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The only place I've found to rent a bike in Xian is the youth hostel. Sadly, their bikes are trash. Luckily, this stretch of street just north of the pet market is filled with shops selling new and...
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This restaurant on the north side of the southern Xian wall is amazing. Food was excellent and utterly unique, and the service was great - costumed waitresses appeared at regular intervals and handed...
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One of the most interesting parts of Xian, for my money. This area begins in a tunnel north of the Drum Tower, where merchants sell snacks of a distinctly Xian flavor. The road directly north is a...
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A medium sized hotel located between the Bell and Drum Towers, a quick walk from South Gate. Not as fancy as some of the other hotels around, but not at all bad. The hotel has a gym and sauna, and rooms go for between 35 and 100 US.
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Qinling Tomb is the joint tomb of the Tang emperor Gaozong and empress Wu Zeitan. The best preserved imperial tombs in the eighteen Tang Mausoleums.
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This stuff is good, a sticky, sweet cross between pudding and candy with a very middle eastern flavor. Give it a try! Price = 1 RMB.
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This small gallery displays and sells exquisite hand painted scrolls out of a restored Ming dynasty courtyard house. The artwork is of a definite higher than usual caliber, and the building also...
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Possibly the most unusual tourist attraction in Xian. While the famous Big Goose pagoda commemorates the Tang dynasty monk Xuan Zang, the undervisited underground temple on the pagoda's west side...
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The stretch of Yanta road between Youyi Donglu and Jiendong Jie is known as the bird market. The road is lined with stores selling exotic birds, fish, and even plants. Recently though, birds seem to...
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This very ancient street is home to a plethora of shops selling calligraphy items, tea and other ancient Chinese knick-knacks. On the far end is Xian's Confucius Temple, and a ramp up to the wall itself.
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