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China Silk Road Tour 1
(Beijing, Dunhuang, Xian, Shanghai 9 Days)

China Silk Road Tour 2
(Beijing, Xi'an, Dunhuang,Turpan,Urumqi 11 Days)

China Silk Road Tour 3  
(Beijing,Urumqi, Kashgar,Turpan, Dunhuang, Xi'an,Shanghai 14 Days)

China Silk Road Tour 4
(Beijing, Dunhuang, Xian, Shanghai,Guilin, Hong Kong 12 Days)

China Silk Road Tour 5
(Beijing, Xian,Dunhuanf,Turpan, Urumqi ,Kashgar, Urumqi, Beijing 13 Days)

China Silk Road Tour 6
(Beijing,Urumqi,Turpan,Dunhuang,lanzhou,Xining, Xian,Shanghai 14 Days)

Silk Road

The Silk Road was a famous trade passageway in ancient times, going across Asia to Europe. It started at Chang'an (present-day Xian) in the east and ran for 7,000 kilometers through China's Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Xinjiang, over the Congling Range (present-day Pamir) and across part of the Commonwealth of Independent States in central Asia , Afghannistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria before it reached the east coast of Mediterranean. The section in China is over 4,000 kilometers long , more than half of the total length.

The 2,000-year-old Silk Road has demonstrated a lasting charm through the centuries. Today it still attracts thousands of tourists from across the world with its rich historic sites, cultural relics, beautiful scenery and colorful folklore. In the past the camel was a major means of transportation. Today tourists can travel along the route in more efficient and comfortable ways-by air , rail and land.

The Chinese section boasts numerous historic sites and cultural relics, which include the terracotta army of China's first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Famen Temple, which still keeps bone fragments of Buddha, Mogao and Maijishan Grottoes, Jiayu Pass of the Great Wall, the signal towers from the Han Dynasty, famous Ta'er Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism and the ruins of Gaochang , once a strategic town on the Silk Road.