Destinations

Discover our Silk Road destinations — Urumqi, Kashgar, Turpan, Dunhuang, Tashkurgan, the Pamir Highway and Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

Dunhuang

Dunhuang is an oasis town guarding the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO treasure of Buddhist art, and the sanctuary of Crescent Moon Lake nestled am…

Kashgar is the beating heart of the ancient Silk Road. Its legendary Sunday Bazaar, labyrinthine old city and Id Kah Mosque offer an unrival…

Osh, Kyrgyzstan's southern capital, is a crossroads of civilisations crowned by the sacred Sulaiman-Too mountain and alive with one of Centr…

One of the world's great road journeys, the Pamir Highway threads the roof of the world past turquoise lakes, yurt camps and the soaring Muz…

Perched on the roof of the world, Tashkurgan is a remote Tajik settlement on the Pamir Plateau, crowned by the ruined Stone Fortress and rin…

Turpan sits in the lowest basin in China, famed for its grape trellises, ancient karez irrigation tunnels and the fiery Flaming Mountains on…

Urumqi, the cosmopolitan capital of Xinjiang, is the gateway to China's far west. Blending modern boulevards with the red-brick Grand Bazaar…