Xian Muslim Quarter: 2-Hour Small Group Walking Food Tour

Xian Muslim Quarter: 2-Hour Small Group Walking Food Tour

This 2.5-hours small group tour collects those foodies together to explore the most authentic and famous Xian local food at the best-known Muslim Quarter with an expert guide. Stroll at the busy street selling all kinds of water-mouthing snacks and crafts, listening the stories of the street and foods from tour guide, stop to feast your stomach at stalls...Plus a surprise when you turn and walk to the peaceful and beautiful Great Mosque which just is hidden in the bustling market.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Muslim Quarter, West of Bell Drum Towers Square , Beilin District, Xi'an 710000 China

Xian attracts increasing people from every corner of the world to visit not only because of it’s splendid history and culture but also it’s amazing foods. This city with identity as thousand-year's Capital of China, has rooted it's own special gourmet type based on fusion and exchange with other food. With a group of 8 people or fewer, this tour will please both your noses and taste buds with a real expert guide.

The meeting place is the lobby of Bell Tower Hotel located in the very center of the city, you will easily find your tour guide and other members here. If it's not easy for you to find the way to get here from your hotel, you can choose the option including transfer to get a driver picking you up from your hotel to the meeting place and sending you back when tour ends.

Then walk through the puzzling underpass and get to the Drum Tower Square 5 mins later. The guide will introduce you some basic facts of this old city and its must-see attractions along the way and you will be stopped soon by the grand Drum Tower which has been stood there more than 600 years. Behind it, you will get today's goal: Muslim Quarter. How busy and bustling it is! Most people think of this word when see it. Yes, it's always looks crowded from every early morning to night---it's owns such a magic charm. Your eyes must be dazzled at the various stalls and ears surprised by their interesting hawking. Follow your guide to find your way in the crowds and learn the hidden stories about those unknown snacks.

After walking through the main street, your tour guide will lead you to the small lane in the Quarter until Sajinqiao area, where the real delicacy locate. Roujiamo (Chinese Hamburger), Liangpi (Cold Noodles), Yangrou Paomo (Mutton and Bread Pieces in Soup), Biang Biang Mian (Biang Biang Noodle), Zenggao (Glutinous Rice and Date Cake), Suan Tang Shuijiao (Hot and sour soup dumpling), Jiasan Guantangbao (Jiasan Soup Dumpling)..your tour guide will point out the best stall to have these foods.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Xi'an Mosque, Huajue Alley, Xincheng District, Xi'an 710043 China

You can also choose to explore the largest and best preserved of the early mosques of China just behind the bustling market. It is peaceful and beautiful functioned as the holy land for the local Muslims for usual praying although taking the busy street as neighbour. The Great Mosque, which built primarily in the Ming Dynasty when Chinese architectural elements were synthesized into mosque architecture.

Duration: 40 minutes