My husband and two teenage girls did the mini group tour of the Terracotta Warriors with six other people. Our guide was Carol; she was a brilliant guide: informative, funny and helpful at all times. When we all wanted to have lunch, she recommended a nice place serving traditional Shaanxi cuisine outside of the museum grounds. After the Terracotta Warriors, our tour became one-on-one just for our family. Even though the weather was rainy and a bit cold, Carol made the walking tour of the Big Goose Pagoda and City Walls enjoyable with her explanation about the sites as well as about modern life in China. She helped my husband and daughters rent bikes to roam the Walls. Since our hotel was walking distance from the Muslim Bazaar, we decided to end there, instead of at the Bazaar. Driver Yang is a very skilful driver and can navigate through chaotic traffic with ease. I also want to acknowledge the punctuality and speed of responses by Echo, my online booking agent at Travel China Guide. Of all of the agencies that I have used on this trip in China, Travel China Guide was by far the most prompt and attentive to my questions leading up to the tour. I would recommend using this agency while in Xi’an!

Public Bus Route 306 (Line 5) for tourists: As of March 2025 the 306 does NOT go from Xi'an central railway station, but from Fangzhicheng metro station. At the metro station take exit A and upon reaching the outside main road, the 306 bus stop is located 100 metres to your right. The 306 buses are double-decker designs and it cost 5 Yuan each way. You do not need to wake up early and get there for 08:30 as various blogs state. 08:30 low season is the busiest time (though still not super busy). At 08:30 I arrived and the ticket counter had only 3 people queuing for physical tickets. The price is 120 Yuan and cards were accepted. Most tourists are Chinese tour groups and so all their tickets are pre-bought. At 08:30 there were approximately 2,000 people, though nobody was arriving when I left after 2 hours at 10:30, which would seem to be the perfect time to visit, or thereafter. 2 hours exactly was sufficient for all 3 pits and the "museum". The complex itself is very disappointing. The warriors are nevertheless worth seeing of course due to the uniqueness and consequent marvel they exhibit, but the actual site is beyond poor.The museum is 1/10. A joke. And the entire compound is dilapidated and abandoned in parts (even though they must be making hundreds of millions of dollars per year from ticket sales alone).

Lily was excellent! 🙂 Lily was very knowledgeable of Xian’s attractions, communicated that knowledge very well and provided an excellent tour of this amazing city. I highly recommend Lily as a guide when visiting Xian 🙂

We booked tickets with Travel China Guide. Our tour guide was Celine who picked us up at our hotel and gave us a knowledgeable and insightful detail of all the locations visited. It was a pleasure to be in her company for the day. You will not be disappointed with this tour. Thank you Celine for a wonderful day.

Our experience with this tour was great! Our guide Rita was amazing, súper helpful and made the tour fun. She went above and beyond! Our driver was also excellent, he was sweet and attentive and the car was always clean. Would recommend!

Very easy to book and purchase ticket. I’ve used this site for purchasing train tickets previously and I have found customer service to be very good. There’s a lot of helpful and useful information on the site. I highly recommend this site as the go to guide when travelling in China. Well done!

I went on the day tour of Xi’an with my dad. Roger was our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and attentive. He deliver the information in both English and Chinese so my dad could understand.

I recently went on a tour of the famed terracotta army near Xian. Tracy, my tour guide and local to Xi'An was a phenomenal treat to help explain and educate my group about many different aspects of Chinese history and culture. She was one of the best guides I've ever had and thankful she was with us. Tracy gave clear and very detailed explanations in perfect English. It was easy to understand her and she was able to explain many different questions we had. She was the definition of why you hire a tour guide: Great information, easy to understand, and a lovely guide to flow you through history and the sites around an unfamiliar place. Thanks Tracy, this was an experience I'll remember for a long time.

No shopping, no waiting for others in a big tour group and guide can pay personal attention to each member. That's the advantages of this small group tour. Thanks to Tracy, a very professional and knowledgeable guide. Thanks to Mr Chang for driving safe all the time. Well done!

I joined this fantastic day trip as a solo traveller, making it very easy to see some of the top attractions in Xi'An! Tracy was able to give us a lot of insightful commentary as we toured the terracotta warriors (pits 1 2 3 and museum, even getting to meet one of the discovers of the buried warriors!), pagoda, and city wall. Sufficient time (dynamic based on the group input) was given, focusing on the history and story of each location. We also stopped for lunch to enjoy some local food after the warriors which was a good opportunity to be introduced to the popular dishes of Xi'An. The bus travel was very comfortable and efficient, especially since hotel pick up (and drop off if necessary, or to the Muslim quarter) is all included in the service. I would highly recommend this trip to someone looking to hit some key places quickly on a trip to the city!

With only one full day in Xi’an booked this tour to see the key sites and reason for coming here. Great size group with only 9 people. Lily our tour guide was brilliant very knowledgeable, polite and whole day was easy going. Made to feel very welcome as solo traveller.

The tour was smooth and pleasant thanks to good arrangements by Lily. We also really appreciate the restaurant recommendation for lunch.

Lily was brilliant, the tour was informative and a great day out. Highly recommend if you’re in Xi’an! 10/10 would book again.

We enjoyed this tour as it was a great opportunity to see the most important sights in Xi’an in one day. Our guide Celine was very knowledgeable and friendly. She also speaks good English. Would highly recommend.

Wow! The Terracotta Warriors are a must see! I had the pleasure of spending the day with Celine. She was an extremely uplifting and well-informed tour guide - her commentary on the history of the sites made the tour so much more interesting! Her communication before and after the tour was great. I would definitely recommend taking the tour with her.