Silk Road Tours to Dunhuang, Urumqi, Kashgar 7 days

Day 1 Arrive at Dunhuang (Meals: -/-/-)

You will be met at the airport in Dunhuang by our Discoverchinatours guide, and driven to your hotel. The rest of the time is free for you to explore the city.

Day 2 Dunhuang (Meals: B/L/-)

Sightseeing: Mogao Grottos / Folk Culture Museum / Roaring Mingsha Hill / Crescent Lake

Take a full day tour to visit Mogao Grottos, Folk Culture Museum, Crescent Lake and Roaring Mingsha Hill.

• Mogao Grottos: In China, it is one of the three famous rock grottos and regarded as a storehouse of the Buddhist art in the world.
• Mingsha Hill: Mingsha Hill offers the best picture-book desert scenery that travellers are likely to see along the entire length of the Silk Road.
• Crescent Lake: Yueya Spring is near the northern foot of Mingsha Hill in the southern suburbs of Dunhuang City. It is shaped like a crescent moon, and its clear water is surrounded by grass.

Day 3 Dunhuang Urumqi (Meals: B/L/-)

Sightseeing: The Hecang Fortress / Yumenguan / Yang Gate

You will start the day with a visit to Yumenguan, the Great Wall in Han Dynasty, The Hecang Fortress and Yang Gate. As sunset approaches, you will be transferred to the airport to Urumqi. Upon your arrival in Urumqi, be met and transferred to your hotel.

• The Hecang Fortress: hidden in the Gobi Desert twenty kilometers from Yumenguan Pass at the west, was originally the important quartermaster depot.
• Yumenguan: Yumenguan lies about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Dunhuang. Its name came from the fact that jade from Hotan in Xinjiang entered Central China through this pass.
• Yangguan: Yangguan lies 75 kilometres (47 miles) southwest of Dunhuang but consists of only the ruins of a high beacon tower. It's named Yangguan because it borders the southern part of Yumenguan Pass.

Day 4 Urumqi (Meals: B/L/-)

Sightseeing: Heaven Lake and Heavenly Mountain

After an early breakfast, we set off for Heavenly Lake and Heavenly Mountain.

• Heaven Lake: Situated in the Tianshan range, 115 km northeast of Urumqi, at an elevation of 1980m, Tianchi Lake is one of the main tourist attractions in China.

Day 5 Urumqi Kashgar (Meals: B/L/-)

Sightseeing: Hongshan Park / Xinjiang Autonomous Region Museum / Erdaoqiao Bazaar

You will pay a full day visit to Hongshan Park, Xinjiang Autonomous Region Museum and Erdaoqiao Bazaar. As sunset approaches, you will be transferred to the airport to Kashgar. Upon your arrival in Kashgar, be met and transferred to your hotel.

• Red Hill (Hong Shan): From Red Hill (Hong Shan), 910 metres or 3,000 feet high, on the east bank of the Urumqi River, there is a panoramic view of the city.
• Xinjiang Autonomous Region Museum : This museum houses an impressive collection of exhibits, covering artifacts and relics from more than 12 minority groups.

Day 6 Kashgar Urumqi (Meals: B/L/-)

Sightseeing: Fragrant Concubine Tomb / Id Kah Mosque / Sunday Bazaar

You will spend the day touring around the city, including visits to Fragrant Concubine Tomb, Id Kah Mosque, Sunday Bazaar. Then take evening flight back to Urumqi. Upon your arrival in Urumqi, be met and transferred to your hotel.

• Fragrant Concubine Tomb (Xiangfei Tomb): It is a monumental hall, finished in 1640, with a large dome of dazzling glazed green tiles.
• Id Kah Mosque: This mosque, the largest one in China, can accommodate 20,000 people, and almost certainly the most active, in the country. You can even hear the call to prayer booming around the city centr-a rare sound in China.
• Sunday Bazaar: Once a week Kashgar's population serlls by 50,000 as perple from across the area stream into the Sunday morning bazaar. On Sundays, thousands of farmers driving carts flock from the countryside to the great Kashgar bazaar around Aizilaiti Lu, east of the Tuman River.

Day 7 Urumqi to Next City (Meals: B/-/-)

Feel free until be met and transferred to the airport for the flight to next destination.

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