<\/span><\/h2>\nIs the combined Bell Tower \/ Drum Tower ticket worth it?<\/strong> Usually, yes: about 50 RMB combined versus roughly 30 RMB for the Bell Tower alone, and the two are a five-minute walk apart. Check the current official price, as it changes.<\/p>\nWhat time does the Bell Tower close?<\/strong> Around 21:00 in summer, with last entry before closing; winter hours are shorter. The surrounding plaza and streets stay open all evening.<\/p>\nWhich metro exit is closest?<\/strong> Lines 2 and 4 both serve Bell Tower station, and the station connects directly to the underground passage leading to the ticket office – just follow the Bell Tower signs.<\/p>\nCan you go up?<\/strong> Yes. The interior is open, with exhibits on each floor, and the top floor looks out over the four avenues. It is a staircase climb – there is no lift.<\/p>\nHow long should I allow?<\/strong> An hour covers the tower comfortably. With the Drum Tower, a Muslim Quarter lunch and a stroll down the avenues, plan on a half-day.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>My Verdict<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\nI stayed until the floodlights came on and the traffic thickened for the evening rush. On the way down the worn wooden stairs, I kept thinking about the morning bell – that for over five hundred years, the first sound of every Xi’an day came from exactly this spot, from a bronze voice rolling out over rooftops that have changed less than you would think. The Bell Tower is barely 640 years old, which in a city with three millennia of history makes it almost a newcomer. But it is the one place in Xi’an where you can stand at the exact centre of everything – the streets, the history, the noise – and feel the whole city beating at once.<\/p>\n
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