Originally Posted by
doglover
Not a complete answer to your query -- but for those who do visit the Terracotta warriors there are english speaking guides available. Your hotel can reserve them for you - we booked through the Sheraton. We had 'anna' escort us through the facility her english was terrific and she was well worth the 150RMB fee.
Unfortunately, we will be flying in just for the day from Beijing, so we won't have a hotel and would prefer a prearranged guide. I'm leaning towards using a travel agency in beijing, even though we are arranging the guides in beijing ourselves.