Highlights

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  • Visit Kashgar was a strategically important town with easy access to Central Asia and Russia.

  • Experience the incredible Sunday Market in Kashgar, it still keeps the way of trading as thousand years ago practised in the ancient Silk Route.

  • Wandering in the Kashgar Old Town, take the photo of lovely kids, chat with the locals, and admire the craftsmen.

  • Getting close to Id Kah Mosque, which is the largest mosque in China, and one of the three largest in middle Asia.

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Day 1Private Kashgar Day Tour

Welcome to Kashgar, which means "green glasshouse or jade city", a place of strategic importance in the history of Xinjiang, contributing greatly to the exchange of eastern and western cultures. Today you will enjoy a full day excursion of Kashgar. Pay a visit to Id Kah Mosque, the largest Mosque in China and the most sacred mosque for the locals to practise their Islamic activities at 09:00. Then drive to Sunday Bazaar at East Gate of Kashgar the largest one in south Xinjiang. Continue the visiting to Old Town and relax in the Hundred-years Tea house, taste the local rose tea and nang-bread! Tour will end up with visiting the Handicraft Street.


Our professional tour guide will meet you at your located hotel lobby, and your private day tour start to Id Kah Mosque with strong ethnic style and religious features. Next stop is Sunday Bazaar, the covered bazaar sells the clothing, nuts, household goods and many things out of your imagination. It is quite interesting to witness their typical methods of bargin. Stroll around the Old Town and have a cup of tea at the Hundred-years Tea house, which remains popular among residents and tourists alike. It maintains very reasonable prices, with a pot of ordinary tea sold at five yuan. For two more yuan, one can also purchase nang, a kind of crusty pancake common in Xinjiang. The cheap snack is popular among locals, while tourists usually prefer slightly more expensive medicinal teas, such as those containing rose, saffron, honey, and other ingredients. Continue the tour to the Handicraft Street gathered hundreds of handicraft workshops, which has become a boutique exhibition for handicraft in Kashgar and Central Asia.


Travel Tips make an effort to enjoy the very best experience of tour:

Uyghur people are prohibited from eating pork, blood, dead animals, fierce animals, fierce birds, the meat of dog, donkey, mule, and camel.

No excavating at the tombs, no hurt to flowers and plants

Mosques are places where Muslims pray, so serenity, seriousness, cleanness are requested. Passing by, looking on, and laughing at the prayers are not permitted

At table spiting, running nose, yawning, and making noise are not allowed. Otherwise, it is regarded as disrespect and offense.


Traffic: Car
Hotel: Overnight in Kashgar
Meals: Breakfast
Altitude: 1289m

  • Id Kah Mosque

  • Sunday Bazaar

INCLUDES

  • Private transportation through out the itinerary.

  • All entrance fees(shuttle bus) sightseeing; excursions and activities as per the itinerary

  • Private friendly and professional English-Speaking guides

  • Visa support letter for you to apply Chinese visa easily.

  • Travel and health insurance when travel with us.

  • 8, A 24/7 helpline while you are traveling.

EXCLUDES

  • International and domestic flights not indicated.

  • Shared accommodations in well located, tourist to superior class hotels include breakfast, service charge and government tax.

  • Food, Lunch or dinner not specified

  • Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers

  • Personal expenses and the other tours or activities not mentioned

TRIP NOTES

  • We will upgrade trains to 1st class where available if book the tour 5 months in advance of departure.

  • There is no problem to travel Silk Road during Ramadan.

  • Complimentary 2 bottles of water each person on daily use.

Transportation

We will use business MPV to luxurious coaches and trains.

Accommodation

All the hotels we selected are 4-5star well-located in the city center with good and proper breakfast for our clients.

Guides

Our guides are very friendly, knowledgeable, helpful. And our group tours will be escorted from SRT.

Climate and Altitude

Generally speaking Mid March—End Oct are the best time to visit Silk Road. And we strongly suggest you come in May, June, October to avoid the heat and crowd. No need to worry about high altitude along the Silk Road. We will prepare Oxygen bags if the package includes Xiahe, Qinghai Lake and Taxkorgan County.

We offer beneficial Cancellation Policy to our customers.