You can take shuttle buses to downtown and Terracotta Warriors directly (subway is not available at the airport). The airport of Xian is located about 40km from the downtown and 66km from Terracotta Warriors. But you also have to catch the earliest flights. If your train arrive at Xian after 10 A.M., you’d better skip the sites in the city and only visit the Terracotta Warriors, or stay one more day in Xian.Ĭompared with Xian North Railway Station, Xian Xianyang Internaitonal Airport is easier to start a day tour in Xian as it has many morning arrival flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, etc. Shanghai has an overnight train which arrives at Xian at around 9 A.M., and Chengdu’s earliest high speed train to Xian arrive at around 10 A.M. Shanghai and Chengdu are more recommended to take a train to Xian to have a day tour. The earliest high speed train from Beijing arrive at Xian at around 11 A.M., which is not early enough to have a day tour in Xian. if you want to take a Xian city day tour from the North Railway Station. You’d better take high speed trains which arrive at Xian before 9~10 A.M. It has frequent subways to downtown as well as tourists to Terracotta Warrior, also has access for travel agencies to pick up guests. It is located at Yuanshuo Road, Weiyang District, Xian City (陕西省西安市未央区元朔路), about 20km from downtown and 48km from Terracotta Warriors. Xian North Railway Station is the High Speed Train Station as well as the starting point of Xian tour for most tourists. Then how to spend your precious ONE DAY in Xian? China Discovery has the best idea for you. Ideal trip length of Xian tour (excluding arrival day) is one and a half or two full days, while one day is also long enough to enjoy a glimpse of the best part of the ancient capital Xian. To be honest, one day is too short to have a fantasy tour in Xian, but it is even too wrong to leave Xian behind when you have a chance to take a day layover during your China vacation or international flight journey. Is one day really long enough to visit Xian?

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