Xi'an | College Student's Four-Day Three-Night Tour (Honest Version)

Took advantage of the mid to late April to go to the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, Xi'an, with my younger brother. Here's a share of our four-day three-night itinerary, accommodation, and feelings in Xi'an. 🚂First is transportation, we arrived at Xi'an station by train. Subway and taxi within Xi'an city are very convenient and affordable. Except for the Terracotta Warriors where you can join a tour group and Huashan which requires a train ride, other scenic spots can be easily reached by taxi. 🏠For accommodation, we stayed in a homestay in a small alley near Hui Min Street, where there are many homestays! It's nice to stroll around, with plenty of food options, and not too far from the scenic spots and Xi'an station. ✨Itinerary Day1️⃣: Arrive at Xi'an station at eight o'clock ➡️ Drop off luggage and have breakfast at Hui Min Street ➡️ Bell Tower and Drum Tower ➡️ Join a tour group to the Terracotta Warriors ➡️ Stroll through Hui Min Street again Day2️⃣: Xi'an City Wall (didn't wake up🙂‍↕️➡️ Dress up in Hanfu ➡️ Big Wild Goose Pagoda ➡️ Datang Everbright City, etc. Day3️⃣: One-day tour of Huashan (see main page for details) Day4️⃣: Stroll through Hui Min Street and head to Xi'an station in the afternoon 💭Some minor complaints The lamb stew and roujiamo in Hui Min Street are so expensive!! The taste is okay, a bowl of noodles seems to be 35, not a lot, and it takes about half an hour to visit the Bell Tower and Drum Tower, the Bell Tower is beautiful at night! We found a round-trip tour group near the Drum Tower for 30, with a guide who told us some unofficial histories (?), it saves on transportation but personally, I think it's a bit of a rip-off, the Terracotta Warriors are just so-so, there's a delicious Liangpi shop at the entrance! (Those homestay performances, I watched recordings on Bilibili hh. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is full of girls taking photos, there's a fountain show that's so boring and average, Datang Everbright City is also super crowded. Huashan is great except for being expensive and tiring. In conclusion, I don't know if it's the problem with the travel guide or just too many people (but it wasn't a weekend or holiday), the experience in Xi'an was average, and I'm not used to the food (a light Guangdong stomach), you can just eat some authentic local specialties, don't go for any internet-famous foods (bought a 38 yuan crab roe bun at one shop, it was a pre-made dish, a huge rip-off and tasted awful!! Personally, I think the experience in Luoyang was better (whispering). Oh! The milk rice wine or whatever it's called in Hui Min Street is delicious! (forgot what it's called)