Xian

Xian Tour Guides

By Tai-Te,

Have a fun trip!

Visit Their Profile

Xi'an City Walls
西安城墙

field_vote:

Your rating: None Average: 5 (2 votes)

China, Shaanxi Province, Xian

Hours : Open 7:30am-9:30pm Apr-Oct, 8:00am-6:00pm Nov-Mar

About this place

First established in the Sui Dynasty (6th century A.D.), the city walls were repaired many times. The walls you see today were first expanded and built on the existing foundations of old walls during the Ming Dynasty and renovated again quite recently. The Xi’an city walls form an unbroken rectangle around the city center that is almost 14 kilometers long. There are many access points to get to the top of the wall but the most popular is the South Gate (Nanmen, 南门).

From the south gate, you can grab a bicycle or bus and make your way all the way around the wall. Bicycles can be rented for 20yuan/100 minutes which is about enough time to take a ride along the wall. Bicycles built for two cost 40yuan/100 minutes. You cannot bring your own bicycle on to the wall. 8-person elongated golf carts take visitors on round-trips of the wall for 50yuan/person.

The South Gate.

A view of the Xi'an City Walls from atop the South Tower.

4 User Reviews

113

Views

Tours That Go to Xi'an City Walls

$1400 Per Day

12 Days Private China Tour from Beijing to Hong Kong by Train (Beijing-Xi'an-Chengdu-Guilin-HongKong)

Day 1: The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace, BeijingMorning: Pick up at your hotel located in the downtown Beijing (between 8:30am to 9:00am)Visit the Tian’anmen Square, the world’s...

Location: Beijing, China, Xian, Shaanxi Province, Guilin, Guangxi Province, Hong Kong, Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Duration: 7 or more days

$150 Per Day

China--Xi'an City Walls

Hundreds of years ago, the Chinese built massive stone walls around their cities to defend them from invaders. Xi’an was no exception. This city’s wall survives today, and is considered one of the...

Location: Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Duration: 1 day

$62 Per Day

Ancient City Wall-Enjoy Your Private Tour Around Xi'an-Walking Day Tour

Hotel meeting around 9:00amThen walk or take public transportation to Xi'an City Wall where you can ride bike around the whole wall.In the afternoon, you will be taken to a nice place for lunch at...

Location: China, Shaanxi Province, Xian

Duration: 1 day

$66 Per Day

Highlights one day tour in Xi'an

Pick up at nine in the morning than transfer to Terra Cotta warriors and horses museum (the 8th wonder of the world) Banpo museum (a Neolithic museum with the site and relics of 6000 years...

Location: Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Duration: 4 to 8 hours

$167 Per Day

Terrcotta Warriors and Horses Museum

If you just want to see Terra-cotta Warriors, driver and I will pick you up to go to the Terra-cotta museum. The duration in the Museum is about 2.5hs. The price I quoted to you includes guide...

Location: Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Duration: 1 day

Tour Guides for Xi'an City Walls

Tour Guides

Connect with private tour guides from around the world.

$120 Per Day $15 Per Hour

Beijing China Guide Terry

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️For The Best China Business And Sightseeing Experience

Learn more

3479 points

$120 Per Day

Julia Zhu

Tours and events, Interpreting across China starting from USD120

Learn more

1968 points

User Reviews

Re: Xi'an City Walls

By Gedeon,

French and English Guide from Switzerland!

Rent a bike if you can, enjoy your biking tour!

Feel Chinese history in Xi`an

By Guest2009,

Planning this trip to Xi`an for almost 3 months, and today we finally made it, when we got off the flight and drop off our luggage at hotel, we just cant wait to start our trip no matter the jet leg we have. The first place we went is Xi`an City Wall, a great and amazing building standing in front of us, it was standing there for almost 700 years, can you believe that? When you up to the wall, you can see part of  the city views, the lovely Chinese red lante...read more

Great City Walls in Xi`an.

By Guest2009,

Xi`an City wall was built by Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang too, in the year of 1374-1378, it`s already have 600 years. After Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang capital Nanjing, he also think Xi`an is another important location of military defence, so he start building this great city walls. No wonder why people like to visit it no matter how far is it. If you wanna see this City Walls, you can either go to Nanjing or Xi`an, both of it are amazing in China. JSW

Must to go place in Xi`an

By Guest2009,

I think Xi`an City Walls is a must-to-go place in China, and the environment is really nice there, the ground are incredibly clean, i heard that the Xi`an government in order to protect the Xi`an City Wall , they made a draft to regulate people's behavior which is a good movement. Can you see how clean the ground is from that picture? But another interesting thing i know is you can ride a bicycle on the wall which i didnt but could be really fun.