Urumqi -- Turpan by car

• Silkroadtrips(Đi ngang qua)

  Admission Ticket Free

  tour operator

• Karez System

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  At 9 o'clock in the morning, your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your centrally located hotel in Urumqi. Then, you will take a 3-hour ride in a private vehicle from Urumqi to Turpan. On the way, you will see windmill farms, saltwater lakes, and valley of Tianshan. After arriving in Turpan, you will you will learn why Turpan could sustain itself in long history by visiting the Karez Irrigation System.

• Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Lunch is at the nice yard of Uyghur house. After lunch, you will visit Bezklik Thousand Buddha Caves that is located in the valley of Flaming Mountain, which is an abandoned site that has ruins of fresco and statues from 15th century.

• Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Afterwards, you will go to ancient city ruin of Gaochang which was one of the most renowned kingdom along the Silk Road in the history. You can wander around to visit temples, stupas, city walls...etc among the ruin.

• 吐峪沟麻扎村

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Later, you will continue to visit Toyuk Uyghur Old Village that is situated in the valley with a history more than 1000 years before you heading to the hotel in Turpan.
• Accommodations

  Turpan 4-star Huozhou Hotel or Shuangcheng Hotel or equivalent

  Food And Drinks

  Lunch

  Dinner