Ancient City Wall — Attraction in Xi'an

I entered by the South gate as I was told that was the place to hire a bike. It was a bit tricky finding the way to the ticket office, it's inside the walls, not outside. You can buy tickets there with cash if you don't have Alipay.

Bike hire is inside too, and they spoke english to explain that you have 3hrs, you can drop off at multiple locations and collect your deposit..hire for 3 hrs 45 Y, deposit 100Y

The city walls are very wide, 10-15m wide on top. Loads of space. Beautiful hanging lanterns everywhere and fortification spread around at regular stages plus the towers at each corner, plus a museum of the history too and some lovely photos from about 1910 of thre walls before restoration and suits of armour and swords.

Some displays are in English too. Great views from the top. 3 hrs...

The city walls of Xi'an are one of the best preserved ancient city walls in China (although I like Nanjing's city wall better because I'm biased). There are great views of the city which now extends as far as the eye can see, both inside and outside the wall's limits. A bunch of watchtowers and sentry towers line the gates, which are more impressive at the corners of the wall, and there are numerous gates as well, although the main directional gates (Changle, Anyuanmen, Andingmen and Yongningmen) are the most impressive. Renting a bike on the top of the wall and riding the 13+ kilometer wall is a great way to spend an evening. It can get pretty crowded, especially on weekends and during holidays, but no matter when you go and how crowded it is, the city wall is still absolutely...

This ancient city wall was built about 1,500 years ago, has a total length of about 14 km and is about 12 m high. This is the most intact and best preserved ancient city wall in the world. The city wall is very thick and has many watchtowers, it can be said that the city wall protects Xi'an city from attacks. This is the capital of 13 Chinese emperors. You should visit the ancient city wall in the late afternoon when the weather is cool. Renting a bicycle (rental place on the city wall) and cycling on the city wall is a great experience. After cycling around the city, you can get off and eat at some local restaurants right at the foot of the city. Delicious food, enthusiastic service and very...