1 Day History Museum, Forest ofStone Steles, City Wall andBell Tower Tour with Lunch
Tour Fare: (per person)
From $97 (Per Person) (Minimum 2 people)
Tour Highlights: • Shaanxi Provincial History Museum • Stele Forest • City Wall • Bell Tower
  
Tour Duration
7 Hours
Departures
Daily (except Mondays)
Meals
One (1) lunch
Guide
English-speaking guide service
Admissions
Entrance fees to scenic spots or show tickets as listed in the itinerary
Pick-up
Available at your hotel
Drop-off
Available at your hotel
Tour Excludes: • Hotel accommodation. • Flight/train ticket. • Additional meal and drink. • Personal expenses such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities, etc. • Gratuities to the local guide, driver, hotel bellboy. • Services not mentioned in the itinerary. • Traveler insurance.
Shaanxi Provincial History Museum The Shaanxi History Museum is an elegant building complex that attracts many visitors. It is located half a mile northwest of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The complex assumes the architectural features of ancient Chinese palaces and courtyards. It houses 113,000 historical and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi. To meet the need of high-level cultural exchanges, the museum has built a computer-controlled international symposium hall where simultaneous interpretation can be conducted in six different languages.
Stele Forest Xi'an Stele Forest is the largest and earliest stele forest in China, reputed as the place collecting the best cultural relics of stele inscriptions of the country. The history of the stele forest may be traced back to the end of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Five Dynasties Period (907-960). The present stele forest has a collection of more than 2,300 steles from the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD) to the Qing Dynasty. There are seven big exhibition rooms, seven verandas and one stele pavilion, displaying more than 1,000 stele works.
Lunch at a local restaurant
City Wall The Xi'an City Wall is not only the most complete city wall that has survived in China, but it's also one of the largest and most complete ancient military systems of defense in the world. The city walls here were actually built on the fortifications of the Tang Forbidden City. The military defense facilities here including the city wall, city moat, drawbridges, watchtowers, corner towers, parapet walls and gate towers once made up a complete city defense system. Many sections have since been destroyed and the city walls are incomplete.
Bell Tower The Bell Tower is a stately traditional building that marks the geographical center of the ancient capital. From this important landmark extend East, South, West and North Streets, connecting the Tower to the East, South, West and North Gates of the City Wall of the Ming Dynasty. The wooden tower, which is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in China, is 36 meters (118 feet) high. It stands on a brick base 35.5 meters (116.4 feet) long and 8.6 meters (28.2 feet) high on each side.