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JADE DOORWAY
Dunhuang
Ancient monuments
It was the westernmost Fortin of the Great Wall, which was part of the ...Read more
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EMIN MINARET
Turpan
Mosque to visit
Sometimes called Sugong Ta (苏公塔), this minaret was built in 1777 by a ...Read more
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KUMBUM MONASTERY
Xining
Abbey monastery and convent
This monastery is located 25 km from Xining, near the village of Lushaer. ...Read more
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QINGHAI PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Xining
Archaeology
An interesting museum tracing the history of the silk road in Qinghai ...Read more
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SUOYANG RUINS
Dunhuang
Ancient monuments
Founded in the first century. The strong town of Kugucheng, later renamed ...Read more
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PEOPLE'S PARK
Urumqi
Parks and gardens
The People's Park is a mix between children's amusement park (games and ...Read more
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XINJIANG MUSEUM
Urumqi
Specialized museum
On the ground floor you will see a beautiful model of the region in 3 D.The ...Read more
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GREAT MOSQUE ID KAH
Kashgar
Mosque to visit
The Idgah Mosque was built in 1422 (in the year 846 according to the Muslim ...Read more
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CITS URUMQI
Urumqi
Tourist office
The official Chinese agency. The latter cannot help you if you don't speak ...Read more
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TURNIP BAZAAR
Turpan
Markets
This is a bazaar, in the truest sense of the word. It offers, without an ...Read more
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HONGSHAN PARK
Urumqi
Parks and gardens
An amusement park in the city centre which offers the advantage of ...Read more
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GREAT BAZAAR OF KASHGAR
Kashgar
Markets
The main attraction of the city. Every Sunday, everything to buy, ...Read more
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ALTUN MOSQUE
Yarkand
Religious buildings
The mosque of the corner, still in activity and beautiful invoice that it ...Read more
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KUQA PALAIS
Kuqa
Archaeology
Recently restored ruins of a palace offered by Emperor Qianlong (from the ...Read more
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CAVES OF 1000 KIZIL BUDDHAS
Kuqa
Archaeological site
An extraordinary site with over 250 caves, only a small dozen of which are ...Read more
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PROVINCIAL GANSU MUSEUM
Lanzhou
Archaeology
For lovers of the history of the silk Road, this museum presents the ...Read more
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WHITE CLOUD TEMPLE
Lanzhou
Temple to visit
The province's main taoist shrine, built under the Qing Dynasty.Read more
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HOTAN MUSEUM
Hotan
Museums
This museum is not really extraordinary and we can only note the presence ...Read more
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ANCIENT GAOCHANG CITY
Turpan
Archaeological site
(Note immediately in the preamble: at the entrance, there are many teams if ...Read more
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ANCIENT CITY OF JIAOHE
Turpan
Archaeological site
Classified as a world heritage by UNESCO, the old town of Jiaohe is a very ...Read more
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KAREZ WELL
Turpan
Local history and culture
The karez system is a traditional irrigation system allied to many wells ...Read more
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QIUCI RUINS
Kuqa
Archaeological site
These ruins are all that remains of the old palace of the Principality of ...Read more
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SHAZHOU OLD TOWN
Dunhuang
Ancient monuments
A few kilometres from the caves of the west at the Thousand Buddhas, you ...Read more
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TURPAN MUSEUM
Turpan
Archaeology
This is nothing less than the second museum in Xinjiang (after the regional ...Read more
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WHITE PAGODA HILL
Lanzhou
Pagoda to visit
At the top of this park, a gigantic white pagoda built under the Yuan ...Read more
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LABRANG MONASTERY
Xiahe
Abbey monastery and convent
The Labrang Monastery is one of the largest geloupa monasteries outside the ...Read more
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OLD TOWN OF DUNHUANG
Dunhuang
Street square and neighborhood to visit
This old town is actually a cinema decor! Built in 1987 for the needs of a ...Read more