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Xi'an

Xi'an (西安 Xī'ān, read as SEE-AHN) is a city in Shaanxi Province in China. The oldest surviving capital of ancient China, Xi'an is home to thousands of years of Chinese heritage and history. The city has a pleasant cosmopolitan flair to it and it is worth visiting for the famed Terracotta Warriors. It has often been said that, "if you have not been to Xi'an, you have not been to China!"

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  1. SeeMuseum

    Tang West Market Museum

    大唐西市博物馆

    Said to be China's first privately run on-site archaeological museum. The museum is located at the site of the excavated ruins of the West Market, probably the most important market in China during the Tang Dynasty. Thousands of artefacts have been unearthed at the site, including not only Tang Dynasty artefacts, but also artefacts from earlier and later dynasties.

    09:00-17:30 (summer), 09:00-17:00 (winter), no entry in last 60 minutes, closed on Mondays and the eve of Chinese New YearGeneral admission is free. Tickets for the special exhibitions are ¥60. Tickets for the epitaph collection are ¥150.

  2. Buy

    Huimin Street (回民街 Huímínjiē)

    Muslim Quarter

    The best place to buy souvenirs in the city center is the bazaar area. The seller usually offers you a very high price, and even if you bring them down by 50%, they will still make a big profit. This is also a good place to buy folk art, specifically folk style block prints in a single shop which go for about ¥50 if you can stand bargaining when the older gentleman artist himself is standing right there. This area is also full of fake name-brand products like watches, bags, clothes. Bargain hard. Shop owners will typically sell such fake branded products to expatriates at three times the price they offer to Chinese people. For instance, a Louis Vuitton wallet going at ¥80 will be touted to Westerners at ¥200 or more. If your haggling skills are exceptional, you can bring down the price to a mere ¥30.

  3. Buy

    Baihui Market

    百汇市场

    Local youngsters shop here. It is one of those fake-brand markets. Sport shoes should be less than ¥150, pullovers and nice jeans sometimes less than ¥100, lots of cheap fashion accessories. This is also a great place for DVDs and CDs but understand these are mostly pirated copies.

  4. Eat

    Nanliu Alley night market

    ; open 10:00-22:00

  5. Eat

    Night market 1st of May

    in the Lianhu district (Address: 莲湖区 铁塔寺路 与铁塔寺北街十字向北路西侧)

  6. Eat

    Tabai night market

    , Corner of Tabai S. / Jixiang Rd.

  7. Eat

    Yong Xing Fang night market

    outside the eastern gate

  8. BuyMarket

    义乌中国小商品城(西安分市场)

    188 长乐中路

    Closed · opens 8 am

  9. BuyMarket

    后村综合市场

    Closed · opens 6:30 am

  10. BuyMarket

    祭台村集市

    Hours unclear (Specified as open end. Closing time was guessed.)

  11. BuyMarket

    龙首东路便民市场

    龙首中路

    Closed · opens 6 am

  12. BuyMarket

    康复路批发市场

    151 长乐西路