Gaochang Ruins

Xinjiang · China

Gaochang Ruins, China
Photo: Colegota, CC BY-SA 2.5 es via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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The crumbling walls and towers of a once-great Silk Road city east of Turpan, a caravan capital and religious centre for over a thousand years. Visitors ride among its earthen ramparts by donkey cart.

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