China · MUSEUMS
Every trip has one free day too few. These 15 museum visits justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Tour Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City with reserved entry, English or Spanish guides, and optional Royal Treasures Museum access.
“The meeting point could be closer to the entrance, because it's a lot of walking inside the palace anyway.”
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!”
Review Jingshan Park in Beijing for Forbidden City views, imperial pavilions, gardens, timing tips, ticket value, and evening crowds.
“Beautiful park. We went very early - before 7am. Very peaceful and cool in the park. Got really good instructions from our guide for entering the park and a pdf guide on places to visit in the park.”
See Chengdu’s giant pandas, Kuanzhai Alley, and 3,000-year-old Shu treasures on a private day tour with guide and car.
“The trip to Chengdu was very memorable. This was the first time we see live pandas which were very adorable. We noticed that each panda had their own ideosynchracies. Some were active and playful while the oher just prederred to laRead more”
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”
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…”
Explore Beijing’s National Museum with an English-speaking guide, from jade dragons and bronze vessels to Buddhist art, with hotel pickup.
“This was a very good tour. Cathy was a knowledgeable and friendly guide, and showed off the highlights of the museum’s Permanent Exhibition on Chinese prehistory and history. We also visited the collection of Chinese jade afterwards, and again Cathy added useful context.”
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.”
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”
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.”
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.”
Review of Beijing’s Forbidden City and Badaling tour, with Treasure Gallery, Jingshan Hill, Peking duck, and a quieter Great Wall visit.
“The tour was announced as taking place when at least two passengers registered. It turned out that we were the only ones who had booked that tour that day. I was concerned that this could reduce the quality of the service, but I was misRead more”
See Beijing’s Lama Temple, 54-foot sandalwood Buddha, Confucius Temple, Imperial College, and historic hutongs with a private guide.
“Very interesting activity. Ranee is very knowledgeable and made out visit very pleasant.”
Review of Beijing’s National Museum and Tiananmen Square reservation service, with practical advice on timing, security, value, and entry rules.
“messaged to see if the tickets had been booked, no reply, night before booking got an email that it had been cancelled. Hopefully can get it refunded as it was the company that cancelled not us”
Explore Beijing’s Lama Temple, Confucius Temple, and Guozijian with a private guide, a dance performance, and dim sum for $97.20.
“We were not informed that the hotel pick up was one way only and in fact, we were made to travel to the temple via train as the tour guide told us that’s the way to avoid the jam. The guide could have given us more information on the places of interest.”
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