3N5D Xian Food Tour

Meal: No Meal

Upon arrival in Xian, Our driver and guide will greet you at Xian airport by holding a welcome board with your name. Then the driver and guide will transfer you to hotel in downtown Xian. The rest day is free for you.
Everyone on the tour will be given a local seasonal fruit or dry fruit bag as a welcome gift. (It can be Kiwi Fruit, pomegranate, persimmon, date, Walnuts)

Accommodation: Xian

Attractions: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Xian City Wall, Yongxingfang Gourmet Street

Meal: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Your day begins with a local styled breakfast led by your local guide. You will be led to a local restaurant or street venders to try some freshly made local Breakfast.
After breakfast, our guide will pick you up from hotel and drive to visit Terracotta Figures Factory (three-color Ceramic Factory) where you will meet lots of typical Chinese styled furniture and see reproduction of Terracotta Figures. Next continue to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Famed of the eighth miracle of the world, the marvelous excavations in different underground 3 vaults show a surprisingly high level craftsmanship in 2000 years ago. After A La Carte lunch in a local restaurant with decent environment, head to visit Xian City Wall. It is the most complete preserved and the largest city wall in China. It was built for the military defense in the ancient time. You can take an optional activity by riding a bike around the city wall. The last stop is the Yongxingfang Gourmet Street. The whole street was built in ancient Ming and Qing Dynasty style. Many family-handmade foods which have been lost in big cities can be found here. They cook right in front of you, so you get to see how each food you try was made. Of course, each family has its own secret source or spices you won’t get to know how they make it.

Accommodation: Xian

Terracotta Warriors and Horses

Attractions: The Bell and Drum Tower Square, Great Mosque, Muslim Quarter, Shuyuanmen Cultural Street, Eight Immortals Temple(Taoism Temple)

Meal: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Your day begins with a local styled breakfast led by your local guide. You will be led to a local restaurant or street venders to try some freshly made local Breakfast. After Breakfast, you will head to see the the Bell and Drum Tower Square, has a history of around 600 years history, these 2 buildings used for telling time in ancient times. They are the model of traditional architectures and serves as landmarks in Xian nowadays. Next, go to visit the Great Mosque, which is a major spot for religious activities of over 60.000 Moslems in Xi’an. The Mosque here in Xi’an possesses much Chinese traditional touch in both its design and artistic outlook; besides the style peculiar to Islamic mosques, this Mosque also holds characteristics of Chinese pavilions with painted beams and engraved ridgepoles. You have a free walk to the Muslim Quarter and taste muslin food if you like. After one day’s wonderful trip, you’ll be transferred back to your hotel in Xian. In the afternoon, Stranglinga along the Shuyuanmen Cultural Street to enjoy some leaisurely free time. After that you will visit Eight Immortals Temple, a famous local Taoist temple.
Your Lunch will be on the Muslim Street, another gourmet street which is full of Muslim Styled food. Shredded Packaged in Lamb Broth, Beef Pancake, Persimmon Cake, roast lamb and beef, sweet rice with red bean filling, etc. Your local guide will be responsible to telling you which restaurants sell the best kind to fit your stomach well.

Accommodation: Xian

Great Mosque

Attractions: Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Qujiang Heritage Park, Great Tang All Day Mall

Meal: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

The third day morning will be left for yourself to explore some local breakfast yourself with the skills or Chinese you had learned from locals and your guide.
After breakfast, visit Shaanxi History Museum which is one the biggest museums in China housing the cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province and shows the development of the Chinese civilization.  Afterwards, leisure walk at the Qujiang Heritage Park, a park with ancient styled building, statues from legendary stories, lakes and plantations.

Your lunch will be a typical Xian styled lunch in a dedicated restaurant nearby the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. With red lantern and vast wine bottles as a decoration, it was loved by many locals. So the restaurantsneeds be precooked a week ago to guaranteeseats for you. You will be served with many stir fried dish with steamed rice as the main food. After lunch, we will go to visit the the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was originally built to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that Xuanzang brought back to China from India. Now surrounding Big Wild Goose Pagoda there builds a big Garden, where people can have a retreat at there. Connected with Big Wild goose pagoda, the Great Tang All Day Mall is a newly built area but in ancient styled with many elegant building the sculptures, Shopping Malls and nice restaurant. Again, you will be given a free time for some souvenir shopping and choose your own dinner. Believe that at this time you will know which local food captured your heart. Your local guide will tell you the best place to go. You can also choose to eat together with the guide and pay on your own.

Accommodation: Xian

Shaanxi History Museum

Meal: Breakfast

Enjoy your free time in the morning till our guide and driver meet you in hotel lobby and then escort you to airport for flight departing.