Historic site · XINJIANG
Kashgar Old City
喀什老城 · Kāshí Lǎochéng
About
The most-restored Uyghur old town in Xinjiang. Mud-brick alleys, Id Kah Mosque, the Sunday Animal Bazaar.
Kashgar's Old City has been progressively restored since 2010 — substantial reconstruction has tightened the original organic street pattern into a more regularised mud-brick neighbourhood. The Id Kah Mosque (1442) is the largest mosque in China. The Sunday Animal Bazaar 12 km from the centre remains the largest livestock market in Central Asia. Substantial security checks for foreigners; the city is the western terminus of practical Chinese travel.
How to get there
Fly to Kashgar (KHG); HSR from Urumqi under expansion.
When to visit
May–June, September–October.
Other attractions in Urumqi
Itineraries featuring this site
- Northern Silk Road — Urumqi, Heavenly Lake, Turpan and Kashgar, 7 days
7d · Seven days in Xinjiang's Silk Road cities: Urumqi, the alpine Heavenly Lake, the desert ruins around Turpan, and the Uighur old city of Kashgar near the Kyrgyzstan border.
- Silk Road — Xi'an to Kashgar, 14 days
14d · The full Hexi Corridor route from Xi'an west through Lanzhou, Dunhuang and the Taklamakan edge to Turpan and Kashgar — the historical Silk Road across northwest China.
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