Tour code: SWGD005
12 Days Train Tour-Silk Road Exploration
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Trip highlights
This Silk Road tour covers exotic places like Xian, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar. For people like Silk Road history and tours with cultural aspects.
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Tour price
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Destinations
Xian, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar, Urumqi
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Tour type
Private tour available everyday, private tour guide & driver
Day by Day Itinierary
| Day 11 Kashgar, Urumqi ( B,L ) |
| Touring around Kashgar. Later today we will fly back to Urumqi. Be met at Urumqi airport and transfer to the hotel. |
Kashgar Sunday Market (Dabazha) | The Kashgar Sunday Market (Dabazha) (with exception of the Sunday Market) is the busiest part of the city. The market is a kind of agricultural market (Nongmao Shichang), that has expanded to include anything you can think of. | Eid Kah Mosque | Lies in the center of the Kashgar, is a large-scale Islamic struture, it has over 500 years' history till now. In 1442 A.D., Shaksmirzha, the ruler of Kahsigar, had the mosque here at first and say prayers to the souls of his deceased relatives. | Abakh Hoja Tomb | In China the tomb is better known as the Tomb of Xiang Fei, the only Uigur concubine among the 41 wives of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The Tomb is the most magnificent tomb in Kashgar, filled with history and symbolism. |
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| [ Optional ] Kashgar Silk Road Museum: Kashgar Silk Road Museum was built in 1992, covering an area of 2360 square metres, the museum has 10 showrooms featuring bronze wares, ceramics, ancient Turkic paintings and rugs, calligraphy works, sculptures, seals, coins, jade wares, furniture and handicrafts of Persian, Turkic, and Indian. |
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| Day 12 Urumqi ( B ) |
| Morning is free at your leisure till transfer to Urumqi airport to next destination. If you have more time, recommend you to stroll around the local market of Uygur Ethnic people. |
Urumqi | Urumqi is situated on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, it is most famous for being the furthest city in the world from the ocean. Urumqi(Wulumuqi) means "A beautiful Pasture Land" in ancient Mongolian used by the Junggar tribe. 2000 years ago it was once an important town on the new no…… |
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| [ Optional ] Southern Mountain Pastureland: It is a vast expanse of grazing land set in a valley surrounded by snow-capped peaks. The land is inhabited by Kazak herdsmen who graze sheep, cattle and horses here during the summer months. |
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