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Xi'anTravel Budget Guide

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When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥9starting fare

Attractions

Terracotta Warriors Museum秦始皇帝陵博物院(兵马俑)5A$17.74 (CN¥120)
Huaqing Hot Springs华清宫5A$17.44 (CN¥118)
Xi'an Ancient City Wall西安城墙5A$7.98 (CN¥54)
Tang Paradise大唐芙蓉园5A$17.74 (CN¥120)
Daming Palace National Heritage Park大明宫国家遗址公园5A$8.87 (CN¥60)
Xi'an Beilin Museum (Forest of Stone Steles)西安碑林博物馆5AHeritage Site$1.48 (CN¥10)
Song of Everlasting Regret (Show)《长恨歌》演出Iconic$39.76 (CN¥269)
Shaanxi History Museum陕西历史博物馆4AHeritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Xi'an Museum西安博物院4AHeritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Xi'an Bell Tower西安钟楼—$4.43 (CN¥30)
Tang Dynasty Night City大唐不夜城—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Journey to Chang'an Theme Street长安十二时辰主题街区—$10.05 (CN¥68)
Camel Bell Legend Show《驼铃传奇》秀—$42.57 (CN¥288)
Xi'an Through the Ages (Show)西安千古情—$38.13 (CN¥258)
Da Ci'en Temple大慈恩寺—Heritage Site$7.39 (CN¥50)
Xi'an Drum Tower西安鼓楼—$4.43 (CN¥30)
Huaxia Tourism Xi'an Resort华夏文旅西安度假区—$44.04 (CN¥298)
Muslim Quarter回民街—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Gao Family Courtyard高家大院—$2.07 (CN¥14)
Shaanxi Archaeological Museum陕西考古博物馆—$0.00 (CN¥0)

Hotels

Budget

$14.04 (CN¥95)
/night

Standard

$19.07 (CN¥129)
/night

Comfort

$39.76 (CN¥269)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$3.40 (CN¥23)
/meal

Mid-range

$10.49 (CN¥71)
/meal

High-end

$39.91 (CN¥270)
/meal
Must try:
  • Braised pork in flatbread
    肉夹馍 · Ròujiāmó
  • Cold skin noodles
    凉皮 · Liángpí
  • Lamb stew with torn flatbread
    羊肉泡馍 · Yángròu pàomó
  • Wide hand-pulled noodles
    biangbiang 面 · Biángbiáng miàn
  • Pork intestine stew with flatbread
    葫芦头泡馍 · Húlutóu pàomó
  • Noodles with sizzling chili oil
    油泼面 · Yóupō miàn
  • Cured spiced beef
    腊牛肉 · Là niúròu
  • Steamed glutinous rice cake with dates
    甑糕 · Zènggāo
Styles:Street snacks · Noodle house · Fast food

Culture & Heritage

Time-Honored Brands (4)

MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsement
Lao Sun JiaBatch 1
Est. 1898
Xi'an's emblematic Hui Muslim house for beef-and-mutton paomo, traced to the late Qing dynasty and famous for a single rich, slow-simmered bowl.
Tong Sheng XiangBatch 1
Est. 1920
A Hui Muslim paomo house founded in 1920 whose beef-and-mutton paomo craft is national intangible heritage, prized for its deep, full-bodied broth.
Chun Fa ShengBatch 1
Est. 1920
A China Time-Honored Brand from the 1920s, named after a line of Du Fu's poetry and celebrated for its huludou (pig-intestine) paomo.
De Fa ChangBatch 1
Est. 1936
A China Time-Honored Brand founded in 1936, celebrated near Xi'an's Bell and Drum Towers for its grand, multi-variety dumpling banquet.

Famous Snacks (6)

Beef and Mutton PaomoFamous Snacks
Xi'an's signature halal staple, in which hand-torn dense flatbread is simmered in a rich beef or mutton broth.
RoujiamoFamous Snacks
A Guanzhong classic often called the Chinese hamburger: tender braised pork chopped and stuffed into a freshly baked baijimo bun.
HuludouFamous Snacks
A street paomo born in Tang-era Chang'an, made with carefully prepared pig intestine and bone broth over torn bread, rich yet not greasy.
Liangpi (Cold Skin Noodles)Famous Snacks
A cold Guanzhong noodle dish: thin sheets of rice or wheat starch cut into strips and dressed with chili oil, vinegar, and garlic water.
Biangbiang NoodlesFamous Snacks
A famously wide, thick hand-pulled Guanzhong noodle, named for the biang sound of the dough slapping the board; its written character is notoriously complex.
Zenggao (Steamed Date Rice Cake)Famous Snacks
A traditional Guanzhong sweet of glutinous rice and red dates steamed in layers, named for the ancient zeng steamer it is cooked in.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (8)

Qinqiang OperaNational ICH · Batch 1
An ancient bangzi-style opera of the northwest with a high, impassioned vocal style, inscribed on the first national intangible-heritage list in 2006.
Xi'an Drum MusicNational ICH · Batch 1
A large-scale wind-and-percussion music rooted in the Sui and Tang, called a living fossil of ancient Chinese music; national heritage in 2006 and inscribed on UNESCO's list in 2009.
Shadow Puppetry (Huaxian Shadow Play)National ICH · Batch 1
The standard-bearer of Shaanxi's eastern-route shadow play, known for wanwanqiang singing and finely carved puppets, listed as national heritage in 2006.
Paomo-Making Craft (Tong Sheng Xiang)National ICH · Batch 2
The traditional paomo-making craft of Tong Sheng Xiang, listed as national heritage in 2008, the first restaurant project in the northwest to receive such protection.
Traditional Wheaten-Food Craft (Lao Sun Jia Paomo)National ICH · Batch 5
The Lao Sun Jia mutton-paomo craft, inscribed in 2021 on the fifth national intangible-heritage list under traditional wheaten-food techniques.
Clay Sculpture (Fengxiang Clay Figurines)National ICH · Batch 1
A folk painted-clay craft of western Guanzhong with bold forms and vivid color, locally called nihuo; listed as national heritage in 2006.
Hongquan (Red Boxing)National ICH · Batch 2
A traditional martial art originating in Guanzhong with a rich repertoire and strong regional character, listed as national heritage in 2008.
Huludou Paomo Craft (Chun Fa Sheng)Provincial ICH
The Chun Fa Sheng huludou-paomo craft, listed in 2009 on Shaanxi's second provincial intangible-heritage list.
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