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- Trip highlights: Turpan is most famous for its splendid grapes and its culture. You may experience when you take city tour to the Grape Valley, Flaming Mountain, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Emin Minaret, Ancient City of Jiaohe.
- Tour price: From
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244.00
 Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations:
Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuang
- Tour code:
SWTurpan001
Private tour for a van with tour guide and driver, available every day
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| Day 1 Urumqi,Turpan (L) |
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| Today we will take fascinating sightseeing tour to Grape Valley, Flaming Mountain, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves. |
| Grape Valley | The small paradise, a thick maze of vines and grape trellises, is located at the foot of the Flaming Mountain, there are more than 10 kinds of grapes in the area. | | Flaming Mountain | Flaming Mountains are situated in the north of Turpan Basin. It were made famous in Chinese literature by the classic novel Journey to the West. The story is about the monk Xuan Zang and his followers who traveled west in search of the Buddhist sutra…… | | Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves | Bezeklik Thousand-Buddha Caves is situated at the north bank of Muzat River in Turpan, a collection of retreats once inhabited by Buddhist monks, as well as the imperial monasteries for local emperor during the Gaochang Kingdom and Tang Dynasty. |
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Emin Minaret: It is designed in a simple Afghani style and was built in 1777 AD by a local ruler in order to show the impressive memories of his father's contribution to Qing government. |
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| Day 2 Turpan,Dunhuang (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Full day highlight tour visit to Jiaohe Ruins, Emin Minaret. We may visit Turpan city bazaar if it is weekend. Later transferred to Turpan Train station for your train to Dunhuang. Train No.: T218 (leaves Turpan at 22h43, arrives Dunhuang at 10h48 next day). Stay overnight on the train. Sinoway Travel can arrange the train ticket in advance. The cost for train ticket is not included in this quotation. Many passengers like our program of 9 days Xian-Dunhuang-Turpan-Urumqi-Kashgar train+flight tour package, check more details at: http://www.chinadiscover.net/china-vacations/day_by_day.aspx?tc=SWXJ001 |
| Emin Minaret | It is designed in a simple Afghani style and was built in 1777 AD by a local ruler in order to show the impressive memories of his father's contribution to Qing government. | | Ancient City of Jiaohe | The Ancient City of Jiaohe is situated at Yar Town, 13 km west of Turpan City. It was first the capital of the State of South Cheshi, which was one of the 36 kingdoms in the Western Region. |
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Ancient City of Jiaohe: The Ancient City of Jiaohe is situated at Yar Town, 13 km west of Turpan City. It was first the capital of the State of South Cheshi, which was one of the 36 kingdoms in the Western Region. |
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