The summer heat is burning. Instead of being stuck indoors with air conditioning, why not search for a cool respite in Xi'an City and enjoy a "Summer heat relief City Walk".

Xi'an City Wall Circular Park

In the early morning, the park serves as a refreshing natural oxygen bar. The lush greenery can easily calm you down.

On a scorching summer day, take a stroll in the park to cool off. The clear moat river and lush greenery form a picturesque natural beauty. Local residents walk, rest, practice calligraphy, and play musical instruments under the swaying tree shades, adding quite a joy to urban life.

Xiangzi Temple Alley

Exiting from the Xi'an City Wall Circular Park in the Yongning Gate area, you will encounter the Xiangzi Temple Alley, which faces the renowned Shuyuanmen Alley across the street. The alley is lined with towering trees, their lush canopies providing soothing shade throughout the summer days, enveloping the entire street in a cool and tranquil atmosphere.The temple's red walls and green tiles are hidden among the lush branches, presenting a dignified and elegant poise. The ancient cultural architecture and the vibrant trending shops stand in line together, portraying a microcosm of the old and the new intermingled in the ancient capital.

Xi'an CCAD Cooling Center

Xi'an CCAD Cooling Center is located at Andong Street. Since 2007, this air-raid shelter transformed into a public cooling center, freely accessible to the citizens for cooling off during hot weather.

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The center offers free WiFi, a wall-mounted TV, a water heater, newspapers, magazines, chess, playing cards, and more. With a wide range of facilities and leisure items, it is a perfect place to escape the summer heat and cool off.

Kind Reminder

The cooling center is open from 13:30 to 21:30 and is closed on rainy days. Because the center is very deep underground, the temperature is already relatively low. Due to the major coolness underground, people who have rheumatism, the elderly, children, patients, pregnant women, and infants who are weak and afraid of cold are not recommended to enter.

Laocaichang (Old Market)

When the hustle and bustle of the city becomes the norm, why not step into the Old Market and experience a distinctive folksy life?

Located at Jianguo Gate of Xi'an City Wall, the Old Market is a great place for a leisurely evening stroll. You may walk along the city wall, pause by the market stalls on the roadside, try out street food from small shops, and sit outside the bar with a few friends to enjoy the night breeze. Here you have so many options to relax the whole night.

Collect this "Summer heat relief route in Xi'an" and search the soothing corners in summer.