After a quick visit to a Terracotta Warrior factory and craft centre, with level access, one headed out to the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum in Lintang where the original Terracotta Warriors are located. It is worth noting that the ‘accessible’ routes around the site are a little confusing and even if one follows the wheelchair signs, you still may encounter steps. The are three pits within which the Terracotta Warriors were discovered with pit 1 being the largest with 6000 Warriors…
It appears that wheelchair users can only access the top viewing platform as there are steps down to the sides. However, pits 2 and 3 are completely wheelchair accessible as is the Chariot Museum
N.B. Make sure you press the right floor in the museum lift as everything is on -1 rather than 2 as initially thought.
As of 2017, pit 3 is yet to be excavated.
Tomorrow, we travel to Xi’An International Airport to catch a 2 hour internal flight to our final destination of Shanghai.