15 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.Shaanxi History Museum Qin-Han Branch English guide service

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $80

English-guided 3 to 4 hour visit to the Shaanxi History Museum Qin-Han branch in Xi’an, with tickets, water, and optional pickup.

“We had a fantastic time on this tour. Our guide Michael is a wonderful guide with very extensive knowledge of Chinese history and culture. He also has excellent English skills.”

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10.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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11.Private Day Tour:Xi’an Panda（QI ZAI） and Terracotta Warriors Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $254

Private Xi'an day tour combining Terracotta Warriors and the Qizai panda center, with hotel pickup, local lunch, and included tickets.

“Great communication prior to the trip from Jeff and an absolutely great trip with a very knowledgeable Ms. Mary. Excellent English, very safe driver, great car and brilliant experience! Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Jeff and the team to any of my friends.”

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12.All Inclusive Day Tour to Mt. Huashan & Terra Cotta Army Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $317

Spend a single day in Xi’an with Huashan’s West Peak ride plus shuttle access, then visit the Terra Cotta Warriors across three museum pits.

“This was one of the best tours I ever did! Michael was a very friendly guide who picked me up at my hotel and even provided snacks and drinks over the day. He has a great knowledge about all the places we visited and it was a very entRead more”

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13.Private Tour: Terracotta Army Museum and Xi’an City Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · from $104

Private 8-hour Xi’an tour covering the Terracotta Army, Wild Goose Pagoda, city wall, and Muslim Quarter with hotel pickup and an English guide.

“It was 2012 when we visited the Terracotta first time by ourselves and this year is different with a tour guide. Lots of information and we were lucky to see the founder of the site. A lot more people this time and difficult to enjoy more time as we would like to. The small pagoda was very interesting and well worth to visit with less people AND FREE!”

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14.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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15.Half-Day Terracotta Warriors & Horses Museum Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 7 reviews · 5 hours · from $184

Private half-day Terracotta Warriors tour in Xi'an with hotel pickup, an English guide, three-pit visits, and UNESCO World Heritage entry.

“The trip was outstanding impressive and so was the service, organization and Jerry, our guide. He arranged everything very smoothly knew perfectly his way to avoid the crowd wherever possible and even helped us to check in at the railway station. Big, big compliments!”

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