Silk road tour-Kashgar,Turpan,Heavenly lake Dunhuang,Xi’an 11 days tour

Today welcome to Kashgar we will meet you at the airport and stay in Kashgar hotel overnight

Kashgar

After breakfast in the hotel, drive to Taxkorgan County leisurely, along the Karakoram Mountains on the half way you can pay a visit to White sand Lake, the lake is blue, white sand like snow, it is so amazing. Then go to Muztag Glacier Park, to feel the exotic nature, experience the mystery of the glacier. Then head to the hotel to rest 

Taxkorgan

After breakfast in the hotel, we will drive to the Golden Grassland and Stone Fortress to feel the peace and beauty of nature, and then we will head to explore the Karakul Lake walk around the lake and take a deep breath  it is located  at the foot of the Father of the glacier-Muztag. Under the sun shine the holy Muztag snow mountain reflected in the lake and Tajk Ethnic group is the main minority who settle down here and graze their herds around the lake .then drive back to Kashgar ,stay in kashgar overnight.

                                                                                   Kashgar

After breakfast in the hotel, go to Kashgar city to enjoy the ancient city Opening ceremony, Khan Bazaar, Oil Painting Street and other places to feel the history and culture of Kashgar Ancient City. Century-old teahouse, be sure to sit for a while, taste a cup of tea, listen to folk artists to play and sing and enjoy leisure time. Go to Xinjiang's largest mosque Id Kah Mosque, Xiangfei Garden Xiangfei Garden scenic area with "Xiangfei" culture is the theme, is not only a typical Uyghur traditional architectural art features of the ancient building complex, but also a variety of cultural integration and coexistence of mausoleums, but also famous for the burial of Qianlong's concubine, After sightseeing, transfer to the airport to Urumqi according to the flight time, pick you up after arrival and check into the hotel 

                                    Urumqi 

After breakfast in the hotel, take a car about 1.5h to the heavenly lake, which is a national 5A level scenic spot and a famous summer resort. Take the shuttle bus to the Heavenly lake Scenic Spot bus stop, then take the battery car to the lakeside. After paying a visit to the lake ,back to Urumqi by car, then visit the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, experience Xinjiang customs, taste Xinjiang cuisine 

 the heavenly lake

After breakfast in the hotel, drive to Turpan, known as the Fire state, passing by the beautiful salt lake and the spectacular wind Power Station on the way. After arriving in Turpan, the most mysterious place in the west is Tuyoq Village which is also the oldest Uygur village in XinJiang. which is located in the center of the flaming mountain Canyon,it consists of four parts: Grand Canyon,Mazar (tomb), ancient village, Mosque and Buddhism Grottoes ,we will have lunch in the ancient village, then to visit the historic site Jiaohe ancient Ruins,one of the best preserved ruins of its ancient era in China it is also the World Heritage list 

Tuyoq Village

(refer to the bullet train)

After breakfast in the hotel, take a bus to visit the Karez well underground irrigation system, which is known as one of the three ancient great projects in China and the other two are  Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Great Wall, it is the life of Turpan people ,and then go to the largest existing ancient pagoda Su Gong Pagoda in Xinjiang ,it was built in 1778 by Sulaiman and next to it is a mosque ,it is the largest mosque in Turpan, then have lunch, and then take the bullet train to Dunhuang, after arrival we will meet you at the train station Exit, after picking you up head to the hotel and stay in Dunhuang overnight 

Karez well

After breakfast in the hotel, drive to Turpan, known as the Fire state, passing by the beautiful salt lake and the spectacular wind Power Station on the way. After arriving in Turpan, the most mysterious place in the west is Tuyoq Village which is also the oldest Uygur village in XinJiang. which is located in the center of the flaming mountain Canyon,it consists of four parts: Grand Canyon,Mazar (tomb), ancient village, Mosque and Buddhism Grottoes ,we will have lunch in the  the After breakfast in the hotel, drive to the Buddhist art site Mogao Grottoes, Mogao Grottoes commonly known as thousand Buddha caves, was built in the sixteen States of former Qin period, the existing cave is 735, frescoes 45,000 square meters, clay color sculptures 2415, is the world's largest and most abundant Buddhist art site. After sightseeing, transfer to the airport and arrive in Xi 'an by plane. We will meet you at the XianYang airport  

Mogao Grottoes

After breakfast in the hotel , pay a visit to the amazing Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum it is regarded as the "Eighth Wonder of the world", which standing in the underground for more than 2,000 years , which is the world's largest "underground military museum" one of the greatest discoveries in the history of world archaeology in the 20th century, the huge underground museum buried the first emperor of China Qin Shi Huang mausoleum guard army, Nearly 10,000 people and real horses with the same sizeas the terracotta army formed a huge army, these terracotta soldiers have clear responsibilities, neat army, generals, warriors, archers, charioteers, cavalry everything, then to visit the scenic spot of Grand Tang city which never night ,it displays Tang culture,

Qin Shi Huang mausoleum guard army

After breakfast in the hotel, pay a visit to the largest musical fountain square in Asia - Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. According to legend, the Tang monk Xuanzang, after returning from India, designed and supervised the construction of the landmark building of Xi 'an in person -Giant Wild Goose Pagoda for the worship and storage of Sanskrit classics and Buddha’s relics, and then drive to the downtown of Xi 'an - Bell and Drum Tower Square. Xi 'an famous food culture street-Muslim  bazzar. Here you can appreciate all kinds of scrumptious local flavor .tonight you will stay in Xi’an overnight

Qin Shi Huang mausoleum guard army

comes an end ,see you next time