Silk Road

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Take a 13-night trip and retrace the steps of ancient merchants by traveling the famous Silk Road. Start by spending a night in Beijing before you fly to Lanzhou, the ancient border town of Imperial China. Next travel to Dunhuang, where you see stunning Buddhist frescoes at the Mogao Grottoes. Afterward, travel across the Gobi desert to the small town of Liuyuan and board a night train to the oasis city of Turpan. In Turpan, shop at the local bazaar, where you can find grapes, apricots, and walnuts of different varieties grown in this fertile land amid the barren desert. Next. travel to Urumqi, where Chinese culture mixes with the local Uighur population. Finally, head to Kashgar, the most remote city in all of China, and see how this thriving community comes together amid adversity. Spend another night in Urumqi and then two nights in Shanghai as you travel back to the US. Starting from $7,335, including air, with weekly guaranteed departures from April to October.