Cycling the Xi'an City Wall was a great way to spend a day! Enter the wall via the South Gate. The bike hire place is on top of the wall itself near the South Gate Tower. Start walking around the wall in an anti-clockwise direction. The South Gate Tower had been converted into a sales area specializing in silk, paintings and sculptures. The second floor of the tower offered commanding views of the streets outside the city walls, along the city wall itself, and into the city within the confines of the walls extending to the Bell Tower.