15 Museum Tours in Xi'an to Build a Day Around

1.Half-Day Mini Group Xian Tour to Terracotta Warriors Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 467 reviews · from $49Our pick

See Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors on a six-hour small-group tour with hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, museum entry, and lunch.

“Rita was a fantastic guide. Always aware of our interests and provided great historical info for our day. We loved how she shared the highlights and what to look for away from the entrances and then let us find these things ourselves. Perfect! Thus was a highlight of our China trip!”

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2.Private Xi’an Tour: Terracotta Warriors, Hanyangling Museum, Cave Homes

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 101 reviews · from $175

Explore Xi'an's Terracotta Warriors, Hanyangling Museum, and traditional cave homes with a private guide, local lunch, and hotel transport.

“Excellent trip...guide was perfect, driver safe and courteous great value for money they went over and above helping us to fully enjoy our China experience”

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3.Terracotta Army Museum Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 85 reviews · 7 - 9 hours · from $20Best value

Review of Xi’an’s $20 Terracotta Army group tour, with hotel pickup, English guide, ticket reservation, local lunch, and practical tips.

“Booked only tickets. Descriptions of options are understandable even taking into account computer translation. The booking process is simple, the Zepter Bank card (Minsk) was accepted the first time. I liked the English-language support of managers after the completion of the booking (by WhatsApp). The passage process is very simple - the employee scans your passport. It is best to book only a ticket if you want an English-language audio guide, you can take on the spot, 30 yuan rental, 100 deposit. There are a lot of people, the guides of the group are rushing, and you yourself can carefully examine everything, return if you want, wait until the best…”

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4.Terracotta Warriors Museum Ticket with Professional English-speaking tour guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 53 reviews · from $45

Review of Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors tour, with skip-line entry, English guide, pits 1 to 3, bronze chariots, value, and practical tips.

“A very interesting tour with a very informative and sympatic guide, Chelsea, who spole very good english. The diggs were impressive, huge and massive. Value for money.”

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5.Customized Day Tour to Terracotta Army and Horses Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · from $108

Review of Xi’an’s private Terracotta Army tour, with early pickup, flexible afternoon sights, private transport, costs, and booking advice.

“Highly recommended private tour and Stephanie is awesome. She is local to Xi’an and has so much knowledge about the area and about the history. Stephanie was able to get us front row access to see the terracotta warriors. She customRead more”

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6.Morning Tour to Terracotta Warriors Museum with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 29 reviews · from $20

Review of Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors morning tour, with hotel pickup, guide, lunch, museum entry, crowd advice, and honest value notes.

“Chelsea was a good guide! The only bad thing is that I had booked for 9:30am and she was in my lobby 8:40am so I felt very hurried, and at the end of the tour back to de Muslim quarter we had no explanation about the place.”

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7.Xi’an Full Day Sightseeing Tour – Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Ancient City Wall

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · from $219

Review of Xi’an’s private full-day tour covering the Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, city wall, Great Mosque, lunch, and hotel transfers.

“The tour guide was knowledgeable and polite, and the stops were interesting. However, at the time we visited the Shaanxi History Museum was extremely crowded, and at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda we were taken to an "art gallery" where we felt that there was an expectation to buy something (although we were told that proceeds went to the temple). Furthermore, the included lunch was not very good.”

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8.Terracotta Army Museum Walking Tour with Entry Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 2 - 5 hours · from $26

Visit Xi’an’s Terracotta Army with entry tickets, an English-speaking guide, or private transport from your hotel, airport, or railway station.

“Our guide Henry was nice and friendly and very prepared. Entering the site without a guide is a bit of a problem if you want to know the story of the discovery because there are no descriptions. It’s interesting listening to the ancient history of the site and the description of every type of warriors. He was very kind and provided us with fresh water every now and then. In the middle of the summer with thousands of tourists, he was able to find the good spots to see. Good price, perfect experience. Very recommended”

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9.Shaanxi History Museum Qin-Han Branch English guide service

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $80

Explore Xi’an’s Qin-Han Museum with an English guide, ancient imperial exhibits, metro help, admission, and a small group of up to 10.

“Jackie took me out for what turned to be almost a whole day. Expertly navigating the metro system to get to and from the museum. His knowledge is extensive and made for a very interesting day”

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10.Group Tour to the Terra-cotta Warriors Museum & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $65

Review of Xian’s 8-hour Terra-cotta Warriors group tour, with museum visit, factory stop, lunch, guide tips, price, and practical drawbacks.

“Tour organizzato molto bene, reso fantastico dalla nostra guida Cherry! Si è rivelata una guida simpatica, disponibile, amichevole ma sopratutto preparatissima sulla storia di xi’an e della Cina, e parlante un perfetto inglese, Ci siamo divertiti moltissimo, abbiamo mangiato benissimo. Grazie Cherry per aver reso questo tour indimenticabile”

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11.All Inclusive Day Tour to Mt. Huashan & Terra Cotta Army Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $317

See Huashan Mountain and the Terra Cotta Army in one long private day from Xi’an, with cable cars, transport, tickets, and an English guide.

“I had a great tour thanks to Jackie my tour guide. He was so knowledgeable and showed Me the best of Xian and even hiked Mt. Huashan with me. At the end he recommended a local restaurant and even helped me order in Chinese! He was definitely the best tour guide in my trip to China! This tour is a must if you visit Xian!”

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12.Private Day Tour:Xi’an Panda（QI ZAI） and Terracotta Warriors Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $254

See Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors and rare brown panda Qizai on a private day tour with lunch, guide, transport, and admission included.

“This experience was GREAT from the booking communication got an email, WhatsApp, and even hotel call of the accommodations and we booked one day before lol. The day of BruceX and his driver where there early and we got starRead more”

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13.Private Tour: Terracotta Army Museum and Xi’an City Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · from $104

Review of Xi'an’s private Terracotta Army and city highlights tour, with guide, transport, timing, costs, stops, and booking advice.

“We were really looking forward to seeing the Terracotta Warriors and this private tour didn't disappoint. Thankfully it wasn't full of other tourists so we had an awesome time. Loved the Xi'an City highlights as well and plenty of history was discovered.”

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14.Half-Day Tour: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $205

Review of Xi’an’s private half-day Terracotta Warriors tour, with hotel pickup, English guide, museum admission, and practical value advice.

“Very happy with the experience. Everything was on point and our guide Jerry made sure everything was perfect”

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15.Half-Day Terracotta Warriors & Horses Museum Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 7 reviews · 5 hours · from $184

Review the private Xi'an Terracotta Warriors tour, with hotel pickup, English guide, flexible timing, museum insights, and practical booking advice.

“La guida era in anticipo sul luogo di incontro, ci ha contattati il giorno prima per conferma, è stata di un aiuto eccezionale, anche per difficoltà extra tour, ci ha permesso di trovare i modi migliori per godere del tour, veramente perfetti”

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