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For thousands of years the Great Silk Road was connecting China to the Mediterranean and facilitating cultural exchange between two major civilizations of that time - the Eastern and the Western one. For thousands of years numerous caravans with expensive silk, exotic spicery and gems were moving along this famous trading route, immense caravanserais, majestic mosques and madrassas were rising along the road. And now you have got a possibility to follow that same ancient route yourself!
You have an opportunity to visit five Asian republics, through the territory of which camelcades were passing long ago, and those are China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran. This tour is unique from the beginning to the very ending: starting from the grandiose Chinese wall, mystical Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven in China to Azadi Tower and numerous palaces of majestic Iran. As you are en route the ruins of ancient cities give place to large-scale modern megapolises, exciting local legends are significantly amplified by the impressive surrounding landscape, and spicy atmosphere of the charming East hides at each dastarkhan, in every madrasah and is reflected as a subtle sparkle in the eyes of each passer-by…
Itinerary (please, note that due to different reasons (e.g. weather conditions, transport, etc.) the program of the tour may be slightly changed):
Itinerary:
| Day 1. | Arrival to Beijing. |
| Day 2. | Beijing - Xian. |
| Day 3. | Xian. |
| Day 4. | Xian - Lanchow. |
| Day 5. | Lanchow - Xiahe. |
| Day 6. | Xiahe - Lanchow - Jiayuguan. |
| Day 7. | Jiayuguan - Dunhuang. |
| Day 8. | Dunhuang - Turpan. |
| Day 9. | Turpan. |
| Day 10. | Turpan - Urumqi. |
| Day 11. | Urumqi - Kashgar. |
| Day 12. | Kashgar - Irkeshtam pass - Base camp under the Lenin Peak - Yurt camp. |
| Day 13. | Yurt camp under the Lenin Peak. |
| Day 14. | Transfer to Osh. |
| Day 15. | Osh - Ferghana. |
| Day 16. | Ferghana - Margilan- Ferghana. |
| Day 17. | Ferghana - Rishtan - Kokand - Tashkent. |
| Day 18. | Tashkent. |
| Day 19. | Tashkent - Samarkand. |
| Day 20. | Samarkand. |
| Day 21. | Samarkand - Bukhara. |
| Day 22. | Bukhara. |
| Day 23. | Bukhara. |
| Day 24. | Bukhara - Khiva. |
| Day 25. | Khiva. |
| Day 26. | Khiva - Konya-Urgench - Tashauz - Ashgabat. |
| Day 27. | Ashgabat. |
| Day 28. | Ashgabat - Mary - Merv. |
| Day 29. | Merv - Turkmen-Iranian border - Mashhad. |
| Day 30. | Mashhad - Shiraz. |
| Day 31. | Shiraz. |
| Day 32. | Shiraz - Persepolis - Isfahan. |
| Day 33. | Isfahan. |
| Day 34. | Isfahan - Tehran flight. |
| Day 35. | Tehran. Departure. |
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The cost of the tour in USD for 1 person: | ||||||
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Group |
2 |
3-4 |
5-6 |
7-9 |
10-15 |
SGL supplement |
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Hotels of 2-3* |
5700 |
5079 |
4235 |
3825 |
3725 |
365 |
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Hotels of 3-4* |
6090 |
5475 |
4640 |
4395 |
4000 |
490 |
The cost tour includes:
| • | Accommodation at the hotels on twin/double share with breakfast: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| • | Excursion program to the base monuments with guide; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | Entry fees to the base monuments of each city; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | Railway tickets for Beijing - Xian; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | Railway tickets for Xian - Lanzhou; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | Railway tickets for Lanzhou - Jiayu guan; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | Railway tickets for Jiayu guan - Turpan; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | The cost of Tashauz - Ashgabat air ticket; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | The cost of Mashhad - Shiraz air ticket; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | The cost of Shiraz - Isfahan air ticket; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | The cost of Isfahan - Tehran air ticket; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | All transport services during the tour, including airport-hotel-airport transfers; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | The cost of invitation letter to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, China; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | Full board in “Pamir Expeditions” yurt camp. |
The cost tour does not include:
| • | International air fare; |
| • | Fly Urumchi - Kashgar; |
| • | Visa fee; |
| • | Medical insurance; |
| • | Photo and video shooting at museums and monuments; |
| • | Immigration card paid to immigration service after coming at the country-region on Turkmenistan place border - 15USD/pax, including taxes. |
Additional information:
Necessary documents.
In order to make this tour you need to get visas to the following countries:
| • | China - single-entry; |
| • | Kyrgyzstan - single-entry; |
| • | Uzbekistan - single-entry; |
| • | Turkmenistan - single-entry; |
| • | Iran - single-entry. |
The list of the documents necessary to apply for a visa may vary greatly depending on the country of your residence (e. g. the citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan (for the period of 60 days) and Kazakhstan can enter Uzbekistan without a visa, because Uzbekistan has bilateral agreements on visa-free travel with all CIS countries except Tajikistan and Turkmenistan). General guidelines on visa application process and the list of necessary documents can be found here. If you need more detailed information, please, contact our tour operators.
General recommendations:
- If possible all necessary documents to enter/exit all countries of the tour must be prepared before your arrival to the starting point of the tour;
- Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after the supposed ending date of the tour.
Transport.
You are supposed to use the following types of transport en route:
Plane - 4 local air flights are expected during the tour (Tashauz - Ashgabat, Mashhad - Shiraz, Shiraz - Isfahan, Isfahan - Tehran). Air tickets are included into the price of the tour.
Train - you will have 4 overnight train passages while being en route (Beijing - Xian, Xian - Lanzhou, Lanzhou - Jiayu, Jiayu guan - Turpan). Train tickets are included into the price of the tour.
Car/Minibus/Bus (depending on the size of the group) will be used in all other cases en route. This type of transportation is also included into the price of the tour.
Accommodation en route.
There are two supposed types of accommodation for this tour:
Hotels - we choose the most comfortably located and proven hotels to accommodate our travelers. Below you will find the list of the recommended hotels, however, due to seasonal conditions and group size the list is subject to change.
Yurts - when crossing the border between China and Kyrgyzstan through Irkeshtam pass for one day and two nights you will be accommodated in the yurt camp under the Lenin Peak.
Attention!
- Shiraz - Isfahan flights never take place on Sunday and Monday.
- Irkeshtam pass is closed for those wishing to cross the state border on Saturdays and Sundays.
- Sunday bazaar in Kashgar works on Sundays only.
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Detailed tour description:
Day 1. Arrival to Beijing.
Early in the morning as soon as you land and get off the plane you will be carefully met and taken to the hotel. Right from this moment you are starting your amazing acquaintance with China and this country is worth crossing all seas and oceans. To be sure! This is the country with a 5000-thousand-year history! It is really able to astonish. Just imagine: 29 out of 754 UNESCO World Heritage objects are located here, which results in the fact that China is ranked third in the world with respect to the number of the world heritage objects. Now you are in the country, people of which invented compass, sail, printing, plough, umbrella, porcelain, calendar, seismoscope, kite, and arbalest…
First of all you will visit Tiananmen Square located in the centre of Beijing. Long ago it was a palatial square situated behind the Platform of the Forbidden Palace. Appreciate the chance given to you by luck as in the times of the emperors ordinary people were not able to visit this square! Take a look at its majesty, symmetry and thrilling mightiness. This square is the largest in the world, thus, try to imagine the following: it can fit up to million people at a time!
Then you will see former residence of the Chinese emperors, which without a doubt is the main attraction of Beijing. Full name of the emperor’s palace in Chinese sounds like «Zijin Cheng» - «Purple Forbidden City», and the name «Gùgōng» meaning the «Former Palace» appeared later. Nowadays people in Beijing mostly use the name «Gùgōng» when referring to the palace and this name has almost replaced the first one.
The next place our guide will direct you to is the Great Chinese Wall! Well, of course not all of it. You will see the part of the wall, which is located in Beijing. It’s not just another attraction of China; it is the symbol and the pride of the whole body of the Chinese civilization, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Do you know that this wall has been built for more than 2000 years?! And do you know that its alternative names are «The largest cemetery in the world» and «The Wall of Tears»? Don’t you? then it’s time to pack and head for China, time to start the tour along the great Silk Road! Here you will find a lot of thing, which are impressive, terrifying and intriguing, the things you won’t ever find in any other country of the world.
After visit the “miraculous” wall you will continue your way towards the Mausoleum of the Ming emperors. We have to be quick because, unfortunately, the day is not endless... Well, Ming Tombs… 13 Ming emperors and empresses rest in peace here. Isn’t it scary? Don’t worry! Chinese security systems are up and running. Here you will see not only the tombs by themselves but the whole underground palace (“Underground Palace of Dingling”) - the place where almost every offspring of the Ming dynasty found his/her ultimate and final destination.
Overnight at a hotel.
Day 2. Beijing - Xian (T27 21:30 - 08:36).
Tonight you will leave Beijing for Xian, which is another beautiful Chinese city.
However, while you are still here you can visit the Summer Imperial Palace, which has got more than a 800-year history. There is the largest and pretty well-preserved Imperial Garden in China, which was laid out around the palace. During the tour around the Summer Imperial Palace you will see the East Glorious Gate, the Hall of Literary Glory, the Hall of Nephritic Waves, the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, roofed gallery, marble boat and other fine monuments of the past centuries’ architecture.
In the afternoon you will find out what the real Temple of Heaven looks like! This is the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties gathered annually for a prayer to heaven for peace and good harvest. The most amazing thing here is the Echo Wall. Could you imagine that every word said by you facing the wall will echo to your interlocutor at the other side of the wall? Well, definitely there is nothing to say about the confidentiality of such a conversation!
In the evening you will be delivered to the railway station to catch a night train to Xian (Т27 (21:30 - 08:36)).
Day 3. Xian.
As you arrive and check in to the hotel, you will have a full day sightseeing in Xian. You can be sure that you’ve come here not for nothing, because long ago Xian was the starting point of the Great Silk Road. The first caravans were starting from here in the II C BC. It happened due to the following: Emperor Wu of Han, who ruled that time, required pedigree horses for his cavalry. In 138-126 BC imperial envoy Zhang Qian, who were in Central Asia that time, saw local pedigree horses. Upon coming back he told the Emperor that in the region he was travelling across there is no silk weaving at all, however, there are excellent horses, fruit, wine, etc. These news suggested emperor an idea to create a trade corridor and as it is known nowadays the idea was worthy! In 121 BC the first camelcade loaded with the silk and bronze mirrors headed for the Ferghana Oasis through the Turpan Depression along the Flaming Mountains and Tian Shan ridges. Therefore, Xi’an is the spot where the beginning of a many-century history of the Great Silk Road was initiated.
Nowadays Xian is an administrative centre of the Shaanxi province. It is situated in the western part of the Guanzhong Plain and is the largest urban area there. In ancient times Xian was called Chang"an and was a world-famous capital. The history of the city is more than 3000-year long. For that period many unique monuments were created here.
In Xian you will see the most astonishing attraction of China - the Terracotta Army of the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang. The hundreds of warriors of different appearance and with different eye expressions will stare at you amazed by the fact that you’ve dared to trespass upon their domain where they are used to guard the emperor’s peace.
Besides, you will visit the Horse Museum and after the rich lunch you will head for the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, which one of the most famous Buddhist pagodas in China. Our guide will friendly tell you about the foundation of this monument in 652 AD and the legend related to its origination.
Overnight at a hotel.
Day 4. Xian - Lanchow (K119 22:26 - 06:27).
Today you will continue your city-tour around Xi’an. The Shaanxi History Museum is waiting for you as well as the visit to the Great Mosque and local Muslim bazaar do. Traditional souvenirs reminding you that you’ve been at the initial point of the Great Silk Road can be bought here. Furthermore, here you can taste traditional Chinese sweets: dumplings made of the corn called votaw, sweet rice with candied fruit called babaofan and fruits in the hot bass caramel. The stands of street merchants offer not only sweets but also different sorts of tofu (bean curd), various mushrooms, pieces of meet and bamboo sprouts and even lotus sprouts roasted in a deep fat. Well, anyway if you will be brave enough to taste Chinese cuisine the first thing you will be offered are sweetish, vitamin C and starch-reach lotus underground stem. In fact, the Chinese eat all parts of the lotus, even stamens and stems because they believe such a diet prolong adolescence. Therefore, don’t miss your chance to try this natural cure!
By the way, do you know that the Great Silk Road has got its name in 1877 following the example of the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen? The fact is that this trade route was established due to the profitability of the silk manufacture, which existed only in China and, thus, being an exclusive item was highly demanded. Hence, the title suggested by Herr Richthofen being a pure notional quintessence became a commonly used term.
In the evening you will be transferred to the railway station to take a night train К119 (22:26 - 06:27) to the next destination - the city of Lanchow.
Day 5. Xiahe - Labrang (280 km).
Upon arrival to Lanchow you will be transferred to a small town Xiahe. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the history of Lanchow… Lanchow was purposefully built in the point where the Huang He River was crossing with the great Silk Road. Nowadays the city is a modern mixture of the glass and concrete and there are a lot o bridges with small restaurants located in the bridges. The centre of the city attracts with its market of antiquities. You can buy here calligraphic scrolls, hand-made carved folding screens, ancient coins, glittering swords, wooden arbalests, bronze statues of the warriors, smoking pipes, caskets with the secret, unusual jewelry…
On your way to Xiahe you will visit the famous Binling Monastery, which is 80 km from Lanchow. One can get to the monastery after he/she has ferried over the artificial water reserve, which appeared due to the construction of the dam on the Yellow River (the Huang He River) in 1967. The famous Caves of a Thousand Buddhas are in the Binling. If to evaluate their majesty and historical value they yield only to the caves in Dunhuang and those in the Mingsha Shan Mount. 34 caves and 149 niches with 679 stone-made figures and 82 clay ones are preserved up to now along with 900 m2 of frescos. After the lunch you will continue to Xiahe, where you are expected to be comfortably accommodated at the hotel.
Overnight at a hotel.
Day 6. Xiahe - Lanchow - (280 km, 5 hrs.) - Jiayuguan.
Today you will have to visit the legendary Xiahe Monastery. It is one of the 6 largest monasteries of the Geluk school of Buddhism in China. Xiahe Monastery is a real treasury of the art objects. You will see here stunning frescos and tapestries, Tibetan furniture, white Tibetan scarves and stupas (cone-shaped vases decorated with gems where the bones of the religious and political leaders of Tibet are kept) as well as the great number of statues of Buddhas: peaceful Gautama (Present Buddha) and Maitreya (Future Buddha) decorated with the turquoise and golden ornaments, golden Tsun Kha-pa and a bronze statue of Tszyamuyan I. The monastery is surrounded by a picturesque landscape ideal for horse-riding.
You will spend the whole day wondering around the monastery and in the evening you will go back to Lanchow to take a night train to Jiayuguan.
Day 7. Jiayuguan - Dunhuang (330 km, 5-6 hrs.).
In Jiayuguan you will visit an urban fortress, the Museum of the Great Chinese Wall (straight behind the main gates of the fortress), part of the wall between the fortress and Qilian Mountains and one of the numerous watchtowers built in the epoch of Ming dynasty.
Jiayuguan is the very first fortress built at the Silk Road. It is situated at the western end of the Great Chinese Wall. A small town of the same name attached to the fortress appeared a bit later. This fortress was successfully guarding strategic pass ways for the centuries. The pass way surrounded by the forbidding rocks from both sides has always been a great temptation for those thinking about an armed invasion. The Silk Road passing through these natural gates favored the development and prosperity of the city as all caravans passing here were obliged to pay certain “customs” due. This pass is one of the most well-preserved gates of this ancient fortress.
The legend about construction of the fortress is quite noticeable. When his part of the Great Wall was under construction the architect in charge was asked how many bricks he would require. The construction process was stated after they had manufactured the number of bricks declared by the architect. After the construction had been finished it happened to be that a single brick left over. However, this fact didn’t help the architect to avoid an unjust accusation. He was accused of excess expenditures. The unfortunate “excess” brick is still there and you can see it peacefully lying on a visible spot above the central passage.
Having visited the Wall you will continue to Dunhuang - the city, at the hotel of which you are supposed to spend an upcoming night.
Day 8. Dunhuang - Turpan.
Dunhuang is famous with the caves, barkhans and ancient monuments. Actually if to speak about the caves then this place is like a Turkish Cappadocia! Today you will visit Mogao cave temples! Here you will find out that Mogao Grottoes are also known as the “Caves of a Thousand Buddhas”. It is a unique collection of fresco paintings, sculpture and other objects of the ancient Chinese architecture (IV - XIV CC) gathered during the rule of the nine emperor’s dynasties. All 500 grottoes are equipped with the locked-up aluminum doors, which can be unlocked only by the guides or the security officers. The walls of each grotto are decorated with frescos and there are one or more motley statues inside. Guess what? You can get into the most interesting grottoes only if you are able to pay an imposed fee. Moreover, nobody is allowed to take photos inside the grottoes. And the last advice is to take with you a high beam pocket torch and some drinking water.
Furthermore, 5 km from the city are so called Singing Sands. In fact, these are huge barkhans. It is very hot here in the day time but when the weather is windy (but not stormy) the sands are singing. These barchans are said to be the highest in China as even the dunes of Taklamakan are lower.
After some rest upon coming back to Dunhuang you will take a night train to Turpan.
Day 9. Turpan.
Geographical contrasts of the famous region of the Turpan Depression are regarded as the most record-breaking on the Earth. As Andrey Mihaylov from the Russian magazine “Continent” writes: “first of all, these are the altitude differences. The Turpan Depression is the second deep both in Asia and in the world after the Dead Sea Depression”. The first person who measured its depth was Przewalski"s apprentice Roborowski. He figured out that the depression is 130 m (plus-minus 30 m) below the sea level. It was a geographical furore as even the most progressive theorists of the physical geography had never supposed that such a depression can be found at the heart of the highest mountains of the planet. And that’s true as even the nearest mountains surrounding the Turpan Depression such as the Tavan Bogd Uul covered with the eternal ice are five and a half km high. This makes Turpan absolutely different in comparison to the Dead Sea where the true altitude of the rocks in Judaic desert and Moab is no more than 300-400 m”.
By the way, during your visit to the caves and cavern monasteries in the Flaming Mountains you will figure out how great was the contribution of the Silk Road into the scientific and cultural exchange of the past: the ancient Iranian system of so-called “karez” water supply (constructed by hands) was found here. There are more than a thousand of the underground water channels (karez system) with the total length of 2500 km, and it really deserves praises. In fact, karez channels are often compared to the Great Wall in terms of the scale and usefulness!
Besides, here you will visit an ancient picturesque settlement called Tuek and miraculous grottoes known as the “Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves”. You will learn the history of Buddhism in Turpan. Approximately 15-minute ride is required to get to these grottoes from the centre of the city. They are located in the interior of the Hoyanshan Mountain. Initially there were more than 80 grottoes but now only 67 are left. However, it is not surprising as all the grottoes are centuries old.
An Uyghur family will hospitably meet you in Turpan, thus, allowing you to take a look at unique customs and traditions of the Uyghurs and their local cuisine.
And of course this is the only place where you can taste authentic Turpan grapes, which happen to be the symbol and the pride of the city! Entire lifestyle of the locals is closely related with this fruit one or the other way. Why? Well, because grapes are grown here for more than two thousand years! Even the central street of Turphan is a grape alley. Both traffic way and side pavements look like green tunnels and this “vineyard” stretches for several kilometers! Furthermore, we should mention the most typical elements of the local architecture, which are two-storey cob constructions with tracery decorating the second floor. These constructions function as driers, where grape bunches are hanging on special wooden racks. Further work is done by the dry and hot air. Dried raisins fall on the smooth loamy floor. Now the owner sweeps them together and packs into the sacks. These famous green sultanas from Turpan are then sold at the bazaars all over China and abroad.
Overnight at a hotel.
Day 10. Turpan - Urumqi (200 km, 4-5 hrs.).
After the breakfast at a hotel you will continue discovering Turpan. Today you are heading towards the ruins of Jiaohe, which was a former capital city of a once mighty and prosperous state called the Southern Gushi. This well-preserved wattle and daub city will strike you with its size, age, which is more than three thousand years, and its enigmatic view. It is said that in the twilight there is such a silence here that one can hear sinister clattering of horses" hoofs, which is a faint sound of the past ages still remembered by the strong walls of the ancient city.
In the afternoon you will be transferred to Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Upon arrival you will be accommodated at a cozy metropolitan hotel and after a short rest you will start a city-tour across Urumqi. Urumqi is a city, which attracts the interest of every visitor! The city strikes at first sight! Skyscrapers of glass and concrete adjoin almost tumbled down slums, the life is everywhere and its motive power is her majesty trade. Here you won’t be able to tell if it’s a weekday or a weekend just by looking out of the windows as there are always thousands of people in the street! Another distinctive feature of Urumqi is almost absolute absence of people with the backpacks, because here the backpack makes you a potential victim of pickers. Therefore, be careful!
After the city-tour you are to visit the Big Bazaar in Urumqi, where you can buy a lot of different things including traditional Uyghur silk and Chinese cotton, different sorts of nuts and dried fruits, medicinal herbs, and aromatic oils… Besides, you will be astonished by the local colour, which is usually the source of lots of impressions and great pictures. Surely, you will remember this contrasting city, which is a harmonic combination of the eastern and western traditions.
Overnight at a hotel in Urumqi.
Day 11. Urumqi - Kashgar (CZ6803 08:30 - 10:15).
Early in the morning you will be transferred to the airport. Local plane will carry you safely to the last but not the least Chinese city of your itinerary - Kashgar.
In the Middle Ages Kashgar was one of the most important trade spots of the Great Silk Road; numerous caravans started from here to the West (Ferghana Valley), to the South (Jammu and Kashmir) and to the North (Urumqi and Turpan). In 1273 Marco Polo was here and noted that there are Nestorian churches here. At the end of the XIV C the oasis suffered from a heavy blow delivered by Amir Timur invasion, as a result of which islamization of the locals was intensified. In 1755 Kashgar came under the influence of Chinese rulers again. But… that’s enough of history! Let’s discover the city and make up our own opinion about it! After all, Kashgar had always been an important link between the so-called “northern” and “southern” arteries of the Great Silk Road!
The central part of Kashgar is a real old city without any slightest suggestion of a regular city planning, which is full of narrow twisted street, numerous squares used as bazaars, brick or wattle and daub houses, and such dark and narrow back streets that only God knows where they lead to. Here you will see the Id Kah Mosque, which is the largest in China. It appeared here in 1442. Probably, even more intriguing is the Mausoleum of Abakh Khoja, which is the holiest place for the Sufis in Xinjiang. It is dated by 1640. Besides, you are lucky to visit the Craftsmen Street, where a lot of handicraft shops are open to make you happy with masterpieces of the local artisans.
A popular Chinese proverb says: “If you’ve been to Xinjiang but didn’t visit Kashgar, you’ve never been to Xinjiang”. Let’s speak about Kashgar bazaar only! Big Sunday Bazaar is a huge space organized according to the principles of the elementary logic: the name of the trade row allows buyer to understand what is sold here (e.g. signs stating «Fruits», «Ironware», «Foodstuffs» make everything quite clear). But anyway buyers get confused with the quantity and wide variety of goods! It is difficult to figure out all the fruits you can buy here: pomegranates, figs, grapes, melons, watermelons, peaches, apples… There are so many merchants here that not only desks but cribs with fruits, various trays and even a piece of cloth can serve as a trading stand. Here you will find the famous Yangishar knives existing for more than 200 years. It’s distinguished by a fine quality and beautiful shape. The handle is enchased with silver or copper, decorated with pearls, cockle-shells, etc. This is where excellent knives are made! Well, guess, this shopping will please you very much! All the more, you will be able to meet the locals here and watch their way of life.
Overnight at a hotel.
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