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Private Half-Day Tour to the Terracotta Army in Xi'an
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Private Half-Day Tour to the Terracotta Army in Xi'an

By Terracotta Warriors Tour
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Have only a limited stay planned in Xi’an? Make the most of your time in the city—and discover one of its greatest treasures—when you book this half-day, private visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Pick a departure time that works best for you, and meet your driver directly at your hotel. Upon arrival at the museum, meet your guide and discover the highlights and history of the UNESCO-listed, millennia-old wonders.
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Ages 0-80
Duration: 5h
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Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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Highlights
  • This private tour offers a seamless and flexible way to explore
  • Round-trip transit from your local hotel courtesy of a private driver
  • Get up close and personal with a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Learn all about Xi’an’s magnificent, ancient Terracotta Warriors

  • if option selected
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (centrally located Xian hotels) if option selected
  • Licensed professional English Speaking tour guide if option selected
  • Licensed private driver and air conditoned vehicle if option selected
  • Entry/Admission - The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Meals
  • Transfer if you choose option Ticket+Guide (no transfer)


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
    Pickup details
    • We pick up from any downtown Xian hotel or the airport if options are chosen.
    Hotel pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
      End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

        • Wheelchair accessible
        • Stroller accessible
        • Infant seats available
        If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 40831P19

        • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
        • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
        • Children must be accompanied by an adult
        • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

        • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

        If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 40831P19

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        • Terracotta Warriors Tour
          1,093
          Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
          Joined in January 2013
        • aviationc48
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Best experience ever in Xi'an China!!!
          The best experience ever in China! This is definitely a must visit place and contains so much rich history on China's past. The guides provided great information on how the place formed and its background information. I can understand Chinese, so it is very fortunate for me as the guides do not speak English. If you cannot understand Chinese, download an app to help you or choose another tour.
          Written October 1, 2024
        • erdala910
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great Terra Cotta and Xi'an experience
          My wife and I opted for a private tour, as it is better suited to our ages. Our tour guide Linda was great. She was very patient when we were a little late starting out. She explained everything very well, navigated us expertly in crowded areas and showed us the best highlights of the Terra Cotta army. We saw all three pits with excellent explanations. She also patiently answered all our questions. We then had a very tasty and filling lunch along the way back to town. In town we first went to the Wild Goose Pagoda, then to the city wall entrance and up the wall to the Arrow Tower. We walked in the Pagoda area and on the city wall, with Linda explaining details and history. We were then driven to the theater for an elaborate dinner complete with rice wine, and a colorful beautiful show with music and dancing. Our driver was also great and made sure we were comfortable and embarked and disembarked at the most suitable locations. He also did not mind stopping at an ATM for us to replenish our dwindling Yuan supply. We enjoyed the tour immensely, thanks to both of them and the planners of the tour.
          Written September 25, 2024
        • gilbertsN5336PW
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great tour guide
          Steven was great. Very knowledgeable and upbeat. He was very helpful in seeing a number of sites beyond the watriors and was lots of fun!! He really was great!!
          Written September 25, 2024
        • vishalt703
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Simply awesome
          The tour was beyond our expectations from the Terracotta Soldiers, Muslim corner, the mosque to the City Wall, it was simply awesome and plenty of knowledge about the Chinese history. It would not have been as informative and thorough as well as an adventure back in the past with our guide Tina. Tina has an amazing bank of knowledge and delivers with such enthusiasm and pride ensuring every detail is mentioned. Her english is well spoken and accurate, which was very important for us. We had lunch together and explored the Muslim corner, the mosque learning as we go, expanding our knowledge on the dynasties, the silk road and the wide rich culture of China. We ended the tour at the City Wall which was the last exciting phase of our day.
          Written September 25, 2024
        • rodrigoo300
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Highly recommended
          Linda is a ver nice guide, with a lot of knowledge and very accesible in any request you may have! Highly recommendable. Driver was nice, and the car was in perfect condition.
          Written September 22, 2024
        • GrandTour10381233365
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Private tour for 2
          Our tour guide was Linda. She was super knowledgeable and provided us with a wealth of information in a very clear manner.
          Written September 19, 2024
        • Katya015
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Excellent private tour
          We just finished a great tour to the Terracotta Army and the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. Our guide Linda was excellent; very fluent in English, knowledgeable and kind. She gave us so much information which we would not have had if visiting alone. We had a great time visiting this magnificent archeological find, followed by a delicious lunch in a traditional restaurant, and finally seeing the beautiful Pagoda complex. Our taxi was comfortable and pick-up and drop-off at our hotel made the day easier, especially due to the heat. Of course, customising the tour to see what we wanted is a great bonus of a private tour. Highly recommended. Xièxiè!
          Written September 19, 2024
        • ashleyfT9604UY
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great way to see Warriors & Xi'an
          This tour was a great way to see the Terracotta Warriors and Xi'an. Everything I saw was beautiful! My tour guide Linda was so lovely and very informative. Few hours at the Terracotta Warriors and then 2 other stops of your choice. Would definitely recommend this tour!
          Written September 3, 2024
        • FazilahA16
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Very Mindful, Very Considerate. very Demure Tour Guide in Xi An
          We had our private tour on 31/8/24. Cindy , our guide was warmth, cari g and knowledgeable. She was very efficient and capable in handling emergency as proven when our Terracota ticket booked via Klook was not accepted at the entrance. Her sharing on the history of Xi An as well as the pre Qin Dynasty and Qin Shi Huang Ti was lime the documentary I watched in Netflix. She was patient in answering questions from my 2 daughters. She suggested Making the Warrior activity, Tuo Ling Legend show and the Bell Tower. Her suggestions were fantastic. If you ever come to Xi An , do engage Cindy. . yes Cindy . We must save up and visit your hometown Xinjiang , its one of our bucket-list! Thank you for working extra hours for us too.. all the best!
          Written September 1, 2024
        • Venture44504231452
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Terracota Warriors, Terracota Army
          Tina is a fantastic person. She organized our trip perfectly. New comfortable car with air condition and super driver. They picked up as from the hotel. Tina has a wide knowledge about history of Terracota Warriors. Thank you. We sincerely recommend Tina ❤️
          Written August 23, 2024
        • 472laylal
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Excellent tour guide for day trip to Warriors
          Tina was a wonderful tour guide, very knowledgeable and super helpful in guiding us around a very busy area, I would definitely recommend the private tour guide experience as it’s very crowded and, I imagine, quite difficult to hear and to ask questions in larger groups.
          Written August 23, 2024
        • rrodriguezpascual
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Perfect tour!!
          Tina was very nice with us and gave us a lot of useful information about the warriors and the city wall (we visited the big wild goose Pagoda and the city wall. Everything precious). The organization was perfect and the driver very efficient too!!
          Written August 15, 2024
        • isabellar457
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          A day with Terra cotta warriors
          We visited de terra cotta warriors , very amazing experience .. we wanna thank to Tina, very clear , always smiley and supported us in a very right way during this amazing experience
          Written August 13, 2024
        • Compass08800619849
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Travel to Xi an Terracotta warriors
          I would recommend Dragon Trip Intl travel service. Olivia arranged I all smoothly for my visit to Terracotta Warriors site. I had an excellent English speaking guide called Linda whom I would recommend to ask for. This was a private tour and transport in a comfortable car was good. Great tour as Linda had very good historical knowledge on the tour site. Excellent tour well done.
          Written August 12, 2024
        • 17600robin
          0 contributions
          4.0 of 5 bubbles
          Terracotta warrior museum
          Quite nice, a day spent at the terracotta warrior museum with lunch. Our tour guide Cherry gave a lot of information. In June it was quite hot.
          Written August 4, 2024
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        Alison P
        2 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Jun 2024 • Family
        We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Steven. He is very knowledgeable about Chinese history and was able to answer all of our queries. He told us many interesting stories as he skilfully navigated us around the crowds of the Terracotta Warriors. I would highly recommend Steven as a tour guide!
        Written June 28, 2024
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        bottleobrien
        ireland5 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Aug 2024 • Friends
        We did a day trip by bullet train from Beijing so the schedule was going to be tight to get everything done.
        We met our guide Mr Fish Li at the station and immediately made our way to the museum.
        Traffic and crowds was awfully bad going in and we had to decide to get out of car and walk to avoid wasting time.
        Inside it was like 1/2 the Chinese population decided to descend on the Warriors the same day we went!
        The queues and crowds were unbelievable.
        Even with these challenges, Mr Li was superb and made every effort to get us through the crowds and into all the pits.
        He managed our expectations on what we could possibly see and get around to but somehow he got us around and covered all detail from start to finish.
        Mr Li is an exceptional guide, great sense of humor, fountain of knowledge and more importantly really did everything he could to ensure we got everything. He even took us into the station and directly to our platform.
        Thank you so much for ensuring our trip was worth while and meeting our expectations in every way.
        I’d highly recommend getting Mr Fish Li as a guide.
        Written August 7, 2024
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        RunnerHouston
        Houston56 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        May 2024 • Family
        We were so lucky to have Cindy as our guide. She was so knowledgeable about he Terracotta Warriors and told us many interesting stories that made them come to life. Cindy’s English is A+. Also, she was very flexible as we booked the wrong date. She came a day early to accommodate our schedule. Very nice!
        Written May 23, 2024
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        Marco G
        1 contribution
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great tour organized very well. A driver picked us up at our hotel along with our guide Linda. Linda was amazing. He explained the history of the terracotta army and answered all our questions and curiosities. He also helped us to buy tickets for a show in the afternoon, at the end of the tour they drove us back to the hotel. Assolutamente consigliato!
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        Written July 7, 2024
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        Libby B
        5 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sep 2024 • Couples
        Highly recommend this tour, and can’t say enough great things about Rosa, our tour guide! We landed in Xi’an in the morning, and were able to customize our pick-up time at our hotel to fit the only afternoon we had open on our tight schedule. Rosa’s English was perfect and she did a wonderful job explaining the rich history of the city, the dynasties of the past, and the Terra Cotta warriors. Rosa’s storytelling really helped us to appreciate everything that we saw, and we were able to capture some incredible photos to keep the great memories for a lifetime.
        Written September 28, 2024
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        Ruben V
        Amsterdam, The Netherlands87 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        The guide gives a good update of the history of China. She was very intuïtive. And we laughed a lot with her. Tina you are the best. Zhouhan the driver was very good aswell. The car was very luxuruous.

        What we loved as well was that Tina gives us exact the right amount of information. And she asked also a lot. We loved it very much.
        Written September 26, 2024
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        juliankerby
        Ingatestone, UK61 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Rosa from Catherine Lu Tours was a fantastic guide. We found her through GetMyGuide and she was very knowledgeable about her city Xi’an and the whole history around the Terracotta Army. A wonderful experience and we saw a fully immersive experience show after all about the Silk Road.
        Written June 1, 2024
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        bobby
        Sudbury, UK45 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sep 2024 • Couples
        Our tour guide Kai was fantastic and had great knowledge on the warriors and every question we had regarding China and other facts.
        The driver was efficient and on time and even stopped at a supermarket for us on route back to the hotel.
        I really recommend this trip for anyone visiting, it’s definitely worth the money and experience.
        Written September 19, 2024
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        Journey37835411747
        3 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Aug 2024 • Couples
        This was a great experience. Our guide Cindy and the car driver picked us up at our hotel and we drove to the Terracota warriors location. She explained to us, in perfect English, about the first Emperor and his mausoleum as well as the army itself. She gave us all the info we needed about Xi'an and the geography around it. At the army site she showed us all the point of interest, told us the stories behind each figure and how they were found. Additionally she walked us through the background of their restoration and helped us take great photos to commemorate the event. Afterwards she arranged for us to create our own mini Terracota warriors which was so fun! Finally we drove back to our hotel in Xi'an where we concluded our day.
        Written September 6, 2024
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        Don Rico S
        Beijing, China53 contributions
        2.0 of 5 bubbles
        The terracotta warriors are okay for a photo op and that's about it. We went in June. The heat was incredible and the massive halls where they are kept are so hot and crowded. I took 6 quick photos and left.spending hours in transport and walking in the heat was not worth it. NEVER choose summer to go and remember that it will always be crowded.
        Written June 23, 2024
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        Dear Mr./Ms. Donricos, We are sorry that you had poor experience. We did not find your booking with us. Would you please provide your booking reference number with us? If you did visit the Terracotta Warriors independently or with another tour operator, would you please move your review to the correct listing? Best regards, Mason
        Written June 27, 2024
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