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terracotta army, interesting temples, beautiful vicinity
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I wish they can find the king tombs soon!
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One of China's 'easiest' provinces
176 Reviews We enter pit 1, the larger one, and we get immediately the notion of the huge size of the archaeological site. But they alert us that only a small part is dug, and that the main open area is pit 3....
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64 Reviews The mosque of Xi'an is a surprise, without many signs connecting to muslim art and architecture. However, when you exit, if you walk a little in the narrow roads, you will easily fell the muslim way...
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66 Reviews It's fundamental to climb the city wall, and to walk on it. It's easy to feel its importance in the defense of the city, and the challenge it would mean to those who tried to cross it with their...
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58 Reviews Not exactly a simple temple, but a wide complex with temples, pagodas and gardens. A detailed visit will take lots of time. If you don’t worry too much about the function and history of each...
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63 Reviews In the centre of the old city, and marking the entrance to the Muslim quarter, there is a beautiful tower, very similar to its neighbour – the Bell Tower. The main difference is that instead of...
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17 Reviews Xi'an Metro Line 2 is an connection metro line serving the from south to North, cut through the city center including the South Gate (Nanmen), Bell Tower, North gate or Bei Dajie, Daminggong West, all...
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18 Reviews The Five-Room Hall was built in 1878, in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It was the shelter of Empress Dowager Cixi after the Eight-Power Allied Force captured Peking in 1900, and was also the...
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16 Reviews The airport is 47 km from Xian city centre and there's a very convenient airport bus that goes there from outside the Melody Hotel which is opposite the Drum Tower in the city centre. The bus costs...
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20 Reviews An unique experience. Each customer will be given two pieces of hard bread and an empty bowl. You tear the bread into small pieces and place them into the bowl. Then you bring the bowl to the kitchen...
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14 Reviews This was quite spectacular!! Lots of colour , music and dancing. The hour just flew by! The show is quick moving and on a grand scale. It depicts wonderful music and dance from the ancient...
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12 Reviews Personally I think it is way too expensive. Anyway it is nice to try it once and tell the world that I have tried the dumpling banquet in Xian. We have the dumpling downstairs where the locals eat...
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Grand Mercure on Renmin Square Xi'an
4 Reviews and 193 Opinions A life saviour. Best hotel ever. Excellent food, service, facilities and all...
4 Reviews Huashan is a sacred Taoist mountain 120 km to the east. Bus go from the train station to the base. It is fantastically beautiful, but hard work to hike. I've got a whole page for it here.
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It is a very steep mountain, some parts are rather dangerous, too. One has to be very fit to climb it. Even if you take a cable car to save some effort, there...
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Q: Hello. I will be traveling with 3 others from Xian to Beijing in a couple of weeks. We plan to take the train. Any suggestions...

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Xi'an - where the empire started

Xi'an was the next destination after Beijing during our journey to China. The main reason why we decided to visit it was naturally the army of terracotta warriors, but it turned out that tha place has...
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Xi'an - One of the old capitals of China

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Shaanxi province is rich in history. Currently, only two places under this province has contents: -Xi'An -Huanshan (mountain area) Enjoy
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when you visit this place, you will feel moving, the soil, the air, the plants, the animals, the people, everything you see, include me.
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