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3 days
China, Asia

3-Day Turpan itinerary guide

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Turpan — Uigurs-Turpan

Top stops to prioritize

  • Kanerjing Paradise
  • Red Rose Restaurant
  • Kumtag Desert
  • Turpan Silk Road Lodges - The Vines
  • Ancient City of Jiaohe
  • Turpan Museum
  • Huoyan Mountain
  • Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

Day 1: Most popular attractions

For day 1, we strategically grouped the most popular attraction, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, with surrounding point of interests to start your trip off with a bang.

  • Kanerjing Paradise
  • Ancient City of Jiaohe
  • Turpan Museum
  • Huoyan Mountain
  • Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

Day 2: South side of town

For day 2, we recommend exploring the south side side of town.

  • Kumtag Desert
  • Tuyugou Village
  • Tuyugou
  • Tuyugouxiang
  • Gaochang

Day 3: Proximity is everything

For day 3, we bundled attractions like Turpan Silk Road Lodges - The Vines and Sugong Pagoda Parking Lot and other places within a close range, so that the time it takes to travel between all of them is less than one...

  • Turpan Silk Road Lodges - The Vines
  • Sugong Pagoda Parking Lot
  • Turpan Grape Valley Ecology Tourist Center
  • Meili Jiayuan Fast Food Restaurant
  • West Zhou Firm
  • Karez Hotel

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