Xi'an Wall Yongningmen （North Gate） — Attraction in Xi'an

The Xi'an City Wall has many gates. There are passages up and down the city wall near many gates, so there is no need to enter and exit at the same gate. The most famous are the four facing doors:

The South Gate (Yongning Gate) is the best-restored gate. It is also the gate most commonly used by tourists to climb the city wall, and it is also the gate that has been open the longest. The underground passage of Yongningmen Station on Metro Line 2 can directly lead to Yongningmen, and there is also the Forest of Steles Museum nearby. Personally, I recommend climbing to the wall from this door.

In addition to the south gate, you can also climb the wall from the east gate (Changle Gate), west gate (Anding Gate), north gate (Anyuan Gate) and some other city gates.

Once you get on the Yongning Gate and walk to the left, there is a bicycle rental place. You can rent a bicycle for a single person or go for tandem for two people.

Apart from the rental fee, you have to put down a 100¥ deposit, which will be refunded at the return of the bicycle.

Riding along the whole circle will be 13.74 km and can take 1.5 and 2.5 hours depending how much activities you will do in the ride, such as stopping to take photos and going down the wall etc.

Riding on the city wall of 1400 years history is one of the coolest things in...

Note: error in the naming of this location -:- this is South Gate, not North Gate.

The best of all the gates, busiest, well maintained and the ground toward the south leading to the YongNing Men Metro is spacious and grand. The view from this plaza is good.

It is well worth taking a bike ride around the wall, if you have the time -- it can take 2 hours, with frequents stops for photos and look out for things. If short ofctime, it is best to take from South Gate to Wedt Gate, or South Gate to East Gate. Northern part of the wall isn't as interesting and a number of towers no longer exist. The best section is from YongNingMen to the Southeast corner rampart. Cost: 45 CNY forc180 minutes.

There isn't a lot to see when you ride (or walk) the whole wall. You hardly see any interesting buildings when looking toward city inside. Outside the wall are modern highrises...

Of all the gates on the Xi'an city wall, this one is the coolest (and busiest). The fortifications are impressive, they have a nightly show in the space between the gates, and the people watching here is as good as it gets. This is one of the places you can rent bikes on the wall, and late at night it is the place where they ask you to return the bikes. The wall is definitely worth visiting if you're in Xi'an, and this is probably the coolest...