Xinjiang Travel Guide: Discovering Underrated and Luxurious Playways in Xinjiang
It’s said that Xinjiang and Tibet are two places you absolutely must visit in your lifetime, and yet, after visiting Xinjiang once, you’ll find yourself deeply fond of it and unable to forget it.
When it comes to luxury, people will naturally think of a European trip to see it, and indeed, you can see it in Xinjiang without high-priced group tours or complicated visas, just a plane ticket or train ticket can handle it completely.
In Xinjiang, you can equally feel the European-style architecture, Russian-style towns, and live in famous ethnic villages like Tuwa, walk through Swiss-like broadleaf forests, and wander through the lavender fields of Provence, and even explore the mysterious European people.
In Xinjiang, you can see architectural groups like ‘Paris’, and the Turpan International Bazaar is a good choice. Here you can feel the exotic Islamic style, the architectural style is a fusion of Greek, Central Asian, and Roman architecture, and you can feel the prosperity of the ancient Silk Road.
If you can’t see Russian-style towns without going abroad, then Burqin is a good choice. Here you seem to be walking by the shores of Lake Belaya, the scenery is everywhere, full of exotic charm, and any angle shows its unique charm.
If you want to experience a small and literary lifestyle, then Tuwa village in the Karakul region is a good choice. It’s far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, where you can feel a more relaxed rural life than the Kumkud Fortress in England.
If you're passionate about food, you’ll find that Xinjiang’s fruits are drool-worthy. Here you can eat the most perfect Turpan grapes, and these grapes are unparalleled.
In Xinjiang, you can also see bizarre and unique local delicacies, such as a whole sheep roasted, chicken with wide noodles in a large pot, and naan as big as a pot lid.
If you want to see the beautiful scenery not just with your eyes, but also record it with a camera, then you must go to Bayinaglik Grassland. Bayinaglik Grassland is like a piece of jade, with herds of cattle and sheep and Mongolian tents dotted across the grassland, countless springs spread across the green grassland, and the snowmelt of the mountains flows into a river to form a ribbon-like Kudahe River. It is said that professional photographers can shoot the spectacular ‘nine suns’ here.
If you have an infinite passion for roads, you must go to see the most beautiful road—Dongke Highway. It traverses the Tian Shan mountains north and south, and on the way you can feel the beauty of all four seasons. This road is sometimes undulating and sometimes rhythmic, and here you can see gobi deserts, lakes, alpine meadows, and forests.
