Private Guided Tour to Small Wild Goose Pagoda & Beilin Museum

Get a glimpse into Xi'an's past during a private tour to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Beilin Museum. While you visit, discover an impressive example of Tang Dynasty architecture and marvel at a sprawling collection of age-old stone steles and tablets that reveal ancient life and culture.

Meet your private guide at your hotel in the morning and hop into a vehicle to travel to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda. Set on the central axis of the Jianfu Temple, the pagoda is a surviving relic from the Tang Dynasty over 1,000 years ago. As you admire the 13-story structure, your guide explains how its current state came to be, in contrast with its original 15-story design. Stop in at the nearby Xian Museum as well to learn about the history of the city through ancient relics.

Your next stop after lunch is Beiling Museum, also known as Stele Forest for the incredible number of stone steles, epigraphs, and sculptures housed there. The museum, which dates back to the Tang Dynasty itself, boasts a collection of over 11,000 works from past eras, including the Han, Tang, and North Song Dynasties. Browse comprehensive exhibition halls full of the antique relics, and pour over inscribed tablets to learn about ancient lifestyles and religions in the area. After exploring the amazing works of art and culture in the museum, return to your hotel and turn in for the day.