4-Day Xi’an Highlights Tour with Mount Huashan Hiking

Attractions: No

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

Welcome to Xi'an, our guide and driver will greet you on arrival with a sign with your name on it, they will escort you to your booked hotel, where your guide will help you check in and the rest of the day is yours to explore the city on your own.

Attractions: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Ancient City Wall, Muslim Quarter, Great Mosque

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

A full day of sightseeing begins with the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. The countless numbers of terracotta figurines and horses have been painstakingly painted. Generally speaking, all of the terracotta warriors have the unique majesty and calmness of the Qin people in their faces, with distinctive personalities and strong characteristics of the times. The terracotta sculptures are painted and sculpted in a combination of ways, although the age is far away, but in the freshly excavated can still be vaguely seen on the face of the characters and clothes painted in the colours.

After lunch, return to Xian to take a wonderful stroll on the Ancient City Wall, the largest and best-preserved ancient city wall in China, is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Located in the downtown area of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, the Xi'an City Wall is 12 metres high, 12-14 metres wide at the top and 15-18 metres wide at the bottom, with a closed rectangular outline and a circumference of 13.74 kilometres. 

Leave the City Wall, then go to wander leisurely around bustling and lively Muslim Quarter, known as one of the representatives of Xi'an style, is the collective name of many streets in the Hui Min neighbourhood, which consists of several streets such as Bei Guang Ji Street, Bei Yuan Men, Xiyang Shi, Dapi Yuan, Hue Jue Lane, Shuo Jin Qiao and so on.

Don't miss the Great Mosque. There was a scripture university set here. Many scripure talents have come from here since the Qing dynasty. It is the scripture education "Shaanxi school" of the centre. And now it is the national key cultural relics protection unit.

After the Great Mosque visit, you will be escorted back to your hotel, you can spend more time  here if you like, or you can explore the nearby spot such as Bell & Drum Towers on your own, just let your guide know. If you have some questions about this trip, feel free to ask your guide for help.

Attractions: Cable Car - North Peak - Canglongling - East Peak - Plank Walk - South Peak - West Peak - Cable Car

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

After breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel. Then you will be escorted to Mount Hua (Huashan) by car, which will take you two hours on the way.

After arrival, take a park bus from the tourist center to the foot of the North Peak of Mount Hua (about 20mins). There is a platform at the top of the peak, Yiyun Pavilion was originally built here. Now there are ruins. It is a good place to look south at the three peaks of Huashan. You will take cable car up to the North Peak directly (about 10mins). And only the fourth side of North Peak is the entrance path to other peaks which is named “Ear Rubbing Cliff”, because This side of the North Peak is so steep that tourists have to climb further up only by pressing the ear close the cliff. Then you will hike about 2 hours to get to the East Peak. On route, you will visit the Heavenly Ladders, Riyue Cliff, Canglong Ling, Golden Lock Pass. Spend some time to view the breathtaking landscape on the East Peak. Continue hiking about 1hour to the South Peak.You will first reach the Nantian Gate and then the famous Sky Trail, which is considered to be the most dangerous road in the world. You can choose for yourself if you want to take this dangerous path. It is a boardwalk over 100 metres long and 0.3 metres wide, built along the surface of a vertical cliff, which usually takes 30 to 45 minutes and more than normal courage to walk. From the Sky Trail, you can walk for about 20 minutes to reach the South Peak, the highest peak of Mount Hua. From the South Peak, you can see the other four lower peaks. Then comes the last part of the hike, which will take you about 40 minutes to reach the West Peak. Due to its unique shape, West Peak is also known as Lotus Peak. This peak is formed by a huge rock. Therefore, it is very steep.

Finally, walk about 20 minutes from the West Peak to the West Peak Cableway Station and take the cable car down the mountain. Suspended over 900 metres above the valley, the West Peak cable car offers a magnificent view of the peaks and valleys of Huashan, a highlight you can't afford to miss.

Attractions: Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Shaanxi History Museum

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

After a little bit rest and fresh up, head to Da Cien Temple, located in Jinchangfang, Chang'an City, Tang Dynasty (present-day Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, south of the city), is one of the "Eight Sects of Buddhism" in China, with a history of more than 1,350 years.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the earliest and largest surviving four-sided pavilion-style brick pagoda of the Tang Dynasty. It is typical evidence of Indian Buddhist temple buildings such as pagoda blend into Central Plains and Huaxia culture. It is the integration of the ancient Chinese working people's wisdom of the crystallisation of the landmark building.

Following is an educational visiting to Shaanxi History Museum. The appearance of the building of the Shaanxi History Museum deliberately highlights the elegance of the Tang Dynasty. Chang'an has been the capital of emperors and kings since ancient times, and has been the capital of thirteen feudal dynasties such as the Zhou, the Qin, the Han, the Sui, and the Tang Dynasties, etc, which has a wealth of cultural relics above and below the ground, forming a unique historical and cultural landscape in Shaanxi.

The rest of the day is free for you until be escorted to catch the flight/train to leave Xian. Tour ends.