The earthen lanes of a thousand-year-old Kashgar old city, the laden stalls of the Grand Bazaar, the carved wooden gateways of the Uyghur quarter and the snow peaks and ice lakes of the Pamirs — Kashgar is the Silk Road's Western Regions, still alive.
Three routes — from old-city lanes to the Silk-Road market and the Pamir Plateau.
Old-City Lanes
1 dayWind through the earthen old town and Gaotai dwellings, Id Kah Square and slow hours in a hundred-year-old teahouse.
See full route →Silk-Road Market
1 dayHunt dried fruit, carpets and copperware in the Grand Bazaar, and the Sunday roar of the livestock market.
See full route →Pamir Plateau
1–2 daysUp the Karakoram Highway onto the Pamirs, Baisha and Karakul lakes mirroring snow peaks (mind the altitude).
See full route →Uyghur charm: the Twelve Muqam, Meshrep, the frame drum and Atlas silk.
Bold Western-Regions flavours: whole roast lamb, naan, pilaf and baked samsa.