My Xian travel itinerary preview in China
I’m still enjoying my vacation in Xian, the ancient capital of Chinese empires in early century and the Eastern end of the Silk Road (Actually I’ve already completed my Xian tour and left China by the time of publish). With a short detour of 3 days to Luoyang earlier, we had only 4 days to spend in Xian. Where and what could we explore in this beautiful city? This is my Xian travel itinerary preview.
The first and foremost tourist spot we went to, and the single attraction that makes a tour to Xian incomplete without visiting, is definitely the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Lintong district of east Xian. It is an hour away by bus from Xian city centre. The still-buried Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum is a stone throw distance away.
Besides the Terracotta Warriors, we visited Huaqing hot spring, located 30KM off Xian city centre below Mount Lishan, and 15 minutes drive from Terracotta Warrior museum in Lintong district. HuaQing hot spring is famous for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Other than these major toursit destinations away from the city centre, we explored also a few other attractions in and around the ancient city wall of Xian city centre, with the historic Bell Tower sitting in the middle of it. Here is the Bell Tower being lit up beautifully during night hours. It looks a lot more interesting at night than during day time. A short stroll from the Bell Tower is the Drum Tower which looks equally amazing at night with lighting as seen in my photo below.
Among other attractions in town, we went or going to go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the ancient Xian city wall, the Big Mosque, the Muslim quarters, the North Gate, the Defu Lane, and Shuyuanmen calligraphy street.
Off course, hunting for local foods is always part of our travel itinerary. Rou Jia Mo (肉夹馍 in Chinaese), is one of them. It is actually a local version of the traditional Muslim snack of Kebab. Bread sandwiched with either pork, beef, lamb or even vegetable, this is a must-try (or should we say unavoidable?) food for anyone visiting Xian.
Other foods we had or going to try include dumplings, extraordinary hot and spicy noodles, lamb shank stew, green bean cakes, plum juice and mutton soup with shredded breads.
How could we do all these in a mere 4 days? Keep watching this travel blog and I shall update you with my exciting stories about my Xian travel itinerary. See ya! 🙂 – Travel Feeder, your trave photo blog
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Cecil Lee
The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.
