Beijing Xi'an Day Tour by Train

Pick up from your hotel in Beijing by our private car and tour guide, then transferred to Beijing West Station. Our tour guide will assist you in finding the right platform and taking the right carriage of the train leaving in the late evening for Xian.

We offer soft-sleeper for you. For this train, there are two kinds of soft sleepers: four-bed cabin and two-bed cabin and with different prices. The two-bed cabin has a private washing room while people in the four-bed cabin use the public washing room. All the cabin equipped with small TV. Free hot water. Routine running of food cart selling bottled water, beer and snack. Clean dining car. Air-conditioned. Please be ready to have some daily necessities on hand like tooth paste, tooth brush, towel etc.

Overnight on train

Xian

Beijing by overnight train

Your train arrives in Xian at early in the morning. Please get ready and don't forget your personal belongings on the train. Holding a signboard in your name, our tour guide in Xian is expecting you at the exit of the train station.

Arriving in Xian, your tour guide will help you find a suitable restaurant (western or Chinese) for your breakfast ( paid on your own). After breakfast, pass by Bell Tower and Drum Tower for picture taking.

Then 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.

Then transferred to the City Wall in Xian. The main magnet of Xian is the city wall, which is the most complete city wall that has survived in China as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. It was enlarged in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) from the city wall initially built in Tang Dynasty (618 -907). Now it is 12 meters tall, 12-14 meters wide covering 14 kilometers in length with a deep moat surrounding it. You can walk, even cycle on the wall. Its south gate is the most largest with a suspension bridge. Most of the tourists choose the south gate for sightseeing.

After buffer lunch at downtown Xi'an, drive to the Army of Terra Cotta Warriors . To visit Army of Terra Cotta Warriors is the main reason why you are here in Xian. You may have already seen its pictures from China travel books or China tour related travel websites. 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 50km 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 the world's cultural legacies as the UNESCO.

After the tour, take the overnight train leaving in the late evening for Beijing.

Overnight on train

Your train arrives in Beijing early in the morning. Our tour guide in Beijing will expect you in front of your train carriage, then take you to the car or van and transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.