Turpan Attractions

Gaochang Ancient City located at the east of Turpan. The city was actually founded a few hundred years earlier than that, and gradually became known as a trading post on the Silk Road.

Grape Valley is located in Flaming Mountain. From ancient times, Grape Valley has been famous for the cultivation of the sweetest, tastiest grapes.

Jiaohe Ancient City stands isolated on a 30-meter-high plateau in the Ya'ernaizi Valley. Today, this is a well preserved site and a more atmospheric spot to wander and imagine times gone by than the city at Gaochang.

Karez Well is reputed as one of the three major construction projects in ancient China, together with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal.

The Flaming Mountains are one of the branch ranges of the Tianshan Mountains formed by movements of Himalayas. It is situated in north of Turpan Basin

Astana was the public cemetery of the ancient Gaochang residents, both aristocrats and commoners. However, among 456 excavated tombs in Astana Tomb, no King of Gaochang has been found.

Bezeklik Thousand-Buddha Caves is located in a valley of the Flaming Mountains. It was abandon in the late of 14th century with Gaochang Old City & Jiaohe City

Emin Minaret, also known as Sugong Tower, is the largest extant ancient Islamic tower in Xinjiang. Standing 2 km (1.24 miles) east of Turpan, Emin Minaret was built in 1777 in honor of a heroic Turpan general named Emin Khoja.

The Desert Bontanical Garden is located 10 km southeast of Turpan City, which is the largest botanical garden in China built on a bottomland

Aiding Lake is an inland saltwater lake located in Qia Tekale County about 50km north of Turpan City in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region