1-Day Turpan Highlights Tour

- Flaming Mountains / Ancient Ruined City of Jiaohe

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: Buddhist Bezelkik Caves, Flaming Mountains. Turpan, located some 180 KM southeast of Urumqi in the east part of Xinjiang Province, is one of the few basin areas below the sea level in the world. This relatively small and economically unimportant place has blossomed in recent years, attracting numerous travelers, who come here to sample the easy going pace of life and to see the desert.Nowadyas, more and more foreigners are intrested in taking Turpan tour to see the unique sceneries and experience the minority culture there. As a reliable and helpful travel agency in China, we will be very gald to help you if you want to take the tour itinerary to Turpan below. You can also contact us for more information of China tours.
Availability: All year round.    Daily Pick-up Point & Time: Hotel, 8:30am.    Daily Finishing Point & Time: Hotel, 5:00pm.   Duration: 8 hours.

Tour Itinerary: (Lunch)
This morning, you will be picked up at your hotel and driven to see the Buddhist Bezelkik Caves. These are some of the most important Buddhist grottoes in China. Afterwards, you will visit the Flaming Mountains, which are made up of red sandstone. After lunch, you will visit the famous Ancient Ruined City of Jiaohe, an important garrison for this region of China during the Western Han and Tang Dynasties. It is the largest, oldest and best preserved ancient city in China. Afterwards, you will be sent back to your hotel.
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Attraction Description:
Buddhist Bezelkik Caves The Bizaklik Caves were created during the ancient Huihu State and the inscriptions in the caves are written in Uigar, Chinese and other languages. There are several caves that have hundreds of murals; however, the murals have been destroyed several times by different groups of people or periods: vandals, religious clashes and foreign explorers. Yet, there are still several …
Flaming Mountains In the best-known Chinese novel "Journey to the West", the Flaming Hill in the novel is the mountain fill with different evil characters who fight with the high monk Tang and his three disciples. Well, it dose exist in the reality. Located on the northern edge of the Turpan Basin, Flaming Hill is about 10 kilometers east of downtown Turpan, covering about 100 km (62miles) from east to west…