Bell Tower Hotel Xian

... these?) 3 hours Visit Muslim Quarter / (Moslim) Muslim Street and Great Mosque on Islamic Street - 1 hour ($?) Walk to drum tower and bell tower ($? Is it really worth the money to go inside these?) Visit Xiyang Shi alley shopping Taxi back to hotel ...

Located at the crossing of the East, West, South, and North avenues in Xian, both the Bell Tower and the Drum tower are very close to each other. Reasons to go there Both, the bell tower and the drum tower are worth a visit! The bell tower was a ...

... " (forest of calligraphy tablets) which is in the heart of Xian, about 15 mins walk from the Bell Tower and the Bell Tower Hotel I was staying. It houses many valuable calligraphy artworks including a tablet documenting how Christianity spread to China in ...

... existing texts of the Confucian classics, and more than 2000 engraved stone tablets from the Han dynasty. Then we took a nice walk to the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower, which were impressive to look at from the outside, but we did not feel the need to ...

... hadn't seen this level of smog in a city before. Walking down the street towards the center which house a building called the bell tower, I realised this place wasn't going to be the same as Beijing there was a much more relaxed atmosphere no one ...

... its delights - D just had to sit there and suffer the indignity of watching her eat ! The food place was very near the Bell Tower and sold steamed buns with a variety of fillings for less than 10p each. Evidently just three of these buns will totally ...

... up and feel good again.    After saying good bye to everyone I grabbed my pack and walked all the way to the Bell Tower Mc Donald's for a feast of Mc Muffins and elcheapo coffee!.   Here I met a happy girl from the Chezch Republic who ...

... of city gate and the Drum was for nightfall, they each had a little museum and there was a cultural dance performance in the Bell tower which was very good. The huge Ginwa dept. store is in between the two underground and right round the corner from the ...

... it. The modern world meets old China. I walked down the road to the Drum Tower, which is very similar to the Bell Tower really. I walked through the road tunnel underneath to the other side, which leads to a sidestreet market. The stalls were of ...

... one of four capitals of China, and was the capital for China during 13 dynasties.  We spent three nights in Xian at the Xian Garden Hotel, a joint venture between the Chinese and Japanese.  I also stayed here on my first visit to China in ...

... . Basically its a meaty veg mush, boiled or fried in dough. Preferred the boiled Pork & Shrimp. Ace. Xian actaually a beautiful city. At the centre is the Bell Tower and 200 yards to the west, the Drum Tower. 1st city in China to have a city wall ...

... as at the moment it is the only place we eat at for hygene reasons. As the Chinese are so paranoid the whole of Xian is surrounded by a great big wall. Then visted the bell tower. Finished the day with a bottle of bourbon in my hotel ...

... up. The bathroom was Western so we were good to go. Todd and I showered and headed out to explore Xi'an. We walked to the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower which were both beautiful. We also explored the Muslim Quarter which basically is a whole bunch of ...

... at you. Hot. Our hotel is right in the centre and we take an airport shuttle there, walking the last 200 meters. We then tour the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower and a small part of the Muslim quarter before retiring from the heat for a few hours. Later, ...

... luckily they forgot the lambs kidneys!   Up early this morning to bang huge drums in the drum tower and huge bells in the bell tower!  Great fun, we turned into big kids again! not sure how many people we woke up but Dunc's getting a ...

Winnie, Hot Pot, City Wall, Bell Tower, TerraCotta Warriors (& factory), Wild Goose Pagoda, Hotel Royal ...

... , then after checking in to the awesome Xi'an International Youth Hostel, we walked around the centre of Xi'an checking out the bell tower, the Muslim street, we bough a Chinese kite to fly and just had fun! It's here I'll introduce mine and Adam's new ...

... better than sleigh bells ringing (dont get me wrong I would rather have the cold if I am dressed for it). We went to the Bell tower in XIan which used to used to signal the opening of the city gates in ancient times. This may be the last bell tower on ...

... , vases, and pottery.  It was exquisite. Then we visited the Drum Tower, which appeared to be larger than the Bell Tower.  Surrounding one of the upper terraces of the tower are gigantic drums with the striking surface facing out, and Chinese ...

... When night falls, lanterns hung from the eaves illuminate the tower, making it even more enchanting.   The Bell Tower definitely deserves a visit on your trip to Xian.   When I met Luo Wei the poor bugger looked so hot and so tired.  ...

... to the events of the morning - this sums China up - one minute terrible and the next fantastic. 25/9 Xian - highlights Bell Tower Hotel Western buffet - 4 pounds for unlimited great food, coffee, beer, dessert and fruit. We stayed the whole two hours ...