Shangri-La Xi'an: garden hotel in Gaoxin

• 4,500 m² garden oasis
• Indoor pool and full health club
• Horizon Club lounge
• Malls (Golden Eagle, Century Ginwa Gaoxin) a 3-minute walk

• Line 3 metro: ~15 minutes to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda area
• ~25 minutes to Bell & Drum Tower Square
• ~45 minutes by car to the Terracotta Army
• ~35 minutes to Xianyang Airport

• Tian Xiang Ge: Chinese, lunch and dinner daily
• Yi Café: international buffet
• Four restaurants and bars in total

• Families wanting a pool and garden
• Business travellers in Gaoxin
• Visitors happy to commute by metro

Shangri-La Xi'an is the luxury pick on the Gaoxin side of the city, and we publish no rate band for it — no sourced figure exists, and rates at this level move with season and seller. What the price buys is space and calm: 393 rooms and suites wrapped around a 4,500 m² garden, an indoor pool with a full health club, four restaurants and bars, and Horizon Club lounge access when you book Horizon Club rooms. It is the right splurge for families who want a pool and green space, business travellers based in Gaoxin, and repeat visitors who have already done the old town — usually at a lower price than the walled-city luxury hotels. On a first two-night visit where you want to walk everywhere, stay central instead.

Kejilu station on Metro Line 3 is the hotel's stop, in Gaoxin, the modern business district — calmer and tidier than the old town, with the Golden Eagle and Century Ginwa Gaoxin malls a three-minute walk from the lobby. Line 3 is the sightseeing artery: the hotel's own timings put the Big Wild Goose Pagoda area about 15 minutes away and the Bell Tower and Drum Tower Square about 25. Farther afield, taxis rule — roughly 45 minutes by car to the Terracotta Army, 35 to the airport, per the hotel.