Urumqi

We will arrive in Urumqi at 07:30 in the morning. Urumqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. With its population of about 1.6 million people, it is the largest city in the western half of China. After check-in at the hotel we visit the Grand Bazaar, the Red Hill Park and the Historical Museum in Urumqi with its 3000-year-old mummies on display, where you will gain insight into the history of the most ancient states along the Silk Road and have lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon we drive to a Kazakh pastureland of the Tianshan mountain range and return to Urumqi in the evening.