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It is the time to take the Silk Road Tour, which is one of the most popular travel routes in the World and even more popular in recent years with the concept of ”One Belt and the Road.” We should have some information about the tips of the Silk Road Tours. As the local China Travel Agency specialized in Silk Route and Xinjiang, we promise you the excellent silk road holiday with us. Book online and enjoy the big deal.

► What is Silk Road

Silk Road is the generic term for commercial trade routes connecting China with the middle and west Asia, Africa, and Europe in ancient times. It referred only to the land routes connecting the Central Plains and Central Asia via present-day Xinjiang, where is our company (Xinjiang China Travel) located. As the Silk Road Travel Experts with 15+ years, we know this route very well and always operate the tour directly with our enthusiasm, passion, and professional work.

► Why take the Silk Road Travel

This legendary Silk Route started from the 2nd Century B.C, which is not only strengthened the communication and exchanges between the Han Chinese and ethnic minorities in the northwestern regions. But it also enabled the dissemination of the exceptional cultures and creations of the Central Plains to western countries. At the same time, the Silk Road facilitated the introduction of western cultures and arts into China. An action produced a significant impact on the development of Chinese history. Take the Silk Road Travel with Xinjiang China Travel, tracing the footsteps of Marco Polo, the traders, and the Silk Road Caravans to visit the numerous historical sites which are Buddhism Arts of hundreds of Grottoes and Ruins which are the Pompeii of the Silk Road. The splendid Landscapes and the colorful folklore of different minorities along with the pearl Cities along the Silk Road. A life-time Adventure is ready for you.

► Countries Along the Silk Road

Great Silk Road Adventure with Xinjiang China Travel from China to Georgia through Central Asia countries. No detour involved, full enjoyment with our detailed operation. Our Silk Road Travel destinations are:

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-Pakistan-Turkmenistan-Tajikistan-Azerbaijan-Georgian-Armenia

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► Cities along the China’s Silk Road
Scattered along the Silk Road, there are many famous ancient cities and towns. They have not only recorded the development of the Silk Road for the past two thousand years but also borne the mission of promoting East-West cultural exchange and their own distinctive cultures, art, as well as their ethnic styles and folk customs. These cities and towns serve as the best witness for the culture and history of the Silk Road and the Western Regions.
Xi’an-Tianshui-Lanzhou-Wuwei-Zhangye-Jiayuguan-Dunhuang-Urumqi-Turpan-Kuqa-Hotan-Kashgar-Central Asia
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► Exchanges and Contracts on the Silk Road

The opening and the prosperity of the Silk Road facilitated the gradual dissemination of advanced production technologies an ancient culture of the Central Plains to countries in the Western Regions, and its further spread to Central Asia, Europe and Africa, it also enabled the introduction of western countries' processing technologies, unique products, as well as culture and arts to China by way of the Western Regions

Westward Dissemination of Central Plains Technology and Culture

1)Silk Road Weaving Technology
2)Tea
3)Paper-making Technology
4)Printing Technology
5)Gunpowder
► Eastward Dissemination of Western Technology and Culture
1)Introduction of Technologies of Sugar Processing
2)Introduction of Glass Technology
3)Introduction of Resources and Products
4)Music, Instruments and Dance
5)Introduction of Religion especially Buddhism and Islamism

► Silk Road Travel with Xinjiang China Travel.
China Silk Road Travel from Xi’an to Kashgar, through the Hexi Corridor, which is about 3700kms, and Xinjiang part is close to 2000kms. As the Silk Road Experts, we will arrange your silk road tour personally without relying on anyone like the other travel agencies in China, apart from we have a branch office in Lanzhou that is the capital city of Gansu. Our service Supervisor Lesley takes the silk road inspection trip every two years to check the hotels, communicates, and meets our staff: excellent, friendly, and knowledgeable guides and professional drivers. Very reliable and responsible Silk Road Expert that full of the excellent Silk Road Travel Reviews from our clients whoever took the Silk Road Tour with us. She or the representative of the company always tries to meet the clients when they arrive in Urumqi. More about Xinjiang China Travel

► Silk Road Travel Stories from our Clients
From 2002, There are many friends take their silk road adventure with us, we appreciate and treasure their sharing on their experience of the silk road which is very worth to be visited and very useful to plan your silk road tour as reference.
1) Silk Road Travel Story from USA
2) Silk Road Travel Story from Spain
3) Silk Road Travel Story from UK
4) Silk Road Travel from Singapore
5) Silk Road Travel from Malaysian
6) Silk Road Travel from Australia
We are expecting more stories, maybe you are the next one, deeply appreciate.

► The Most Useful Silk Road info
1) Best Time to Silk Road
2) What to visit
3) Packing list
4) Silk Road Travel Tips
5) Hotels we selected along the destinations of Silk Road
6) Transportation along the silk road

► Pioneers on the Silk Road and its Facts
There are many people we called them the travelers who devoted a lot to the development of the Silk Road. Those travelers left their footsteps on the most crucial trade route, who are the monks, merchants, diplomats, generals, and rows of commodities-carrying camels and horses came and went in the endless stream between the East and West.
1) Tang Xuanzang
2) Marco Polo
3) Kumarajiva and Faxian

► How Many Silk Routes created

The Silk Road begins in Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) in China (China Silk Road Tours). It reaches the eastern coast of the Mediterranean through five Central Asian countries (Great Silk Road Tours), Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and other countries, covering a total length of more than 7000 kilometers.

Silk Road in Desert Oasis is the main road of Silk Road in North China. It is more than 7000 kilometers long and consists of three sections: east, middle, and west. The eastern part from Chang'an to Dunhuang is relatively stable compared with the central and Western divisions, but west of Chang'an is divided into three lines: Different Routes of the Silk Road

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