Enjoy Biking Activity Explore Ancient City Wall of Xian

Xian is the city that enjoys long history in China. At past, over thousand years, in total Xian had become the ancient capital city of 13 Dynasty. Because of that long history, there have left behind a lot of old historical sites that worth to visit for Xian tours and one of them is Xian Ancient City Wall. It once first built in Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhuang, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Xian is very proud about the City Wall because the Wall has become the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world and the most complete city wall survived in China. At past, the Wall had become the protection of the city from the enemies attack, and today it has become one of the main historical sites in this ancient city and become the example of one ancient architecture buildings in Xian.

Xian City Wall built surrounding the city, and because of that there in total has 4 main entrance gates of the Wall: the south gate, north gate, east gate and west gate. It covers 13.7 kilometers (8.5 miles) in length with a deep moat surrounding it. Visitors are able to rent bicycle to bike around the area above Wall as well as enjoy view of the city. Not only that, visitors could also have an option to rent electric car that will bring them to explore the Wall if you like.

Rent a bike biking around the Wall is the best option. Visitors could stop everywhere and every time to capture the best view around the Wall and Xian ancient city. Around the Wall, there have some shops where sell some souvenirs. While biking explores the Wall, visitors also like to stop and visit some nice and unique souvenir shops in the area. Shop sellers are very friendly and polite to everyone. Here visitors are able relaxing to choose the authentic ancient souvenirs that they like. Never forget to bargain, if you are good at it, you may buy the beautiful handcrafts with cheap price.

Visitors have so many options to explore the Wall, either walking for about 4 hour or biking about 1-2 hours. The stunning city view of Xian with light wind blowing and cool weather is waiting for discovery. Today, Xian Ancient City Wall not only has become the historical relics that keep remains till now but also a leisure and entertainment site for visitors, locals and even international.