Where can I visit in Urumqi now?

Tianshan Tianchi (ticket)

Tianshan Tianchi (ticket) is located in Fukang County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is a natural scenic area centered on a mountain lake, with snow peaks reflected, surrounded by spruce trees, clear water like a mirror, and picturesque scenery. Bogda Peak in the Tianshan Mountains is covered with snow all year round and has rolling glaciers. Tianchi is located on the mountainside of Bogda Peak, the highest peak in the eastern section of the Tianshan Mountains, and on the upper reaches of the Sangong River on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains. The lake surface is more than 1,900 meters above sea level. It has always been a famous tourist attraction.

Tianshan Tianchi Scenic Area is centered on Tianchi and includes four complete mountainous vertical natural landscape zones above and below Tianchi. The Tianchi lake is half-moon-shaped, 3,400 meters long, and about 1,500 meters wide at its widest point. The water of the lake is clear and as crystal clear as jade. Surrounded by mountains, with green grass and wild flowers, it is known as the "Pearl of the Tianshan Mountains". Tianchi Nature Reserve can be divided into "Datianchi North Slope Tourist Area", "Datianchi Tourist Area", "One Hundred Thousand Arhat Nirvana Banmu Mountain Tourist Area", "Niangniang Temple Tourist Area" and "Bogda Peak North Slope Tourist Area" ", each area has eight sceneries, and five areas have forty sceneries.

Tickets

Tianchi off-season 40 yuan (November 1st to March 31st) peak season 100 yuan (April 1st to October 31st) Queen Mother Temple 10 yuan; Tianchi Ecological Museum 10 yuan

Transportation fee

Tianchi Cableway is 35 yuan for the whole journey, 20 yuan for one way; battery car is 5 yuan for one way; boat ticket is 50 yuan; speedboat ticket is 35 yuan; yacht ticket is 20 yuan RMB; Tianchi section ticket is RMB 35 for the whole journey and RMB 20 for one way.

The best travel time is from mid-May to mid-October

Transportation: Take the bus to Fukang at Beijiao Passenger Terminal, which runs every 10 minutes. After arriving, transfer to Fukang. The shuttle bus to Tianchi runs every 30 minutes to the Tianchi Visitor Center. All tourists must take a vehicle in the scenic area from the visitor center to a place 1 km north of Tianchi and just walk there.

Hongshan

Hongshan is located in the center of Urumqi, on the east bank of the Urumqi River, lying like a giant dragon lying east and west. The high dragon head stretches into the river, and the cliffs are majestic. The mountain is 910.6 meters above sea level. The mountain is majestic and beautiful. Because the cliff at the west end is brownish red, it is called Red Mountain. With its prominent location and peculiar mountain topography, it was regarded as a "sacred mountain" by the ancients. There is a nine-level blue-gray solid brick tower over 8 meters high at the top of the peak, which faces the brick tower on the opposite side of Yamalik Mountain. It is collectively called the "Zhenlong Tower (ticket)".

Hongshan Park (ticket) is a true testimony of the decades of united efforts of the military and civilians of all ethnic groups in Urumqi to green the barren mountains. In the past, Hongshan was a barren mountain. Since 1958, the Urumqi Municipal Government has called on soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups to cut rocks and replace soil, build canals to divert water, plant trees, build roads and bridges, and build garden landscapes to build Hongshan Park into a beautiful park. garden.

Tickets are free

For transportation, you can take Route 29, Route 35, Route 50, Route 61, Route 62, Route 63, Route 908, Route 919, Route 927, etc. in Hongshan Park. Get off at the station.

Shuimogou (ticket)

Shuimogou Scenic Area is located 5 kilometers northeast of Urumqi City, at the foot of Dongshan Mountain and the end of Red Mountain. In a canyon with a peculiar earthquake fault layer that is more than 1 kilometer long, a pleasant landscape mainly composed of Shuita Mountain, Qingquan Mountain (Ticket Ticket), Hongqiao Mountain, Wenquan Mountain (Ticket Ticket) and Shuimo River is formed. In the scenic area, there are towering ancient trees, gushing hot springs, and dotted with pavilions and temples.

As early as more than 200 years ago, the Shuimo River was named after the Qing Dynasty garrison built a water mill here. In 1760 AD (the 25th year of Qianlong's reign), the 26-year-old "Xiang Fei", a Uighur girl from Kashgar, was summoned to Beijing for her family's contribution to suppressing rebellion. She passed by Dihua (today's Urumqi) and bathed in the hot springs of Shuimogou, leaving Xiang Fei behind. Nice talk about getting out of the bath. The water temperature of Shuimogou hot springs is 28-30℃ all year round. The water is rich in potassium, sodium, magnesium, nitrate and other ions, which has certain curative effects on skin diseases, arthritis, etc.

Ticket fee is 5 yuan

Take bus No. 4, 34 or 104 to Shuimogou Scenic Area

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum

< p> The museum is located at No. 132 Northwest Road, Urumqi City. It is a large comprehensive museum with architectural decoration with strong local characteristics. The museum currently has a collection of more than 50,000 items, among which historical and ethnic folk cultural relics are the most distinctive. The museum has also published various books such as "Cultural Relics Unearthed in Xinjiang" and "The Silk Road". At present, the Xinjiang Museum (tickets) has five basic displays: the display of ancient historical cultural relics of Xinjiang, the display of Xinjiang ethnic folk customs, the display of ancient corpses of Xinjiang, the exhibition of Xinjiang revolutionary cultural relics and historical materials, and the exhibition of saving Chinese ancient machinery and national treasures.

Tickets are free, and admission is limited to 2,000 people per day.

Opening hours

The museum is closed all day on Mondays (scheduled if it meets national statutory holidays) and New Year’s Eve, the first day and the second day of the Lunar New Year.

From April 15th to October 15th in summer, every Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 (last admission at 16:30).

Winter period from October 16th to April 14th of the following year, every Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 to 18:00 (last admission at 16:30).

Transportation

① Take bus 7, 51, 66, 303, 311, 532, 906, 910, 912, 913, 928 Get off at Museum Station.

② Take bus No. 23 or 34 to Qiaotou Station (Karamay West Road), get off and go 500 meters south;

③ Take bus No. 17 to Qiaotou Station (Nanchang Road) ) get off the bus and go 500 meters north;

④ Take bus No. 1 or 2 to Youhao Station or Mingyuan Station, get off and cross the Youhao Pedestrian Street.

Xinjiang Salt Lake (ticket)

The Salt Lake City tourist attraction is located 72 kilometers east of Urumqi. The theme of the scenic spot is health, happiness and fashion, which embodies a kind of health. In terms of tourism culture, all projects are now carried out in large indoor floating parks, including magical floating, mineral salt health care, black mud health care, ecological catering and ethnic songs and dances.

Tickets

The basic consumption is 88 yuan per person, including magical floating, SPA treatment, netting, wet and dry steaming, disposable supplies, towels, and a single sofa with TV in the lounge , singing and dancing appreciation, fitness, chess and card entertainment in the hall.

Black mud bath 68 yuan/person

Mineral salt treatment 10 yuan/person, VIP room 20 yuan/person

Transportation

< p> ① You can take the (Urumqi-Dabancheng) shuttle bus at the Hotan Street Zhongqiao Passenger Transport Station behind the Huanghe Road Autonomous Region Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and get off at the Salt Lake Scenic Area Station. The bus departs at nine o'clock every morning, every half hour, and the last bus is at 7:30 p.m. The ticket price is 12.5 yuan.

② Salt Lake Enterprises also has company-specific buses. It is at the intersection of Beimen Wenyi Road and returns to Salt Lake in the afternoon. The time is 5 o'clock Beijing time. It departs from Salt Lake at 9 o'clock every morning and returns to the city. It is very suitable to spend the night in Salt Lake. guest. Driving from Urumqi, take the Tu-U-Dalian Expressway and pass through two toll stations, Wulabo and Salt Lake. After exiting the Salt Lake toll station, drive 200 meters ahead (Salt Lake Chemical Plant exit sign) and turn right to enter the scenic area. The whole journey is 72 kilometers, the round trip toll is 30 yuan. You can also take National Highway 312, passing by the Fertilizer Factory and Chaiwopu Lake. There are signboards along the way, which takes about one hour.

Nanshan Scenic Area

Nanshan Scenic Area generally refers to the vast mountainous area located in the south of Urumqi and at the northern foot of Kalawucheng Mountain in the North Tianshan Mountains, about 60 kilometers away from Urumqi. Here there are towering snow peaks, undulating mountains, lush forests, flowers and grass everywhere, gurgling springs, and charming scenery. It is a resort for summer vacation and sightseeing. Among the more famous places are East and West Baiyanggou, Houxia, Gangou, Dengcaogou, Shuixigou, Miaoergou and Banfanggou. Each scenic spot has the uniqueness of the natural landscape on the northern slope of Tianshan Mountains, but its individuality is also relatively obvious.

The entrance fee is 20 yuan. There are many self-funded activities in the scenic area, such as horse riding for 40 yuan/person per hour, and visiting a Kazakh yurt for 20 yuan/person.