14 Museums in Xi'an Worth Booking

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

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

Half-day mini group tour from Xi’an to the Terracotta Warriors with an English guide, air-conditioned van, tickets, buffet lunch, and a stop at Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

“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

A private full-day Xi'an tour pairing the Terracotta Warriors with Hanyangling’s Emperor Jingdi tomb and Yaodong cave homes, with pickup and lunch.

“Our guide did a great job providing commentary and making sure we experienced all of the most important areas. The van was very comfortable and the lunch was delicious!”

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3.Terracotta Army Museum Group Tour

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

Xi'an Terracotta Army group tour with English guide, reserved tickets, skip-the-line entry, optional local lunch, and easy downtown pickup.

“Good explanations by driver and guide at the museum.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 53 reviews · from $45

Xi'an Terracotta Warriors Museum tour with a professional English guide, skip-the-line entry, Pit 1-3, and bronze chariots.

“Questo tour mi ha soddisfatto. Chelsea è stata molto disponibile a rispondere alle nostre domande e richieste e le sue spiegazioni sono state esaurienti. Per evitare il caos del padiglione 1 all’apertura sarebbe stato meglio partire dal 2 o 3 e terminare verso le 12 con il padiglione 1.”

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5.Customized Day Tour to Terracotta Army and Horses Museum

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

Private Xi’an day tour built around the Terracotta Army, plus flexible afternoon choices like Wild Goose Pagodas, city wall, and more.

“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

Small-group morning tour in Xian to the Terracotta Warriors pits, with tickets, bottled water, lunch, and optional Muslim Quarter sights.

“Chelsea was an amazing tour guide and the entire experience was smooth. I really recommend visiting the Terracotta Soldiers, but of you can, go on a different day than sunday”

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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

Full-day Xi'an tour with Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Ancient City Wall, and Great Mosque, plus guide, lunch, and pickup.

“I felt that the tour guide could have better descriptions of what I saw, as I wound up listening to some other tour guides who had better explanations.”

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8.Terracotta Army Museum Walking Tour with Entry Tickets

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

Guided Xi'an Terracotta Army Museum tour with English entry tickets. Pick a 2-hour small group or private half-day with optional hotel pickup.

“The guide Henry was great! He did the tour avoiding the crowds so we could enjoy at ease”

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9.Terracotta Army Museum Walking Tour with Entry Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 9 reviews · from $26

Xi'an Terracotta Army Museum guided walking tour with entry tickets, English guide, small group or private options, plus optional transfers.

“The guide Lili was very knowledgable, patient, and feiendly. we are an elderly couple. She made sure we were comfortable throughojt the tour. We had a thoruoghly enjoyable time.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $205

A private half-day Terracotta Warriors tour in Xi’an with hotel pickup, an English guide, and admission included to all three UNESCO pits.

“Very good tour. Guide was very friendly. Car was very clean and comfortable. Tour guide spoke very good English.”

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11.Terrracotta Warriors Museum Shuttle Bus with English Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · from $22

Xi'an Terracotta Warriors Museum shuttle with an English guide. Round-trip air-conditioned bus from the Bell Tower, small group, mobile ticket.

“I had a great day in Xi’an! Alice, was a great guide, knowledgeable and helpful. Visiting the Terracotta Warriors was the highlight of the trip coupled with the pagoda and Xi’an city wall.”

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12.Xian Terracotta Warriors and Banpo Museum Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews · from $146

Small-group Xi'an day tour to the Terracotta Warriors and Banpo Neolithic Village, with hotel pickup, tickets, and an English guide.

“This was excellent!!! the pits are just amazing, the tour super and the guide Alyson was outstading!!! The people fromChina Travel Services were in contact all the time and they were very helpful...I recomend them...If you should to this tRead more”

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13.Terra-cotta warriors museum and yang ling mausoleum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $203

Door-to-door private Xi’an tour combining Qin Terracotta Warriors with the glass-floor Hanyangling mausoleum, guided by a pro and paced for you.

“I had an amazing day with Jasmine. She makes the tour in a very professional but friendly way, with many information and details but given in a very interesting and well dosed way. The tour included Terracotta warriors, Xi’an city center and Tang dynasty palace and it was simply amazing. Strongly recommend. Thank you Jasmine❤️”

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14.Xi’an Terracotta Warriors, Huaqing Hot Spring, and Banpo Museum

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · from $89

Door-to-door day trip from Xi’an covering Banpo, a terracotta reproduction factory, Huaqing Hot Springs, and the Qin Warrior pits for $89.

“Lovely, informative tour guide Alicia with excellent English skills. However, tour poorly organised with three different itineraries in the same minibus. The others had not booked for all three attractions, so were told they would need to pay the extra for entry fees, or wait in the miRead more”

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