Xi'an Travel Guide

 62 Reviews  One of the unique characters of Muslim quarter is its diversity of buildings' architectural designs from various periods and influenced by various ethnicity from the East and West or the Middle East. For example, the Great Mosque has the Chinese architectural design with Muslim customs from the... 

 62 Reviews  Outside the city wall is surrounded by city park with trees, exercise equipment, benches, and pavilions. I walked around the park in the early morning, and enjoyed seeing the locals doing exercises including Tai Chi, dancing, badminton, and etc. Inside the city wall is a preserved ancient old town... 

 51 Reviews  The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, an enormous building comprising 7 floors and surrounded by beautiful gardens was originally built in AD652 during the reign of Emperor Gaozong (During Tang Dynasty 628-683). It's main function was to collect Buddhist materials taken from India by Xuanzang and to translate... 

 58 Reviews  Xi'an Drum Tower is another iconic tower located west of Xi'an Bell Tower. The north entrance is facing the ancient Muslim Quarter of Beiyuan Men Street. It was built in 1380 by Emperor Hongwu of Ming Dynasty. Traditionally, Drum tower was used as timer for the city. The Drum Tower is also... 

 15 Reviews  " Huaqing Palace Heritage Site has been a popular attraction for visitors at home and abroad as the witness of the legendary love between the Tang Emperor Xuanzong and his favorite concubine Lady Yang in the 8th century and a modern event in 1936 known as Xi'an Incident. Located 20 km to the east of... 

 5 Reviews  Of all numerous snacks of Xi'an, my favourite is steamed soup stuffed bun. It's soooo delicious, and, it's so cheap. The waiters are skilled. They can carry heaps of steamed buns which are piled like a hill, from table to table and come to your face. They are busy, so the excellent service is just a... 

 15 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 the way to North Railway Station (Beikezhan). This is a clean and modern metro system. In fact,... 

 2 Reviews  I've been sick in China once and went to a Chinese medicine shop. They doctor told me to open my mouth and asked the nurse what it looked like- he was pretty much blind. Then he prescribed some herbs to mix and make Chinese Medicinal Tea with. It tasted like arse but did the trick. 

 5 Reviews  You'll be told and see signs at the hostels that there are no taxis between 3 to 4pm as this is the changeover for drivers - their dinner breaks. So if you need to catch a train, flight etc you need to go super early apparently. Well we found a taxi at 3.30pm and although it was a little difficult... 

 2 Reviews  The big, solid volume of the walls make the long and wide moat that surrounds them look like a "insignificant" detail, but we are forced to admit that its perfect conception was an effective defense, and it helps today to enhance the views of the walls and the sensation of power that they emanate. 

 4 Reviews  I really enjoyed Huaqingqiao most. My timing was especially appropriate since it was the day they buried Zhang Xueliang in Hawaii, the general who kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek. You oculd see the bullets littering the walls and the signpost that said 'Jiang was captured here' up the hill.