CLICK FOR INTERACTIVE MAPPro

Vast land with beautiful scenery and interesting culture
Con

Can't think of any.
In a nutshell

The only true escape we have found in China.
1 Review and 9 Opinions When in China, westerns should choose a "5-star" hotel. Not because its fancy, but it helps being...
nepalgoods Says: Cities and places in Xinjiang have always at least two names: one in Uygur Language and one Chinese. For example:Turpan - Tu Lu FanOr names come from other...
Tianshan mountains No.1 glacier
victorwkf Says: This remote area of Tianshan mountains is worth a visit as the scenery is breathtaking with glaciers and snow capped mountains all around. More photos of the...
victorwkf Says: Throughout my travels, I have been to some very remote places on this planet. The visit to Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang is one of this instances. When seeing...
victorwkf Says: This is a very beautiful and famous lake in the tianshan mountains near to Urumqi. However, it is very touristy and crowded, and there are many stores here...
victorwkf Says: The tianshan mountain range in the centre of Xinjiang is a beautiful and remote mountain range. It is located near Urumqi and stretches all the way west into...
nepalgoods Says: This kind of bread is very typical for Xinjiang. Normally in China bread has been unknown until only recently. But this bread has been made by nomads in Central...
nepalgoods Says: Xinjiang is a mainly Muslim Province in China. Specially in Kashgar I saw many lively mosques. Men are going for prayer into the small neighborhood mosques. And...
nepalgoods Says: Xinjiang is a province, where many minority people live. The long history of migrants, merchants and nomads left their descendants in this remote area.You find...
nepalgoods Says: When you go from Kashgar to Urumqi or Turfan most of the trip will be along the Taklamakan Desert. To the left mountains with not a single tree and to the right...
sunshinee Says: Yak milk tea, butter and bread is their every day food. We ate this every morning. But not only here, even in the North those people also served us yak milk...
sunshinee Says: The Tijaik family had a few yurts and we stayed in one of them. When meal time we went to there yurt to eat together. Food is simple. Inside the yurt at night,...
sunshinee Says: The lake is not very big but it is absolutely gorgeous with snow moutains range aound it. In the day time the temperature was warm but at night it got really...
Sponsored Links
Plan a Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Province vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Province locals

If you are like me and don't have enough time to go to Kashgar to experience real Uygur life, you should try to go to Hanren street in Yining city. My mother...
55 members live in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Province

Q: I will be in Kazakhstan for a month and thinking of going into China. What cities near the Kazakhstan borders are worth visiting...

A: I think this might be better posted in the Kazakhstan forum?
Read 3 Replies
1

We reached this huge region in the west of China by land, entering by bus from Kirghizstan (former USSR republic), in the very hear of Asia. Here you can find uygur people, that have more to do with...
2
Xinjiang - A vast and mysterious land

Update in September 2007: I have updated my VT Xinjiang page with more photographs of the incredible scenery and people of this beautiful land. They are at the travelogue section of this VT page for...
3
XINJIANG - Beautiful, Stunning, Unique and Big!

Xinjiang is the biggest province in China. You need at least 3 weeks to visit the north, west and south. That's what we did. We spent one month travelling in Xinjiang: Urumqi ----> Kansas Lake...
4

I've got some interesting experiences in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Province. I'd love to share with you the 10 tips I've written, the 13 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created.
5
The Mysterious Xinjiang -- I love it.

My dream was to travel the whole world, not in once but one place after another and take my time. Before that, I hope I could explorer the entire China. Thankfully, I managed to went to places before...
Build your own Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Province page
Sponsored Links