Turpan
Good to know
- Best time to go
- April to June and September to October
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Located in a depression 154 metres below sea level in the Xinjiang desert, Turpan is one of the hottest and driest places in China and the site of the ancient Silk Road city-states of Gaochang and Jiaohe. The ruins of Jiaohe — a cliff-top city abandoned in the fourteenth century — are well preserved and walkable. Grape cultivation using ancient karez underground water channels forms the town's agricultural identity.
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