Xian One Day Tour from Beijing By Train to Ancient Monastery, Bell and Drum Tower and Shuyuanmen Street

Itinerary

Be picked up by private car and English speaking tour guide from your hotel and transferred to the Beijing West Station.

The tour guide from Beijingservice.com will lead you to take overnight train Z19 (21:24 - 08:25 am) for xian. Our guide will show you to your train carriage.

Arrive in xian at 08:25 am. Our xian tour guide will hold a sign ready your name to meet you in Xian Railway Station.

Visit an unique and historically significant Buddhist temple dating from Tang Dynasty. It is famous for its Ming Dynasty painted sculptures and often referred to as 'Little Dunhuang'. The colorful sculptures of different sizes representing various forms of the Buddha and scenes of the Buddha's life.

Drive to visit the Bell and Drum Tower. With an area of 1377sqm and a height of 40m, Xian Bell Tower is one of the grandest of its kind. The Tower is an exquisitely constructed wooden architecture and houses a number of large bronze-cast bells from the Tang Dynasty.
Located northwest of the Bell Tower, Drum Tower is the biggest drum in China at present. Built in the Ming Dynasty, the two-storey Drum Tower features an architectural style of the Tang and Qing Dynasties. There is a a drum museum with a variety of ancient drums in the Drum Tower.

Then visit Shuyuanmen Street. It is a pedestrian street from Stele Forest Museum to the gate of Guanzhong Academy. There is a high archway(pailou) with ancient style at the entrance of the street. On both side are all antique building.

Be transferred back to xian Railway station to connect overnight train Z20 (20:16-07:17am) to Beijing.

Our Beijing tour guide will wait you at the entrance of your train carriage. Be transferred back to your Beijing Hotel.
(Lunch)