Tashkurgan
Discover Tashkurgan
Tashkurgan (塔什库尔干, Tǎshíkùěrgān; Uyghur: تاشقۇرغان) is a town in the far west of Xinjiang Province in China. Its population is mostly ethnically Tajik. The town is near the Pakistani and Tajik borders. This region is commonly known as the main road of the "old Silk Road" the main route leading from China to West Asia. The average elevation is 4,000 meters.
Taste of Tashkurgan...
Consider staying with Tajik families. Just north from Tajik folklore village and Tourist Service Center there are many signs (with names written) pointing to houses of Tajik families, where hosts offer authentic food and accommodation. To reach the signs and houses you don't have to go through Tourist Service Center, you can enter from the main town street. Tashkurgan has nice Tourist Service Center (just north to K2 square; signs from the main road) with friendly staff. They will try hard to answer all your questions and help to get tickets for stone fort and grasslands.
Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsBuses arrive and leave from the International Bus Station. Tickets are ¥51 per person and buses leave at 7:30AM (local time) daily. It is also possible to get a car for ¥120 per person. The bus from Sost arrives at the 37.7639775.2281 customs office, where your visa is checked and your biometric data is recorded. All your belongings will be x-rayed, so this can take some time. Plans to build an international airport were approved in April 2015. All of the places a tourist would visit are within walking distance. For memory and for illustration of variety in world languages, even if can't read Chinese, you may want to buy a Chinese book for yourself or your family (i.e. kids). There is a nice bookstore on the street parallel (to the right, when going south) to the main street, but you have to walk south quite a distance. Consider staying with Tajik families....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
All of the places a tourist would visit are within walking distance. For memory and for illustration of variety in world languages, even if can't read Chinese, you may want to buy a Chinese book for yourself or your family (i.e. kids). There is a nice bookstore on the street parallel (to the right, when going south) to the main street, but you have to walk south quite a distance. Consider staying with Tajik families. Just north from Tajik folklore village and Tourist Service Center there are many signs (with names written) pointing to houses of Tajik families, where hosts offer authentic food and accommodation. To reach the signs and houses you don't have to go through Tourist Service Center, you can enter from the main town street. Tashkurgan has nice Tourist Service Center (just north to K2 square; signs from the main road) with friendly staff. They will try hard to answer all your questions and help to get tickets for stone fort and grasslands.
Where to Stay
Consider staying with Tajik families. Just north from Tajik folklore village and Tourist Service Center there are many signs (with names written) pointing to houses of Tajik families, where hosts offer authentic food and accommodation. To reach the signs and houses you don't have to go through Tourist Service Center, you can enter from the main town street. Tashkurgan has nice Tourist Service Center (just north to K2 square; signs from the main road) with friendly staff. They will try hard to answer all your questions and help to get tickets for stone fort and grasslands.
Money & Budget
For memory and for illustration of variety in world languages, even if can't read Chinese, you may want to buy a Chinese book for yourself or your family (i.e. kids). There is a nice bookstore on the street parallel (to the right, when going south) to the main street, but you have to walk south quite a distance. Consider staying with Tajik families. Just north from Tajik folklore village and Tourist Service Center there are many signs (with names written) pointing to houses of Tajik families, where hosts offer authentic food and accommodation. To reach the signs and houses you don't have to go through Tourist Service Center, you can enter from the main town street. Tashkurgan has nice Tourist Service Center (just north to K2 square; signs from the main road) with friendly staff.
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Glimpses of Tashkurgan
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway
Magnificent mountain scenario near Karakoram Highway