Beijing Xian 3 Day Round Trip Tour by High-speed Train

Pick up from your hotel in Beijing around 6:00am and take early morning high-speed train from Beijing West Railway Station for Xian. Arriving at Xian North Railway Station at noon.Met and transferred to a local restaurant for Chinese lunch.

After lunch, first visit Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, a large modern museum of the national level. It is a giant architectural complex in the Tang-dynasty style. It occupies an area of 70,000 square metres, and the construction area being more than 50,000 square metres. It focuses on the highlights of the Shaanxi culture and depicts the development of the Chinese civilization.

Continue to visit the Muslim Quarter (excluding the visit to the Great Mosque). Xian Muslim Quarters is just located behind ( north of ) the Drum Tower. The Xian muslim quarters is a delightful place you mustn't miss! The bazaar in the Muslim area is most attractive with a wide area of stalls selling everything. The streets and walkways are full of life. The shopping is great, very cheap and some unusual items we will seldom see anywhere else in China.

Meal: Chinese Lunch

Xian

After breakfast, you are arranged to visit the Terra-cotta Warriors . The original site was found by a local farmer drilling a well in 1974. Now it has turned into the most important attraction in Xian - Terracotta Warriors and Horse Museum. It is located about 30km east of the Xian City. The museum includes Pit 1, Pit 2 and Pit 3 as well the exhibition hall of the chariots and horses. The Pit 1 is the largest of the three. The museum and the mausoleum are listed as UNESCO world's cultural heritage.

Drive back to the city center of Xian and visit the City Wall . The main magnet of Xian is the city wall, which is the most complete city wall that has survived in China, one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.

Meal: Hotel breakfast and Chinese Lunch

Xian

Beijing by high-speed train ( 5-6 Hour )

After breakfast, first visit Big Goose Pagoda . Big Goose Pagoda is one of the oldest structures in China. Originally Big Goose Pagoda consisted of a brick structure of five storeys and was about 60 meters high. First built in 589A.D.in the Sui Dynasty. The Big Goose Pagoda is situated in the Da Ci'en Temple, four kilometers south away from the center of the city. It is one of the city's most distinctive and outstanding landmarks, possibly the most beautiful building left in Xian today.

Then move on to Forest of Stone Steles . Xian Forest of Stone Tablets was originally built in 1087. It holds a big collection of steles in China. It is a classical courtyard styled structure at the site of former Confucian Temple in Sanxue Street, Xian, close to the south gate of Xi'an City Wall. The museum has an area of over 30,000 square meters. It is one of the centers of ancient Chinese stone-engraving classic. It is also the center of the works of art of noted calligraphers of past dynasties. The numerous standing steles likens a forest, hence the name " Forest of Steles"'.

After Chinese lunch, transferred to Xian North Railway Station and take the afternoon high-speed train for Beijing and arriving at Beijing West Railway Station in the late evening. Met and transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.

Meal: Hotel breakfast and Chinese Lunch