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Where to Stay in Xian

Posted by admin on December 2, 2011 Comments Off

There is a large selection of hotels ranging from the four to five-stars in Xian. Most are located in the city’s center, and some are located near some of Xian’s most famous and popular scenic spots. Shanghaifocus has a list of hotels in Xian that we have inspected and have found to meet our strict quality guidelines.

Xian, the capital of Shaanxi Province and 13 ancient dynasties, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. This ancient city is known for its beautiful scenery, fantastic history, amazing sites, and colorful culture. For visitors to Xian, one of the most important parts of their trip is their accommodations. A wide range of hotels are available for visitors from China and abroad in Xian.

For five-star hotels, Shanghaifocus recommends the Sheraton Xian Hotel, the Howard Johnson Ginwa Plaza Hotel, and the Sofitel Hotel Xian. For four-star hotels, we recommend the Hotel Royal Garden, the Tianyu Gloria Plaza Hotel Xian, the Orient Hotel Xian, and the Grand New World Hotel. Visitors staying at these hotels will have not only have easy access to some of Xian’s most famous sites, but are also located in the center of the commercial and entertainment districts of Xian. Many of the desk workers and concierge of each of Xian’s hotels can speak English, so the language barrier is not a problem. They will serve each guest with great hospitality and do everything in their ability to make visitors feel at home.

Xian’s five-star hotels are all comprehensively-facilitated, and are designed to make guests feel relaxed and refreshed after their daily tours. The facilities in Xian’s four-star hotels are also well designed and managed. The major difference is in regards to location. In Xian’s other small hotels, visitors also receive wonderful service but with lower prices. The room rates in Xian’s hotels are within the norms of Chinese hotel prices. Most hotels usually have vacancies on most days.

Things to do for children in Xian

Posted by admin on August 25, 2011 Comments Off

Xian can be a wonderful place for a family vacation and has plenty to offer in terms of kids friendly attractions. So if your kids need some kid-centric time for a Xian Tour,  now follow me to search and explore these top 10 things to do for kids in Xian.

Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses
The well-known Terra-cotta Museum is located east of Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum, which covers a total area of 20 hectares. The scenery in the museum looks quite elegant and delightful, about 30km east of the downtown Xian.
Three main buildings of the museum, which were named Pit 1, Pit 2, Pit 3, were constructed on their original sites in different periods of time. Now the Museum is well-known widely as a huge modern on-site museum and it is going to be one of the best in the world.
Entrance Fee: CNY 90 (Mar. to Oct.); CNY 65 (Dec. to Feb.)
Opening Hours: the whole year
Tel: 029-83912542
Bus Routes: take tourism bus no.5 (306) from the east square of Xian Railway Station or 307 from the south gate of Tang Paradise and get off at Bing Ma Yong station.

Botanical Garden
Xian Botanical Garden is located in the southern suburb of Xian (next to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda). Covering an area of 20 hectares, it is one of the eight botanical gardens that were built in the early years of New China.
With over 3,400 kinds of plants, Xian Botanical Garden leads the northwest China in plant diversity. Walking in the Aromatic Plants Garden, visitors will be greeted by the fragrance of flowers.
Entrance Fee: CNY 10
Opening Hours: 08:00-18:00
Tel: 029-85245058
Bus Routes: take Bus No. 5 from the Train Station to Cuihua Road, and transfer Bus No. 27 to Xian Botanical Garden

Shaanxi History Museum
The Shaanxi History Museum is situated on Yan Ta Road in Xian City, Shaanxi Province. It covers 65,000 square meters, with a building area of 60,000 square meters. The newly built modern building recreates Tang-dynasty architecture and successfully symbolizes the great extent of Shaanxi history and its remarkable culture.

The Shaanxi History Museum contains 115,000 objects in its collections. Exhibited in the main exhibition hall are 2,700 works of art, with an exhibition line that extends 2,300 meters.
Entrance Fee: free
Opening Hours: 08:30-18:00
Tel: 029-85266247
Bus Routes: Buses No. 5, 19, 24, 26, 27, 30, 34, 401, 521, 527, 610, 701, 710…

Huaqing Hot Springs
Situated at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lintong County to the east of downtown Xian, Huaqing Hot Spring is famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty.
Huaqing Pools is fascinating for its exquisite and picturesque scenery characterized by pink peach blossoms, green willows, dense foliage, beautiful pavilions and terraces, magnificent halls, rolling towers, winding corridors and long verandas.
Entrance Fee: CNY 70 (peak seasons); CNY 40 (low seasons)
Opening Hours: 08:00-16:00
Tel: 029-87630166
Bus Routes: take Buses No. 306 and 307 at the Train Station

Tang Paradise
Tang Paradise is a large theme park near the city of Xian. The park is at or near the site of an earlier garden complex in the Tang Dynasty, but consists almost entirely of modern construction.
The park features numerous buildings, squares, and gardens, all incorporating features of traditional Chinese architecture, such as eaves and cornices. Some features are named after historical sites or buildings.
Entrance Fee: CNY 90
Opening Hours: 09:00-21:00
Tel: 029-85511888
Bus Routes: Buses No. 21, 24, 44, 212, 224, 237, 501, 601, 609, 610, 715, 720, 721…

Qujiang Pool Park
Located in southeast Xian, Qujiang Pool Park is 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the city center of Xian. It has become a popular scenic spot by its natural beauty and abundant history.
Walking through the west gate of the park, the first thing you see is the pool, which covers an area of 82 acres. At the end of the landing stage is the Yunge Pavilion, where you can rent a boat and take a visit on the lake.
Entrance Fee: free
Opening Hours: 09:30-18:30
Bus Routes: take Bus No. 715, or Qujiang Xinjing Line and get off at Qujiangchi Yizhigongyuan (Qujiang Pool Park) station

Qujiang Ocean World
Qujiang New District of Xian City is located in the south-east, five kilometers from the city center. For Qujiang, the Qujiang Ocean World enriches the tourism items, advances the culture of the city, and impact the blue of the yellow land.
The Qujiang Ocean World is a largest modernized education base for ocean science and technology in northwestern region, a window for communication between human and nature, and a bridge for people to get knowledge of ocean, to understand life, to concern nature, and to love life.
Entrance Fee: CNY 100
Opening Hours: 08:00-17:00
Tel: 029-87630166
Bus Routes: take Buses No. 21, 501, 601, 610 or 715

Weiyanghu Amusement Park
Weiyanghu amusement park in Xian used to be a lake, as a result, water plays an important role in the park. It offers the service of tourism, vocation, leisure and entertainment.
The amusement park covers an area of almost 1000 mou, including the largest artificial lake in the northwest with water area of 480 mou. Being a paradise for all the children, Weiyanghu amusement park also tends to be such a place where you can enjoy yourself by wandering in the attractive scenery, going on a holiday and joining in recreational activities.
Entrance Fee: CNY 30
Tel: 029-86671776
Bus Routes: take Buses No 209 or 509 to Weiyanghu Amusement Park

Xian Qinling Zoological Park
Qinling Zoological Park is the first park of its kind to be established in the northwest region in China. It is 28 kilometers south of the downtown area of Xian City, Shaanxi Province.
The zoological park has more than 300 species of animal, with many different types of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. Strolling into the park, the first thing that catches your eyes is a group of wooden sculptures facing the gate. The animals’ exhibition area is divided into two parts: the walking area and car-riding area.
Entrance Fee: CNY 80
Opening Hours: 07:00-18:00
Tel: 029-85670035
Bus Routes: take Bus No. 320, 321 or 322 to  Xian Qinling Zoological Park

Mt. Huashan
Mt. Huashan is situated to the south of Huayin County, 120 kilometres east of Xian City. Huashan is literally translated as Flower Mountain.
Mt. Huashan is one of China’s five holy mountains, or called Western Mountain ( Xiyue ) due to its geographical location in relation to the others, is famed as the most precipitous of the five. It is the highest among the five great mountains. It is famed as the most precipitous of the five.
Entrance Fee: CNY 100
Opening Hours: 08:00-18:00
Tel: 0913－4365088
Bus Routes: take Tourist Line 1 from East Square of the train station to Mt. Huashan

Useful China Xian Travel Tips

Posted by admin on June 14, 2011 Comments Off

Like all of China’s major cities, Xian is a shopper’s paradise. One of the things that make shopping in China such a wonderful and unique experience is that the items found in one city, cannot be found elsewhere in China. The arts and crafts sold in Xian cannot be found elsewhere. As the capital of Shaanxi province and the biggest city in northwest of China, Xian has been a center for commerce for centuries. Shoppers in this city can purchase anything from name brand fashions and electronics, to local arts and crafts.

Xian is situated in the southern part of the Guan Zhong Plain in Shaanxi province, with the Qinling Mountains to the north and the Weihe River to the south. It is in a warm temperate zone, and has a continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons; Xian is hot and wet in summer, dry and seldom snowy in winter and is prone to extended spells of rain in spring and autumn.

With an elevation of 500 metres, the Weihe Plain extends between Baoji in the west and Tongguan in the east and borders the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Huangtu Plateau in the north. Xi’an covers an area of 9,983 square kilometers and has population of 5,860,000. The city proper occupies an area 861 square kilometers, and reaches a population of 5,500,000.

As the travel industry has developed, Xian has developed into one of the nation’s key travel destinations, which contributes a big profit to the city’s economy. The world renowned “Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses”, which can be observed from the moon, is regarded as “the Eighth Wonder of the World”. “Tombs of the first Emperor Qin Shihuang”, “Ancient City Wall” and “Huaqing Hot Spring” are all the abundant relics and sites left by the profound history. There are also the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Ancient City Wall, Huangdi Mausoleum, the Forest of Steles, Great Mosque, Qianling Mausoleum, Banpo Museum, Maoling Tomb, Famen Temple… Besides, Mt.Hua, one of the most magnificent mountains in China has represented abundant natural resources.

Xian Restaurants

Posted by admin on December 2, 2010 Comments Off

Muslim Restaurants

Silu eating place 丝路餐厅
Address: No.24-28, Datang Tongyi Lane, East Weier Street, Yanta area (雁塔区纬二街东段大唐通易坊24-28号)
Average price tag every person: 34 yuan
Tel: 029-8526 3599

Fangshangren Muslim eating place 坊上人清真饭庄(高新店)
Address: No.1, Pedestrian path in electronic Zone, Yanta area (雁塔区电子城步行街1号)
Average price tag every person: 23 yuan
Tel: 029-8822 2668 (8822 6458)

Xinjiang Restaurant新疆饭店宴会厅
Address: Shangde Road, East Avenue, New city area ( 新城区东大街尚德路南口红十字会巷3号新疆办事处院内 )
Average price tag every person: 43 yuan
Tel: 029-8768 1666 (8768 1667)

Vegetarian Restaurants

Silu eating place 丝路餐厅
Suxin Ming Restaurant素心铭
Address: Boshi Road, Yanta area ( 雁塔区博士路北口紫薇田园都市)
Average price tag every person: 52 yuan
Hours: 11:00–21:00
Tel: 029-8817 0101 (8817 5988)

Daxingshan Temple Vegetarian Restaurant大兴善寺素香斋
Address: No.55, West Xingshan Street, Yanta area ( 雁塔区兴善西街55号大兴善寺内)
Average price tag every person: 31 yuan
Tel: 029-8536 1181

two Xian local cuisine introduction

Posted by admin on November 29, 2010 Comments Off

Cold noodle refers to some type of conventional noodle foods with Korean favor. It is mentioned that people, who consume extended chilly Noodle at noon using the Fourth morning using the first lunar month, could be anticipated with numerous pleased returns. in accordance with this belief, people these times also acknowledged as chilly noodle as longevity noodle (meaning auspicious).

Traditional methods of preparing this dish need right proportion of flour mixture (buckwheat flour and flour). an extra essential ingredient is beef or chicken soup which must acquire skimmed essential oil subsequent cooling down. Sesame oil, pepper, MSG jointly with other seasoning must acquire positioned concerning the best using the noodle, after which you can include some beef, egg or apple and pear slice when you like. Cooked on this way, chilly noodle has specific flavor on top of that to smooth taste, instead well-known with all ages.

Yangrou Paomo is a popular tasty Xi’an specialty that consists of the mutton soup served with wheat flour flat bread. The difficult bread is broken up and additional to the soup. Then the mixture is eaten collectively with pickled garlic cloves.