

First visit Shaanxi History Museum. Shaanxi History Museum is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, which is one of the four largest museum with modern facilities in China. It was regarded as “the pearl of ancient dynasties and house of Chinese treasures” where reflect over one thousand years of Chinese history, the splendid culture and people life in ancient times. 

The museum, built in traditional Tang architectural style, houses over 370,000 cultural relics, including murals, paintings, pottery, coins, as well as bronze, gold, silver, seal and stone objects, all of which can be dated back to over 1 million years ago to the late Qin dynasty. The modern museum was built between 1983 and 2001 and its appearance recalls the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty.

Next to Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda, is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China and became the symbol of the old-line Xi'an. It was built in 652 during the Tang dynasty and originally had five stories. The structure was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, and its exterior brick facade was renovated during the Ming dynasty. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda attracts numerous visitors for its fame in the Buddhist religion and its simple but appealing style of construction. It is rated as a National Key Cultural Relic Preserve. One of the pagoda's many functions was to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that were brought to China from India by the Buddhist translator and traveler Xuanzang.

The last stop for today is Muslim Quarter to meet many local snacks, which is the most famous food street in Xian. It consists of Islamic food area, ethnic group shopping center, Great mosque and living area of Hui people. It is a place distinct for its delicious food and Islamic culture, with a history of more than 1000 years. The streets are paved by gray flagstone and the buildings are of Ming style. About 2000 years ago in the Han Dynasty after the opening of Silk Road, Changan welcomed the first Muslims: Muslim businessmen, envoys, and students. The food in the street is of north and west flavor, in which crude pancake in mutton soup, cold rice noodles, Chinese hamburger, Qishan noodles are famous Shaanxi food.Besides, there are other local flavors: Xi’an small cakes, Shaanxi pasta, Rice cake, etc. And in the street, most are beef and mutton products, in which the roast beef is especially delicious.

Drive you back to your hotel to check-in. The rest of the day is free on your own to explore the city.

Day 2 Xian Terracota Warriors Tour Itinerary

To visit Terra Cotta Warriors is the main reason why you are here in Xian. After breakfast, you will be transferred to Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, it takes around 40 minutes for one way.

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. Originally the ancient funerary project for Emperor Qin Shi Huang, it is now a live museum, officially named Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, showing the life stories of the emperor and the once powerful Qin Empire (221 – 207BC) in those days of pomp and vigor.

After lunch, drive you back to Xian downtown, you will continue your tour to Xian Ancient City Wall. As one of the UNESCO's world Heritage Site, Xi'an Ancient City Wall was built in the 14th century, under the regime of Emperor Zhuyuanzhang in Ming dynasty, had the function of protecting the cities or towns as military defense systems in ancient China. The Ancient City Wall is one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Chinese city walls, exhibits the "complete features of the rampart architecture of feudal society". 

Drive you back to your hotel.

Day 3 Xian to Mt. Huashan Day Tour Itinerary

In the early morning, our tour guide will meet you at your hotel lobby and drive you to Mt Hua, it takes around 2 hours for one way.

Mt. Huashan is mainly composed of 5 peaks – Cloud Terrace Peak (North Peak, 1613m), Jade Maiden Peak (Middle Peak, 2042m), Sunrise Peak (East Peak, 2100m), Lotus Peak (West Peak, 2038m) and Landing Wild Goose Peak (South Peak, 2160m). Cloud Terrace Peak, the lowest of the five, is the starting point. There are two walking trails leading to the Cloud Terrace Peak. 

The most popular is the traditional route in Huashan Yu (Huashan Gorge) starting from Yuquanyuan Temple (west gate); the second trail is the Huangpu Yu (Huangpu Gorge) starting from Huashan East Gate. A cable car is set over the Huangpu Yu (Huangpu Gorge) trail. It takes about 6 minutes up to the Cloud Terrace Peak. walk up for 15 minutes before we reach the platform of the Cloud Terrace Peak with the Lotus Peak and Sunrise Peak as the backdrop.

Upon arrival on the Cloud Terrace Peak, enjoy the beauitful surrounding views. (If you are a hiking lover, keep hiking to the East Peak or West Peak if you are inclined to go further for more fantastic views).

Next head to the Jade Maiden Peak (Middle Peak), Legend has it that a jade maiden was once seen riding a white horse among the mountains, hence the name. The hikers can choose to take a left to Sunrise Peak (East Peak), a fine place to enjoy the view of the sunrise in early morning (which would involve climbing the mountain in the dark as there is nowhere to stay on the mountain).

Have a rest on the Sunrise peak, and then visit the Lotus Peak. Huashan means Flower Mountain, and it got the name from Lotus Peak, which resembles a beautifully blooming lotus flower. 

Finally there is a gondola which takes visitors across a steep valley to Landing Wild Goose Peak, the highest among the five summits. The path to the summit is characterized by steep rock faces, with obstacles including a foot-wide plank walkway fixed to a sheer rock face with only a chain along the rock for support. There are steep stone steps. The Wild Goose Peak is particularly dangerous in winter weather. To its summit makes it clear how the impenetrable mountain repelled attackers over the centuries.

After the visit of Mt Hua, you will be transferred back to Xian downtown and your tour ends.

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