Poetic Kashgar Station: A 4-Day, 3-Night Kashgar Itinerary

✨4 Days & 3 Nights in Kashgar｜A Foolproof Guide to Traveling Through the Time Machine of the Western Regions! Includes Film-Inspired Photo Spots✨ 📅 Trip Highlights: Slow Living in the Old Town + Pamir Plateau Thrills + Feasting on Local Delicacies ✅ Essence: Morning Cultural Walks · Afternoon Siestas · Golden Hour Photography Frenzy **Day 1: Wandering the Capillaries of Kashgar’s Old Town** 🌇 Morning 9:30 Chase the morning light at Areya Road’s Rainbow Alley (fewer crowds, soft light!) 11:00 Old Town Corner Café · Capture the mosque and earthen-walled maze from the third-floor terrace 🍈 Afternoon 13:00 Ailizhati Hand-Pulled Rice Restaurant · Yellow carrot pilaf paired with icy yogurt 15:00 Hide away in the Century-Old Tea House, listening to the rawap, with rose milk tea sweet enough to melt your heart 🌄 Evening 19:00 Watch the sunset at the Rooftop Garden—the golden hour when the whole city glows! 21:00 Devour kebabs and yogurt-stuffed rice dumplings at Han Bazaar Night Market **Day 2: The Legend of Xiang Fei + A 600-Year-Old Cliffside Village** 🕍 Morning 10:00 Watch Uyghur wedding performances at Xiang Fei Garden (daily shows at 12 PM & 4 PM) 11:30 Touch the century-old pomegranate tree · Snap exotic photos against blue walls and stained-glass windows 🧱 Afternoon 14:00 Explore the pottery workshops in Gaotai Ancient Homes · Watch artisans shape clay and fire kilns 16:00 Frame panoramic views of Kashgar’s Old Town through ruined walls—like peeking through cracks in history 🌌 Night 20:00 Hunt for the legendary Ice Cream Grandpa in the old alleys—his original milk flavor is unbelievably rich **Day 3: Pamir Plateau! The Ultimate Glacier Road Adventure** (⚠️ Apply for a border permit in advance! Bring warm layers) 🚗 Full-Day Private Car Route: 9:00 Depart on the Karakoram Highway · Red mountains blaze like fiery dragons 11:00 White Sand Lake · Walk to the shore and listen to the wind (avoid crowded viewpoints) 13:00 Munch on naan by Karakul Lake · Watch Muztagh Ata’s reflection shatter into a galaxy 15:30 Tashkurgan Wetlands · Watch smoke rise from herders’ yurts 18:00 Chase the sunset at Stone City Ruins—the same desolation Xuanzang once witnessed 🌠 Overnight in Tashkurgan · Warm up with yak meat hotpot **Day 4: The Wild Soul of Southern Xinjiang** 🐑 Morning (Sundays only!) 10:00 Livestock Bazaar! Pet curly lambs + watch horseback games 12:00 Feast on freshly grilled lamb skewers at vendor stalls—sizzling fat drips onto the coals 🎨 Afternoon Return 14:00 Hunt for handmade pottery vases and embroidered hats in the Old Town’s craft street 16:00 Write postcards to your future self at Ancient Alley Café 📸 Film-Inspired Photo Spots 1️⃣ Zebra Hostel Rooftop: Mosque and flocks of pigeons framed in morning light 2️⃣ End of Cloth Alley: Colorful walls draped in ethnic embroidery 3️⃣ Gaotai Ruins: Framing the distant TV tower—a surreal blend of past and present 💡 Kashgar Survival Guide 🔸 Sun Protection: Hats + scarves + sunglasses—UV rays are brutal! 🔸 Time Zone: 2 hours behind Beijing—sunset at 10 PM 🔸 Etiquette: Smile before photographing locals, stay quiet in mosques 🔸 Transport: Walk the Old Town, hire a car for Pamir *“Getting lost in Kashgar is a blessing—* *Turn a corner and find sun-dyed atlas silk,* *Under grapevines, elders’ wrinkles whisper wordless epics.”* 🍇