Use the train for the night, use your day time for the tour
Travel Options
Travel to Xian on the overnight Train Z19, and take a bullet train back to Beijing the next day.
9:20 p.m. on the first day at Beijing West Station on the soft sleeper carriage of the Z19 train. Arrive in Xi'an at 8:00 am the next morning. Your guide and driver pick you up at the station and take you to a breakfast. After that, you will drive to the Terracotta Warriors, which your heart desires most. This takes 4 hours. After that, you can choose to visit the Xi'an City Wall, the Bell and Drum Tower or Hui Min Street. If you wish to return to Beijing early, you can take the afternoon high speed train, but you will probably only be able to see the city walls. Before returning to Beijing, you can have lunch at Xi'an's famous Dumpling Banquet restaurant.
Travel to Xian on the overnight train Z19, and fly back to Beijing the next day.
9:20 p.m. on the first day at Beijing West Station on the soft sleeper carriage of the Z19 train. Arrive in Xi'an at 8:00 am the next morning. Your guide and driver pick you up at the station and take you to a breakfast. After that, you will drive to the Terracotta Warriors, which your heart desires most. This takes 4 hours. After that, you can choose to visit the Xi'an City Wall, the Bell and Drum Tower or Hui Min Street. If you wish to return to Beijing early, you can take an afternoon flight, but you will probably only be able to see the city walls. Before returning to Beijing, you can have lunch at Xi'an's famous Dumpling Banquet restaurant. However, we recommend taking an evening flight, not only will you have a long day, but the return flight is cheaper at night.
Travel to Xian on overnight train Z19, and return to Beijing with the overnight train Z20
9:20 p.m. on the first day at Beijing West Station on the soft sleeper carriage of the Z19 train. Arrive in Xi'an at 8:00 am the next morning. Your guide and driver pick you up at the station and take you to a breakfast. After that, you will drive to the Terracotta Warriors, which your heart desires most. This takes 4 hours. After that, you can choose to visit the Xi'an City Wall, the Bell and Drum Tower or Hui Min Street. Before returning to Beijing, you can have lunch at Xi'an's famous Dumpling Banquet restaurant.
* Both Z19 and Z20 are equipped with private 2-person compartment.
XIAN TOUR ATTRACTIONS THAT You May Visit
The Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, a World Heritage Site, one of the Eight Wonders of the World, thanks to nearby villagers drilling wells and discovering three of them The Terracotta Warriors and Horses burial pit has finally seen the light of day, revealing the tip of the iceberg of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. Now, welcome to a proper conversation with this 2,000-year-old royal legion!
Dumpling Banquet (Dumpling Feast)
Dumpling Feast is a famous snack feast in Xi'an, which is successfully developed on the basis of the research of traditional dumplings in Tang Dynasty and China. The dumpling banquet is made with exquisite materials and unique technology, the dumplings are vividly shaped, with one dumpling in one pattern and one dumpling in one shape, which is pleasing to the eyes and the stomach. Endless aftertaste. There are more than 200 kinds of dumplings, which can be made by pan-frying, deep-frying, steaming, boiling, baking, etc., and the standard flavors are sweet, salty, ama, spicy and strange.
Xian Ancient City Wall
The Xi'an City Wall, the iconic landscape of the ancient capital of Xi'an. I It is amazingly complete and have remained spectacular through the ages. It is about 14 kilometers long and was built on the foundation of the Imperial City in the Tang Dynasty, including a series of facilities such as moats and corner towers. There are mountain bike rental rides on the city walls, divided into single and tandem mountain bike rentals, which last 120 minutes.
The Bell and Drum Towers
The Bell Tower in Xi'an is an ancient building that reflects the ethnic architectural style of Ming Dynasty China. The Drum Tower and the Bell Tower are twin brothers, only half a mile apart, and reflect each other, adding color to the old city. The bell tower used to hang a big bell upstairs for alarming the police, hence the name "bell tower". In ancient times, the bell was struck to report the morning, the drum was struck to report the evening, so the "morning bell and evening drum" said.