Kashgar

Kashgar’s relative inaccessibility has kept the remote city with its own feature, a bastion of Chinese Turkestan. This predominantly Uighur city has developed rapidly over the past 20 years but still retains hints of its Silk Road trading post character. Central Asian traders, veiled Muslim women, exotic bazaars, dramatic costumes and colorful silks: all these come to mind at the mention of China’s westernmost city. Today, with the expansion of airways, rail and road, it is becoming an important nexus for travelers headed for the even more western regions of Pakistan and Central Asia.

Highlights:

Sunday Bazaar - a wild reminder of the heydays when Kashgar was a major crossroads on the Silk Road.
Tomb of Abakh Hoja - Built around in 1635 with a pattern of a large mosque, it was the resting place for Abakh Hoja and his granddaughter Ikparhan (known in Chinese as Xiang Fei).
Id Kah Mosque - First built in 1442, a religious epicenter of Uighur community