Turpan - the "Treasure Land" along the ancient Silk Road with a remarkable collection of attractions, including the mysterious Flaming Mountain recorded in the Chinese classic Journey to the West, the colourful folklore and ethnic customs of the Xinjiang minorities, and the succulence of its renowned grapes and melons.

The Hotel provides easy access to different destinations. There are daily trains to Uramqi and Dunhuang. It takes 40 minutes to the train station and a mere two-hour's traveling time to Urumqi.

Place of Interest

Turpan is a magical city with the "high" of snow-covered peaks of the Tianshan Mountains that are over 4,000 meters above sea level, and the "low" of the Aydingkol Lake which is 154 meters below the sea level - the second lowest point on the earth. The Flaming Mountain is full of fairytale wonder, and the scenic of Grape Valley is permeated with the fragrance of fruit and melon. Then there is the desolately barren Gobi Desert where no birds fly over but dotted with oases. Under the surface is the Karez, a man-made wonder of irrigation system in which water flows all the year round. This place is a pleasant blend of "land of oases". It is a museum of nature, but perfected by man.

• Ancient City of Gaochang - ruins of an ancient city which was built in the first century B.C. called Gaochangbi. It used to be a garrison town and later became a key point along the ancient Silk Road.
  
  
• Flaming Mountain - made famous in Journey to the West. Crust movements and years of efflorescence fashion its unique geological feature. When the sun's ray beat down in mid-afternoon, the red rocks on the crisscross gullies and ravines reflect and the heat is intense as if the hillsides were engulfed by tongues of fire, hence the name.
  
  
• Grape Gorge - Lying at the base of the western end of Flaming Mountain is a world of unique with vineyards and fruit trees - Grape Valley.
  
  
• Emin Minaret - one of the architectural gems of the Silk Road. The adjoining mosque, the biggest mosque in Turpan, has a beamed ceiling supported by simple wooden pillars and a domed scared area. The hall in it can hold up 1000 people and serves as an important hive for religious Festivals.
  
  
• Karez - ancient undergound irrigation system comprised of a series of wells and linking underground channels that uses gravity to bring ground water to the surface, usually far from the source.
  
  
• Bazeklik Thousand Buddha Caves - historical religious relics, in the Uygur language Bezeklik means "place where there are paintings". It used to be an important center for Buddhist worship under the Xizhou Huigu government of Gaochang Kindom, which built the royal temple of the King of Huigu at this site.

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