One Day Private Trip to Terracotta Army and Huaqing Palace

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8 hours (approximately)
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Offered in: English

This day trip will lead you to the east side of Xian and visit two important historical sites, which coincidentally adjacent to each other, Terracotta Army and Huaqing Palace. The local guide will accompany you to admired the most significant excavation in 90s and see the great formation of the Terracotta Army, from which you will know about Qin history and the first Emperor in Chinese history - Qin Shi Huang. In the afternoon, you will head for Huaqing Palace and be amazed by its Tang era pavilions, lotus pools and gardens while listening to the great love story of Lady Yang.

What's Included

Bottled water
Round-trip private transfer from city hotel
Professional art historian guide
Fuel surcharge
Experienced driver
1. Entrance fee for sites you will visit;
2. Tips for guide and driver;
3. Lunch.
Entrance ticket for Terra Cotta warriors 120 Entrance ticket for HuaQing Palace 120

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Please let us know your hotel name when you book this trip, any hotel pick up farther than we expected will cause compensation.

Itinerary

Duration: 8 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

    We will start at 7:30 a.m, which is a bit early morning so as to avoid crowds. About 1 hour later, we will arrive at Terra-cotta Army Museum. This museum is built right on the original site of Terra-cotta Army as a great protection. You will see the museum is composed of three pits, which contained different terracotta figures and weapons ranked according to their different roles in a battle. We will focus on Pit 1 and Pit 2 as these two contain the majority of discovered figures. It's said this site has in total 8000 soldiers but we can only see part of them right now. Some of them remain unexcavated. From this short tour, you will learn about the history, society and culture of Qin Dynasty.

    2 hours • Admission ticket not included
  • 2
    Huaqing Palace

    In the afternoon, you will head for last site of this day trip - Huaqing Palace. It was a palace for Emperor Longji of Tang Dynasty to get away from the stressful court and enjoy hot spring which this place is very famous for. The Emperor had a world-famous concubine named Yang Yuhuan, who usually took bath here. That's why you will see a couple of ancient bathtubs here. They had a great time in this palace and left a wonderful love story to later generations. Nowadays, you will still see the trees that they planted together and under which they made wishes to live together until death apart. Many lovers come here to make wishes as well. After the tour, you will be transferred back to city and take rest.

    2 hours • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • 1. Please let us know if you need to be picked up from other places outside hotel;
  • 2. Please let us know if you need to be dropped off to other places outside hotel;
  • 3. It's suggestive that you wear comfortable shoes;
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