Gran Melia Xi'an
西安盛美利亚酒店
Red Level: a separate check-in, lounge and floor with its own service team, which in practice makes a 380-room hotel behave like a 60-room one.
- Indicative nightly rate
- ¥800-1,600 a night
- The collection
- Gran Melia (Melia Hotels International)
- Setting
- Xi'an · 380 rooms
Gran Meliá Xi’an facade and fountain
Why stay here
About 380 rooms and suites on a landscaped site with gardens and water around 500 metres from Tang Paradise, in Qujiang. Five restaurants plus bar and lounge, indoor pool, children's pool, sauna and steam. The Red Level floors operate as a hotel-within-a-hotel with their own lounge.
The only Spanish-run luxury hotel in the city and the only one whose staff are regularly singled out for handling non-Chinese-speaking guests well. Gardens and a lake on site, which separates it from the towers. Tang Paradise is a one-minute walk.
Red Level: a separate check-in, lounge and floor with its own service team, which in practice makes a 380-room hotel behave like a 60-room one.
Rooms worth asking for
A Red Level room or suite with a garden view — the lounge access is the difference between this hotel and a well-run four-star.
Note the exact room or suite name before opening the booking provider, along with any connecting-room, step-free access or celebration requests.
Dining & the evening ahead
Five restaurants plus a bar and lounge. No Michelin or Black Pearl listing confirmed.
Request restaurant availability alongside your stay. Tasting menus, private dining and dietary arrangements should be confirmed separately.
Spa, pool & wellbeing
A spa and pool complex that guests mention favourably, though I found no account establishing it as a reason to book on its own.
Ask which facilities are included with your room, whether treatments require advance reservations, and whether any seasonal closures affect your stay.
Photos & films
Videos open on their publisher’s site. YouTube is unavailable in mainland China; watch before travelling.
Xi'an, at your pace
Destination photography · explore the surrounding city.
How to Visit the Terracotta Warriors Without a Guide | Solo in Xi'an 🇨🇳Ligia travels the world · Solo traveller shows how to reach and tour the Terracotta Warriors museum without booking a guide.Watch on YouTube ↗I Spent 48 Hours in Xi'An 🇨🇳 This city is INCREDIBLE!Travel For Phoebe · Two days in Xi'an including the Terracotta Army, the city wall and the Muslim Quarter.Watch on YouTube ↗Videos open on their publisher’s site. YouTube is unavailable in mainland China; watch before travelling.
Terracotta Army with a private archaeologist-guide ↗Explore the experience and its booking detailsBefore you decide
The rooms are visibly past their first decade; one recent guest put it as no longer completely new. All the available assessment comes from booking-platform reviews rather than professional ones, and I could not find an official statement of current operating status, only reviews dated into 2026. Qujiang again means nothing historic within walking distance except the reconstructed Tang Paradise, which is a theme park rather than a site.
Location. Qujiang New District, adjoining Tang Paradise; about 10 minutes to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, 30 to the city wall.
Prices are indicative, not live availability. Confirm the total including taxes, meals, transfers and cancellation terms on the provider’s checkout before committing.