4-Hour Private Walking Tour of Kashgar Old Town

Kashgar’s soul is in Kashgar Old Town, it represents the city’s past, and peaceful present.What is a better way to have a deep tour of the Kashgar old town with your private guide the whole time? Embark on this 4-hour walking tour, you will explore the allays, shops , local people, culture,life and much more in this 2000 year old town.This in-depth tour charts the stories behind the Kashgar Old City’s sacred sites.

After picking you up from your hotel in Kashgar city, meet your private guide and head to the Kashgar Old Town.(If you choose the tour to start at 10:00am,there is an”Open City” ceremony which including the dancing and singing performance)
Once arrive at the Kashgar Old town,you will start to experience this 2000-year-old ancient city which full of customs, stories and homes. You will gets the sense of what this legendary Central Asian hub was like in the days when the Silk Road was at its zenith. Accompanied by your guide,walking into the old streets, in the scope of about 2 square kilometers, 23000 residents live staggered and overlapped, 200 to 300 roadways crisscross.Some homes date back five centuries.
Here you will get to visit the small alleys to look at the characteristic Uygur residences,you are walking straight into people’s lives. Craftswomen stitch doppas–the traditional four-cornered hats.Children in bright frocks and mismatching plastic sandals giggle and shove as they see strangers; then sing and dance for their audience. The real pleasure here is to wander and watch.
You will experience and enjoy the culture and history that has been retained in the small alleys and deep courtyards. Marvel at the even more ancient primitive workshops for hand-made earthenware on platforms beside the residence.
Your tour ends up at the main entrance of the Kashgar Old Town, but your tour guide can help you get the direction of where you want to go next.