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Tour Features
Traveling on the route where it was flourishing once in history and you may wonder why the history chose them then and abandoned them later. Was there really something worked like Fengshui? The remains of the old cities somewhere were the only way they record their past.

Day by Day Itinerary

Departure: Friday

Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Day 01: Arrival in Beijing
Our guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza  


Day 02: Beijing
Visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant followed by a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza  

Day 03: Beijing
Visit the Badaling Great Wall. To avoid having lunch at shopping site restaurants, you will be driven to have Sichuan food at a local popular restaurant. Visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb in the afternoon. The a la carte dinner is served at a famous Cantonese cuisine restaurant in the Wangfujing area. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza  

Day 04: Beijing - Urumqi
Visit the Summer Palace. Take a flight to Urumqi and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Sheraton Urumqi Hotel
 

Southern Pasture, Urumqi

Day 05: Urumqi - Korla
Drive to Korla. Visit the Tiemen Pass. (B+L)

Accommodation: Loulan Hotel   

Day 06: Korla - Kuqa
Drive to Kuqa and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Subashi Ruins. (B+L)

Accommodation: Kuqa Hotel   

Day 07: Kuqa - Aksu
Visit the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves. Drive to Aksu and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Hongfu Jinlan Hotel   

Day 08: Aksu - Kashgar
Drive to Kashgar and transfer to the local best hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: the local best hotel

Day 09: Kashgar - Karakuri Lake - Kashgar
Drive to the Karakuri Lake and have a visit there. Drive back to Kashgar and transfer to the local best hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: the local best hotel

 

Karakuri Lake

Day 10: Kashgar
Visit the famous Sunday Market, the Id Kah Mosque and the Abakh Khoja Tomb. (B+L)
 
Accommodation: the local best hotel

Day 11: Kashgar - Hetian
Drive to Hetian. Visit the Yarkant King Mausoleum and the Yingisar Uigur Knife Making. Stay overnight at the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Hetian Hotel  

Day 12: Hetian - Minfeng
Visit the Silk Village, hundred years' old walnut tree and Paper Making. On the way to Minfeng, you can visit a local bazaar and the unique minority people's costume in Yutian city. Stay at the hotel in Minfeng. (B+L)

Accommodation: Ni Ya Hotel  

Day 13: Minfeng - Korla
Drive to Korla through the Taklamakan Desert and enjoy the scenery of sand dune. Stay overnight at the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Luolan Hotel  
 

Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar

Day 14: Korla - Turpan
Drive to Turpan and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Oasis Hotel  

Day 15: Turpan
Visit the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves, the Gaochang Ruins and the Flaming Hill. (B+L)

Accommodation: Oasis Hotel  

Day 16: Turpan - Dunhuang
Visit the Jiaohe Ruins, the Karez Well and the Sugong Pagoda. Take an overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: an overnight soft sleeper train

Day 17: Dunhuang
Pick you up at the railway station and transfer to the hotel. Breakfast is on your side. Visit the Mogao Grottoes and the Dunhuang Museum. (L)

Accommodation: Building No. 8 of Dunhuang Hotel  


Day 18: Dunhuang - Xian
You will experience a short camel-riding along the Echoing-Sand Dune to reach the Crescent Lake. Take a flight to Xian and transfer to the hotel. A sumptuous buffet dinner will be served for you at the hotel this evening. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Hotel  - downtown 

Sunday Bazaar, Kashgar

Day 19: Xian
Visit the Terracotta Warriors Museum. To avoid having the poor food at the site, you will take highway back to downtown to have lunch at a well-known Cantonese cuisine restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the City Wall. This evening you will be entertained with the marvelous Tang Dynasty Dinner Show in Tang Dynasty Palace. (Add: No.75, Chang'an Road, Xian) (B+L+D)
 
Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Hotel  - downtown 


Day 20: Xian
Visit the Provincial History Museum. After enjoying the a la carte lunch at a local famous restaurant, visit the Great Mosque and a local family. (B+L)

Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Hotel  - downtown 

Day 21: Xian - Shanghai
Visit the Hanyangling Museum, the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi on the way to the airport. After lunch, take a flight to Shanghai and be transferred to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai

Day 22: Shanghai
Visit the Shanghai Museum and the Yuyuan Garden. After lunch, take a cruise tour on the Huangpu River. The farewell dinner is served at Wang Bao He Hotel (4 star), followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at Shanghai Centre Theatre. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai

Day 23: Departure from Shanghai
See off. (B)

More Silk Road ToursB-- BreakfastL-- LunchD-- Dinner